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It is because you care that we can www.farleighhospice.org The Lantern No. 99 Summer 2020 News and stories from across our community
2 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 3 In t his issue Welcome to the Summer issue of The Lantern 04 06 08 09 I would like to start by saying thank you to all our staff, volunteers and supporters, for helping us through these challenging times. I know the past six months have Supporting our Our Services New Director Education Team & been a worrying time for everyone and we are very grateful for your support. community go Virtual of Care Awards Throughout the pandemic, Farleigh Hospice has been working hard to continue to support our local community. In response to Covid-19, we moved all our services into the community, delivering hospice care within people’s homes, working hard to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and, where possible, enabling people to spend their last few days and hours with their loved ones. 10 11 15 16 We have continued to offer information, advice, counselling, consultations and bereavement support virtually. Our patient and carers groups have moved online, and we launched a temporary helpline, designed to support anyone in mid-Essex Trading places Fundraising Maldon update Make a Will with concerns over the coronavirus. Thank you month Our Inpatient Unit has now reopened and, we are starting to rebuild our services for the future. I am pleased to welcome Dr Matt Sweeting, our new Director of Care, It’s time for a Virtual Matt joins us from Broomfield Hospital, where he was a consultant, @ specialising in care for older people. He brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge, and we are very excited to welcome 18 19 20 21 Matt to Farleigh. Our Farleigh Maldon project is moving forward, we have appointed an architect and, we will soon be launching Forget-me-not & Sensory Garden Our Shops Tea @ 3 our Maldon appeal to help us complete the renovations. Memory Tree re-opening I would like to once again thank everyone who has supported us through this difficult time. We have been truly humbled by the incredible donations of PPE, gifts for our frontline staff, and amazing fundraising initiatives. Knowing our community has been thinking of us during the pandemic gives our staff, 22 patients, and their families such hope. Upcoming Challenges Alison Stevens, Chief Executive
4 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 5 Farleigh Hospice supporting Farleigh Hospice making the community through the a difference… COVID-19 pandemic Throughout the pandemic The past six months have been an incredibly difficult time for Farleigh nurses, doctors, “I cannot thank you enough, therapists and community teams from your physio’s getting us everyone. Here at Farleigh, our nurses, doctors, therapists and equipment, to the nurses and community teams have been working on the frontline, caring for continued to care for those who carers who helped keep mum people living with a life-limiting illness and supporting the NHS need us the most. These are just and the mid-Essex community through the COVID-19 pandemic. some of the amazing tributes as comfortable as possible.” paid to our staff… To ensure we could support those who With our care being delivered within the needed us the most, we moved all of our community, this allowed our Inpatient services out into the community, and since 1st April, our hospice community team Unit to be used by Broomfield Hospital. Our beds provided much-needed “My counsellor was amazing, “Thank you all for the supported over 1,050 patients. accommodation for medical staff during incredible care and kindness so insightful. They gave me their shifts. However, our Inpatient Unit has you showed our Dad. It meant Our clinical and non-clinical teams now reopened and, we are able to accept the space I needed to feel my so much to us to know he was continued to work 24 hours a day, seven patients at our North Court Road site. experiences and feelings were days a week. The care we provided helped to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions The holistic care we provide to our valid and mattered.” in such good hands during this ” very difficult time. and ensured, where possible, people were patients, families, and carers continued, able to be with their loved ones during all be it virtually. Our bereavement, their final hours. counselling, and family support teams provided information, advice, care, and “A big thank you! Your We worked closely with the Mid Essex Hospital Trust to support the discharge of support. Our day services groups moved online and, our helpline expanded to deal “Without you Mum’s last advice and information was invaluable to us throughout patients who are at the end of their life with increased demand. months wouldn’t have been so and would like to be cared for in their own homes. We have been delivering this The services of Farleigh have adapted to full and happy, and I wouldn’t ” this difficult time. have been able to cope without ” service for some years however, during the the ‘new normal’ and, we will continue to pandemic the need to ensure patients develop as the world around us changes. your support and guidance. were able to safely return home to their families was paramount importance. “During lockdown, it was comforting to know you were there.”
