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Event Theme: Family

Stockport’s Gigantic Leap Frog Art Trail 2021

This year at St Ann’s we’re celebrating our 50th anniversary and there’s been so much going on already to mark our magnificent milestone but now we’re very excited to be part of this frog-tastic art trail!

We’re proud to be the beneficiary of Stockport’s Gigantic Leap Frog Art Trail 2021 that will see 21 gigantic frogs hopping into Stockport town centre from 24th July until 26th September.

In 2019, Stockport’s first frog trail attracted thousands and thousands of new visitors, residents and families of all ages to the town centre, so we’re thrilled to be involved this year.

We hope that lots of excited children (and big children) seek out all 21 giant frogs on the trail and have a ribbiting adventure!

We’re really grateful to Totally Stockport, Stockport’s Business Improvement District, for choosing us to benefit from the proceeds of the trail.

Giant One Stockport frogs will be hopping out across the borough too, so keep your eyes peeled to see how many you can spot!

For more information go to: https://stockportsgiganticleap.co.uk/

If you join the trail and would like to make a donation to St Ann’s, you can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/frogs21 – thanks for your support.

Download your map here and have a totally ribbiting adventure!

A Slice of History at The Trafford Centre

Artist Lindi Kirwin stand behind a giant 3D triangular cake slice, covered with blue metal forget-me-not flowers.

To celebrate 50 years of care for local people, St Ann’s have partnered with Manchester artist Lindi Kirwin and The Trafford Centre on a special art installation this summer, created with a thousand metal forget-me-not flowers. 

Come with family and friends to see the flowers in a unique installation in the Dome at The Trafford Centre between 16th – 30th June.

Visit: The Trafford Centre, Trafford Park, Stretford, Manchester M17 8AA

You can also buy one of the limited edition forget-me-nots from the installation to honour someone you love or to celebrate a milestone.

Our installation has kindly been supported by Lindi Kirwin, The Trafford Centre, British Ironwork Centre, B&Q, Wickes, Zeroflame and Envirograph.

Buy a flower

Every flower sold will help us continue to provide the best care for patients and their loved ones for the next 50 years and beyond. 

After the exhibition, you’ll have the opportunity to collect your handcrafted forget-me-not to keep and display in your garden, home or special place of remembrance. 

Buy a flower

Who will you be remembering this summer with your forget-me-not flower?

Buy a flower




St Ann’s garden at The Manchester Flower Show

A woman wearing a St Ann's white t-shirt looking up at handmade forget-me-nots which are strung above her from the garden.

St Ann’s Hospice is one of the oldest and largest adult hospices in the UK. This year, we’re celebrating 50 years of caring for patients and their families in Greater Manchester.  

Manchester leads the way in so many areas – and as a hospice we are proud to lead the way too, providing world-class care from right here in this amazing city.  

Our garden in The Manchester Flower Show has been created by a team of our volunteer gardeners, creative therapists and Girlguiding volunteers under the direction of hospice supporter and garden designer Maria Stripling, and visual artist and designer, Lynne Duric. 

Come and see us in King’s Street, Manchester

Set amongst perennial planting in raised beds crafted from the pallets used to deliver PPE in the past year, the garden also reveals some little-known aspects of hospice care. This is a garden that shows the depth of the care provided to all who pass through the hospice’s doors. 

Come and see us at The Manchester Flower Show

Our garden is only made possible thanks to our generous supporters:

St Ann’s volunteer gardeners

Maria Stripling, www.leapingfrog.co.uk

Lynne Duric (@mywatercolours) 

Golden Days Garden Centre, Cheadle 

Didsbury Open Gardens 

Support St Ann’s in your garden

Buy a handcrafted metal forget-me-not to keep in your own garden, home or special place of remembrance.

Buy a flower




Virtual Balloon Race

Buy a balloon

Buy a balloon as a class, community group, for your children or the little ones in your life.

End the summer term on a high by setting your balloons off flying in a virtual race. You’ll be able to track how far your online balloon flies over the week-long race. 

Balloons cost £3 and you can personalise the balloons with a name, colour and a message of good luck or dedication to someone. 

Balloons from charities across the UK will be entered into the race. The lucky balloon that travels the furthest will win £500, with the second place balloon winning an Apple iPad. Ten runners up will also win a £10 book token, and there will also be a prize specifically for the St Ann’s balloon which travels the furthest. 

Help us fill the sky with virtual St Ann’s balloons to celebrate our big birthday!

You can enter balloons into the race until 11.30am on Saturday 17th July. The balloons will be released on Saturday 17th July, and you can track them as they travel virtually through the skies until the race ends at 12 noon on Saturday 24th July. 

To buy or track a balloon, please visit the St Ann’s balloon page on the ecoracing website. 

Buy a balloon

Your data

The legal basis for processing the information submitted on the ecoracing form is that it is necessary for the performance of the contract between St Ann’s and you (the data subject), in this case to ensure smooth running of the campaign. It will be retained for one year for this purpose and in line with our privacy policy for other purposes. You can see our full privacy policy on our website: www.sah.org.uk. The data may also be shared with campaign support providers for the smooth running of the campaign only. You have the right to correct, erase, have access to, object or restrict our use of your information, as well as the right to data portability. In order to exercise any of these rights, please contact dataprotectionofficer@sah.org.uk. If you are unhappy about the way in which your information is processed you have the right to contact the Information Commissioners Office: https://ico.org.uk/global/contactus 

Manchester Midnight Walk and Virtual Walk 2022

Sign up to this year’s Manchester Midnight Walk

Manchester’s Midnight Walk is back – get your gang together again for a night to remember. A time to be proud, celebrate and raise money for Manchester’s hospice. 