6 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 7 Farleigh Hospice: Family Support The pandemic has left many patients and carers feeling isolated continuing to care and alone. Many have felt abandoned during lockdown and struggled to access welfare benefits, and sorely missed the social contact afforded by Day Services and home visits from our staff. During this time the Family Support team have been working In response to the Covid-19 pandemic Farleigh Hospice adapted from home, making countless calls to provide practical advice, many of its services to ensure we were able to continue to care for pre-bereavement counselling and emotional support, and our patients, families and carers. offering a regular connection to the trusted hospice services. Helpline Online groups Farleigh Hospice launched a temporary helpline designed to Farleigh’s support groups for carers and patients, and relaxation support the people of mid-Essex through the COVID-19 pandemic. classes have all moved online, offering regular chats and The phone lines were open seven days a week from 8am until 8pm. catch-ups via Zoom. Individuals also received regular phone The telephone service was open to everyone and offered emotional calls to offer information, advice, and support. support, practical assistance, information, and advice, plus details of local and national organisations providing relevant help and support. Community Choir Consultation Our Community Choir has moved online! The group meets via Zoom To ensure our clinical teams can continue to provide the right care every Wednesday from 7pm to 8pm. At 8pm there is an option to at the right time, our nurses and doctors have been delivering break into smaller groups to have a chat and catch up over a virtual virtual consultations. It enables patients, families, and medical cup of tea! professionals to discuss any health concerns, medication, and The choir is open to all, there no auditions, just come along and care plans moving forward. enjoy an evening of singing, with a playlist offering a mixture of contemporary music and international folk songs. For more information or to join email choir@farleighhospice.org Bereavement Support Grief affects us all differently, but being in lockdown has a huge impact on the grieving process. With self-isolation measures in Fundraising place, and hospital and care home visiting procedures restricting Our fundraising team is working hard to adapt to the new world. contact with our loved ones, some people were unable to say As the need for hospice services has been increasing, income from goodbye. Funerals were also impacted and limited to small, socially fundraising has dramatically declined due to the cancellation of all distanced services. Not having these moments is incredibly difficult. our major events. We have been able to move some of our events In response, our bereavement team has been providing virtual online including, our annual ‘Forget-me-not’ service, Open Gardens, counselling sessions offering emotional support to anyone who has and our Covid-19 Urgent appeal. The team has also been busily lost a friend or relative in mid-Essex, whether from coronavirus working with our local community and businesses to run virtual (Covid-19), old age, a life-limiting illness, accident, or suicide. and socially distanced events.
8 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 9 New Director of Care Farleigh supports NHS In June, Farleigh Hospice welcomed our new Director of Care, Dr Matt Farleigh Hospice’s Education team has been leading Sweeting. Matt joins us from the way in palliative care training. Through Covid-19, Broomfield Hospital, where he our educational team supported the NHS by delivering was a consultant, specialising in end of life training courses for NHS staff. caring for older people. The courses were specifically developed as Moving forward Farleigh Hospice pledges to “I joined Broomfield Hospital in April 2015, a result of the pandemic. They were continue to work with the NHS, healthcare and I am an older person’s doctor by trade. designed to help healthcare professionals providers, and care homes to improve end Previously I worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’s care for people who are nearing the end of of life care and support those working on in London, and that is where I did most of their lives and how to support their families the frontline. my training. and friends during this difficult time. At Broomfield, I was a Divisional Director of Medicine and Emergency Care, overseeing 80 consultants, and managing CQC inspections. I also have a specialist Award-winning… interest in movement disorders and Farleigh Hospice is proud to Parkinson’s disease. announce being shortlisted for the Patient Safety Awards 2020. In my new role at Farleigh, I will be We were nominated following overseeing our clinical services, focusing our work with Essex County on strategy and the development of new Council, St Francis, and St Luke’s services, now and in the future, to ensure Hospices, creating and delivering, we continue to provide patient-centred care a three-day course of education across the whole of mid-Essex. on end of life care for Domiciliary Care Agency workers. I joined Farleigh because I have a passion I would like to take this opportunity to for delivering exceptional clinical care. I also say thank you to all our Farleigh family, Farleigh has also won the 2020 wanted an outward-facing role where I volunteers, and supporters. You have kept UK Enterprise Awards for ‘Best could meet people from across the region, us going during the past few months. Hospice Care Provider 2020 – and across the county, so we can share best We value your time, your kind donations, Essex’. The judges said Farleigh practice and innovation, and deliver new and we value your hard work and care for had “demonstrated excellence, and exciting services. Farleigh Hospice.” commitment, dedication, even in Sue Griffith, Head of Education the face of uncertainty”.
10 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 11 Trading Places THANK YOU • THANK YOU • THANK YOU • THANK As staff across Farleigh adapted to a new normal, some of our non-clinical staff were retrained Thank you! and redeployed to the frontline. Farleigh Hospice would like to say thank you to One such staff member was Vicki Barsby, Retail Area Manager who everyone in our community who have supported us became a health care assistant. over the past six months. Communities, businesses, and individuals have come together to raise money, “As our retail shops closed, we were given make masks, scrubs, and donated gifts and vital PPE the choice to be either furloughed or move across to join our clinical teams. for our staff on the frontline. I wanted to do something that would We couldn’t do it without you, so on behalf of our nurses, doctors, patients, have the greatest impact and I felt families, and carers, thank you to everyone who has supported us. It is because becoming a health care assistant, you care that we can. Here are just a few of our inspirational supporters… was the right thing to do. “Before we went out, we completed a two-day training course on what was Diana Bailey from Burnham-on-Crouch donated expected from us and how to deliver “It is amazing the proceeds from the sale of her six beautiful safe care. what our nurses do terrier cross poodle puppies. Diana said: “During the every day, offering lockdown, we were able to give the puppies all the “We always worked alongside an love, care and attention they needed. We didn’t want experienced nurse or health care comfor t and suppor t to make a profit from the sale of the puppies, so we assistant, visiting five to six patients a to bot h pat ient s spoke to the new owners and agreed we would day. We were always briefed before we and t heir families.” ive the money to Farleigh Hospice. Together we went to see each patient. raised over £600.” “What I found most difficult was offering “They allow families to have a break, comfort from a distance. If a family offer reassurance, and make someone’s member was upset, your natural reaction last days as comfortable as possible.” The Danbury Community came together to organise a plant sale in aid of Farleigh. is to offer someone a hug, but due to the Organised by Margaret Axon, Caroline Musgrave, and Tina and Peter Hunt, pandemic, this was not possible. “I have now returned to my role in the event was a huge success. Residents donated plants, the Taylor family sold retail and, I am more determined hand-painted stones, and visitors brought flowers, all while respecting social “I have never done anything like this than ever to help raise money so distancing rules. They also hosted their first virtual open gardens, offering before. It was my biggest challenge and we can continue to deliver our viewers the opportunity to explore a variety of beautiful gardens from the my biggest achievement. amazing services.” comfort of their own home. In total, they raised nearly £7,500.
12 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 13 • THA NK YOU • THA NK YOU • THA NK YOU • THA NK YOU • THANK YOU • THANK YOU • THA K YOU • THANK YOU Robert Tibble, a Braintree man and husband of one of Farleigh’s hospice at home Students from Felsted School, Jasmine nurses, raised over £300 through his Farleigh inspired poetry. Robert’s poem was Irvine-Scott, and her friends Alexa and published on his JustGiving page and provided an insight into the world of the Clemmie ran 5k every day for one month Farleigh nurses, and a touching tribute to the amazing care they provide. raising £2,200! Natalie Walker, a Braintree fabric shop owner, made facemasks for frontline staff and set up a Nine-year-old George Vant from Chelmsford Facebook fundraiser in aid of Farleigh. Her initial hosted a Facebook Live music festival in aid of target of £50 was surpassed within hours and in Farleigh raising nearly £1,600. Acts included solo total Natalie raised over £900. artists singing popular music and 80’s covers, to a rock band, and George himself singing a range of well-known covers from across the decades. Two extraordinary families came together to create Rainbow Bears, also known as Bears in Scrubs, raising a staggering £885 for Farleigh Hospice. Sue Gowers from Maldon and Lesley Grover from Broomfield, Chelmsford were the creatives behind the project, knitting and crocheting the bears. Lesley’s son The South Wooham Ferrers Rob, a manager at the Nightingale Hospital in London, Effective Business Network hosted came up with the initiative and organised the logistics a virtual Tea@3 raising £219. from launching the Justgiving page to posting out the bears to their new homes. Joy Dorrell, along with her friends and neighbours Phyllis Lane who is 87 and registered of Freshwater Crescent in Heybridge, organised a blind, walked laps around her care daily street sale, where passers-by can purchase home and raised £500. books, DVDs, bric-a-brac, and games, and have raised an incredible £1,000 for the hospice.