See your city in a new light. Take on an exciting challenge and walk 10km through Manchester’s streets at midnight. 

Get your tickets now

Register for only £19 per adult and just £11 for 11-18 year olds.Tickets for the second wave are selling fast, so don’t delay sign up now! 

Manchester Virtual Walk

Can’t make it in person? Own your streets. Take on a virtual 10km walk challenge from wherever you are this May. Get your family together, go at your own pace and make new memories. 

Our Manchester Virtual Walk, a twist on our iconic Manchester Midnight Walk, is open to all ages and is flexible, so it is open to people of all abilities.

Virtual event tickets start from £5 per person and you will get sent a t-shirt and medal in the post!

Sign up to the Manchester Midnight Walk or Virtual Walk here

For more information about the Manchester Midnight Walk go to: https://www.mmwalk.org.uk/about and for FAQs about the event go to: https://www.mmwalk.org.uk/faqs

For any queries, please contact our Events Team by emailing events@sah.org.uk or calling 0161 498 3631.

Light up a Life online service

Dedicate a light in our winter forest

Join our service here at 7pm, Thursday 9th December.

Our service will stay online from this date, for you to watch at a time you choose.

You’re invited to join our appeal and dedicate a light to acknowledge all that we’ve been through, the people and things close to our hearts we’ve lost and the memories which we’ll treasure.

Make a dedication online and add a light to the Winter Forest, along with a photo of a loved one, a message or a memory.

If you have any questions about the Light Up A Life Appeal or your dedication, please contact our fundraising team on 0161 498 3631 or supporter@sah.org.uk.

Dedicate a light in our winter forest

Bereavement support

Many of us welcome talking to others when a person who is close has died – and usually rely on friends and family. But sometimes it can help to talk to someone who is not so closely involved. This is where we can help.

Find out more




Keep on Collecting

Become a fundraising legend and help raise vital funds for St Ann’s by hosting a virtual bucket collection throughout August.

Sadly, this year we won’t be able to host our regular collections at our annual community events and supermarkets, but that doesn’t mean you can’t join Team St Ann’s and help raise much-needed funds that enable our teams to continue to deliver outstanding care and support to our patients and their loved ones.

To join our virtual fundraiser, simply click our Just Giving page and click start fundraising today on the right-hand side of the page. You can raise money from wherever you want by sharing the Just Giving link with your friends, family and colleagues. You can get creative with raising funds by updating your social media stories with live videos.

If you want to get involved with the virtual bucket collection either click the links above or email our Events Team at events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631. 

Did you know…

  • £59.85 could pay for food for a week for one of our inpatients
  • £85.24 could allow us to run our ambulance for a day
  • £101.20 could provide a two-hour specialist rehabilitation session to aid patients with personal activities of daily living to help maximise their mobility and independence
  • £200 could pay for a member of our community team to visit a patient in their home
  • £256.50 could pay for food for a month for one of our inpatients
  • £300 could pay for a patient to attend a day therapy session
  • £426 could help us to run our ambulance for a week
  • £455 could pay for our Neil Cliffe Centre team to provide specialist care to patients for a day

Start your own fundraiser

Have an idea for your own fundraiser? Set one up today and our team will help support you all the way!

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Summer Fair Takeover

Join Team St Ann’s on Facebook on Sunday 19th July for our Summer Fair Takeover. Sadly, our annual event can’t physically take place, but we’ll still be giving you a summer spectacular fair, just with a virtual twist!

Our team will take to the Facebook events page and from 10am to 3pm we’ll be hosting a range of fun activities, music performances, raffles and more. The event is free to attend but we do ask that you make donations on the day via our Just Giving page or through Facebook Donate.

On the day we’ll be sharing music videos from actor and singer Greg Kelly plus other local artists.

Alongside our artists, we’ll be hosting a raffle with prizes including:

  • Signed Anthony Martial Manchester United T-shirt
  • Hotel Chocolat Velvetier worth over £100
  • Body Shop Hamper
  • Fully stocked Picnic Basket
  • Sweet Hamper
  • Plus, many more prizes

Raffle tickets cost £5 and for every payment, you’ll receive five entries into the raffle. You can buy these via our Just Giving page and you’ll just need to leave your name and email so our Events Team can contact you if you win any of the prizes. We’ll be drawing our raffle the following day on our Facebook events page and any donations made on the day will earn you entries into the raffle.

Other activities include guessing the number of sweets in a jar, we’ve got the team performing a Tik Tok styled post to make it just a little harder! Our mascot Stan will be making a special appearance to throw wet sponges at our executive team!

Throughout the day we’ll be sharing photos from previous fairs and will also pay tribute to our staff and volunteers who regularly help out at the fairs.

Our Chief Executive, Eamonn O’Neal will share a few welcoming words on the day as we embrace our fundraisers virtually.

To find out more contact our Events Team on events@sah.org.uk or on 0161 498 3628.

Click here to view the Summer Fair Takeover 2020 Raffle Terms and Conditions

Not on Facebook?

Don’t worry if you don’t have a Facebook account, you can still get involved and help raise funds for St Ann’s. You could even host a stall of your own and we’ll happily send a few items for you to raffle off to your family, friends and neighbours. Simply email events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631 to arrange for items to be sent out to you.

Alternatively, you could go down to our Heald Green charity shop as we’ll be opening our doors from 11am until 3pm and we’ll have a selection of items on sale. If you can’t make it to the shops and you don’t have Facebook, you can always support St Ann’s by either shopping online, making a donation or by signing up to our lottery.

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