14 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 15 Farleigh Hospice Maldon ANK YOU • THANK YOU • THANK YOU • THANK YOU At the end of last year, Farleigh was “To support the refurbishment of our new pleased to announce the purchase of a centre, we need the support of the local new hospice in Maldon. The premises, community to help us raise £100,000. Any Nancy Biggs, an 11-year-old girl from Chelmsford, located in Mill Road, near Promenade donation you can give, no matter how raised £250 by painting pebbles and selling them Park, offers excellent public transport small, will make a difference to our to residents near her home during lockdown. links and parking facilities. The new site patients, helping us provide vital care and will enable us to more effectively support support in the heart of the community.” the Maldon and Dengie communities, and hopefully in the future patients, families, and carers will be able to visit for clinical Business supporting 7-year-old Joseph Wiltshire from Chelmsford, raised consultations and group sessions. the appeal £380 by taking part in Star Wars-themed challenges, Local businesses are already supporting the including a ‘May the Fourth Be with You’ 4-mile run To move the development forward, we Maldon appeal, with local builder Andy and a ‘Revenge of the Sith’ 6-mile bike ride. set up a Maldon Project Group. We have Barber donating his time and skills to fit a appointed a local architect, Annabel new shower facility at the hospice site. Brown, to help us make the best use of Andy was supported by a local plumber and the space, ensuring it meets our needs material suppliers, and also set up a both now and in the future. Facebook fundraising page to raise the Big Yellow Self Storage Chelmsford donated 3 months of additional £700 to complete the project. storage, free of charge, to help us store our shop donations. Funds have been allocated to support the project however, we still need an To donate to the Maldon appeal visit additional £100,000 to complete the www.farleighhospice.org/donate refurbishment. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be launching our Alternatively, if you wish to offer your Maldon appeal, seeking the support of skills, expertise or gifts in kind please the local community and businesses, to email: fundraising@farleighhospice.org B&Q donated 6,000 face masks. help us create a centre which we can all be proud of. Alison Stevens Chief Executive said: This is a momentous moment in the history of Farleigh Hospice. We are so proud to once again have a Farleigh in Maldon. The new site is essential to ensure that everyone Morrisons donated tasty treats living with a life-limiting illness or for our frontline staff. bereavement within Maldon and the Dengie, can benefit from our services. Local Builder, Andy Barber
16 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 17 Make a Will, make a difference Appointments are available throughout September 2020 from the solicitors listed below. Please book early as spaces are limited: As the past year has shown us, Reasons to have a Will: Participating solicitors Taylor Haldane Barlex LLP life can change very quickly, that • You decide how your assets and estate in Braintree Copt House, 73 Springfield Road, Chelmsford CM2 6JG is why it is so important to have will be distributed. an up to date Will. The good • You decide who will take care of Cunningtons LLP Great Square, Braintree CM7 1UD www.THBlegal.com Contact: Claire Harrison, 01245 349696 your children news is throughout September, • It will avoid a lengthy probate process www.cunningtons.co.uk Contact: Harriet Bownes, 01376 567279 Tees Law you can get expert legal advice and legal challenges from a local law firm to write or • You can appoint the executors of your Participating solicitors Parkview House, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford CM1 1NG Will and they will be responsible for update your Will, in exchange for managing the affairs of your estate in Chelmsford www.teeslaw.co.uk a donation to Farleigh Hospice. • You can choose to leave a gift in your Will Backhouse Solicitors Ltd Contact: Ian Johnston, 01245 294272 to your chosen charity 71 Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1JU. Participating solicitors in Why is a Will so important? These are just a few reasons why a Will is so Contact: Claire Macklin – 01245 893 400. Maldon Having a Will is one of the most important important, however, everyone’s situation is things you can do for yourself and your different and your solicitor will be able to Birkett Long LLP Bright & Sons Solicitors family. It can legally protect your partner, provide the relevant information and advice Faviell House, 1 Coval Wells, West Square, Maldon CM9 6HA children, and assets, and set out your wishes for your personal circumstances. Chelmsford CM1 1WZ www.brights.eu.com after you have passed. www.birkettlong.co.uk Contact: Katy Hood, 01376 512338 Contact: Emma Clarke, 01245 453833 Participating solicitors in Gift s in Wills funds care for ONE IN FIVE Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP Witham pat ient s at Farleigh Hospice 16 Baddow Road, Chelmsford CM2 0DG www.fjg.co.uk Bawtrees LLP Contact: Lauren Hancock, 01245 584530 65 Newland Street, Witham CM8 1AD www.bawtrees.co.uk Gepp Solicitors Contact: Hayley Kinghan, 01376 513491 58 New London Road, Chelmsford CM2 0PA www.geppandsons.co.uk Bright & Sons Solicitors Contact: Private Client Department, 87-91 Newland Street, Witham, CM8 1AD 01245 228125 www.brights.eu.com Contact: Katy Hood, 01376 512338 Viewpoint Hill & Abbott Solicitors Burgundy Court, 64-66 Springfield Road, We ask for a minimum donation of Chelmsford CM2 6JY £100 for a single Will or £150 for a pair www.hill-abbott.co.uk of mirror Wills. Contact: Bethany Carter, 01245 258892 For more information visit: www.farleighhospice.org/will or call: 01245 457411.
18 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 19 Forget-me-not Sensory Garden Appeal raises £20,000 Farleigh Hospice’s sensory garden is starting to take Family brightens In July Farleigh hosted its annual The hospice’s Forget-Me-Not service, shape. Designed by Boyd which due to the pandemic was held Farleigh Gardens Forget-me-not appeal, raising a online via Facebook and YouTube, included Mullins of Plan B Garden Local man Chris Ratcliffe and his family staggering £20,000. readings, performances, and a photo Design, the sensory garden kindly donated three wonderful hand-made gallery of loved ones. planters, and flowers to brighten up our The appeal provides a beautiful way to includes features, surfaces, Farleigh gardens. They took on the project remember the life of someone special, Thank you to everyone who supported objects, and plants that during the lockdown, as they wanted to do and this year we launched an online the appeal. Every penny raised will something for their local hospice. Chris said: Forget-Me-Not memory page, stimulate our senses through make a difference and enable Farleigh “We chose to donate to Farleigh as we have www.farleighhospice.memorypage. to continue to care for those who need touch, sight, scent, taste always supported the hospice movement org/forgetmenot where people could us the most. To view the service visit and hearing. wherever we’ve lived, and appreciate times remember their loved ones by sharing www.facebook.com/farleighhospice. must be very difficult right now. It was also stories, pictures, and thoughts. Boyd, whose brother was cared for by great to give the children a practical thing to Farleigh Hospice, has developed a do during lock-down and to provide them garden with many different purposes in with an understanding of the value of giving Memory Tree mind. Throughout, there are calming scented plants, restful seating areas, a your time to other people.” community area for growing food, and Our Memory Tree is a stunning a therapeutic space for our patients to sculpture within the hospice’s help them recuperate. The garden is garden and offers a unique and also fully accessible for wheelchair users and mobility aids. meaningful way to pay tribute to the memory of someone special. Our wonderful local community and garden centres have already kindly Friends and families are invited to donated plants and resources. dedicate one of the beautiful leaves or However, we still need additional hearts to a loved one. Engraved with their £120. This can be a one-off donation plants and seeds to help us complete name or special message, it creates a or a donation of £10 a month by this fantastic project. unique personal tribute and offers you direct debit (minimum of 12 months). somewhere special to go, a place to If you would like to donate or are reflect and treasure your memories. For more information a budding gardener who would like please call 01245 457411 or email to get involved please email You can choose to dedicate a leaf or tribute@farleighhospice.org fundraising@farleighhospice.org heart for one year, for a donation of Chris Ratcliffe and family
20 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 21 Become a Hospice Hero Farleigh is looking for Hospice Hero’s to take on a challenge and raise money for the hospice. Over the coming months, we will be launching a range of challenges, designed for all ages and abilities. As a Hospice Hero, you will receive a medal and certificate, and the thanks of all our nurses, doctors, patients, their families, and carers. For our latest challenges visit www.farleighhospice.org/events Grab a Farleigh Bargain Urgent Appeal raises £82,000 Farleigh Hospice would like to say a huge thank Farleigh Hospice’s charity shops are an Aladdin’s you to everyone who supported our Urgent Appeal, cave of the great British high street, from vintage raising an incredible £82,000 for the hospice. It is treasures, designer pieces to well-known brands. There is nothing thanks to you our nurses and doctors can continue to care for those who need us the most and continue like the thrill of grabbing a bargain, knowing every purchase you our work throughout the pandemic. make will support your local hospice, and safe in the knowledge that nobody is going to turn up to a party wearing the same thing! Thank you again. It’s because you care that we can Our furniture stores in Braintree and Maldon are perfect for those just starting out Volunteer and setting up their first home. Alternatively you may want to breathe new life into a Volunteers are the heartbeat of Farleigh’s charity shops. We currently Virtual Tea@3 It’s time for a Virtual second-hand piece, it’s amazing how a have a range of volunteering We might all be staying indoors or keeping our social simple lick of furniture paint can completely opportunities across our 15 shops. distance, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a nice @ transform an old chair, chest or table. So if you would like to meet new cup of tea and a slice of cake. Our Virtual Tea@3 is friends, learn new skills, be part of a a fantastic way to catch up with friends, family, Whether you want to update your wardrobe, team and support your local hospice, or colleagues, and it can be as simple or elaborate buy a gift for a loved one, or restyle your we would love to hear from you. as you like. home, our charity shops offer high-quality goods at bargain prices. For more information email: To download your Tea@3 party kit visit www.farleighhospice.org/events volunteer@farleighhospice.org or email fundraising@farleighhospice.org For more information on locations and or call 01245 933735 opening times visit: Whether you raise £20 or £200, every penny counts! www.farleighhospice.org/shops
22 The Lantern No.99 Summer 2020 23 Take on the Challenge for Farleigh in 2021… 24 Peaks Challenge 10th - 12th September Sky Dive 19th June This fast-paced and formidable challenge will Take on a challenge of a lifetime! Our tandem see us summit 24 incredible peaks in the sky dive will see you soar to 13,000 feet Lake District, all over 2,400ft with a target before you leave the plan and free fall at trekking time of just 24 hours! The Lake 120mph, descending 7,000 feet in just 40 District is one of UK’s most picturesque areas, seconds. At 5,000 feet your parachute will filled with breathtaking mountains and open and you will fly safely down to earth! valleys – providing the perfect backdrop to this awesome challenge. Yorkshire Three Snowdon at Night Euro City Cycle Peaks Challenge 15th and 16th May 1st - 5th September 7th August This superb challenge caters for every level of cyclist. Our route covers approximately 280 Join us and conquer the highest 3 peaks of Trek through the night to the summit of miles with 4 days in the saddle and takes in the Yorkshire Dales! This demanding yet the highest mountain in England and the rolling countryside of Essex, the plains rewarding one-day trekking challenge Wales and watch dawn break across the of Holland and the sleepy lanes of Belgium. takes us to the summits of Pen-y-Ghent national park! An unforgettable Join us for one of the best cycling experiences (694m/2,276 ft), Whernside (736m/2,415 experience which will raise vital funds for in Europe. ft) and Ingleborough (723m/2,372 ft) all in Farleigh Hospice. one circular route starting and ending in (Limited spaces available) Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Take on 25km, 50km or 100km Walk, Jog or Run. Select your distance, choose your journey and raise money for Farleigh Hospice. Wales End to End • 10th April - Windsor Easter Challenge 12th - 15th August • 29th – 30th May - London 2 Brighton Challenge Pedalling from the most northern point of Wales • 28th – 29th June - Cotswold Way Challenge down to the vibrant capital of Cardiff, we’ll • 11th – 12th September - Thames Path Challenge experience diverse and beautiful landscapes of majestic woodlands, rural lanes and distinct • 11th September - Thames Bridges trek mountain ranges. This challenge is tough, but with our awesome support crew coupled with For more information on all our challenges visit the camaraderie within the team, the miles will www.farleighhospice.org/events fly by as we enjoy this iconic cycling challenge! or call 01245 457411
Make a difference, make a regular donation Help our nurses and doctors continue to care for people living with a life-limiting illness or bereavement. A regular monthly donation means Farleigh Hospice can plan today for those they support now and in the future. Help us make every day count for our patients and those close to them. To donate visit: www.farleighhospice.org/donate Don’t forget to Gift Aid, so we can make your support go further. Farleigh Hospice, North Court Road, Chelmsford CM1 7FH 01245 457300 info@farleighhospice.org www.farleighhospice.org Charity Registration No 284670
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