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Cheadle four rise to 100 hole challenge

August 30, 2019 | 1:49pm

Four players from Cheadle Golf Club have taken on a marathon challenge, playing 100 holes in just one day in aid of  St Ann’s.

Cheadle Captain Cliff Dews, President Alistair Culpan, Mike Westbrook and Club Professional Tom Clancy began their challenge at 5am, for what would be 17 hours of golf, finishing with just enough light for the final hole of the challenge at 10pm.

The group raised a fantastic £3,000 for the charity, where Alistair is Facilities Manager, as they took on the challenge in memory of one of the golf club’s members, Ian Haig, who died in 2016 and was cared for by St Ann’s.

Cliff and the team were well fed through the challenge by the club Catering Manager, Sharon Bebbington, who gave up her day off to provide food and beverages throughout the day, even turning her hand to being a caddy, despite never having previously walked the golf course.


We were so lucky to have had Ian Haig as a member, and also in his capacity as Captain, Secretary and President of the club, and we wanted to continue to do something in his name and also acknowledge the wonderful work that St Ann’s Hospice does for so many. Thanks to the support from so many of the members who were acting as caddies or part of the massive support, encouraging us every step of the way – especially when we started to hit the imaginary wall around 12 hours into the challenge.


Cliff Dews


I couldn’t believe it when I heard about this fantastic challenge in aid of our patients.  What an amazing achievement. I’m sure it was an incredibly tiring day for everyone involved, and I can’t thank Cliff, Alistair, Mike and Tom and all the other people who helped them both with support on the day and by making donations enough.  They’ve raised such a lot of money which really will make a difference to the lives of our patients. I hope they all managed to have a well-deserved rest afterwards too.  Thanks so much.


Eamonn O’Neal, Chief Executive

To donate, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cliff-alistair-tom-mike

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A group of friends are taking on a mountain challenge in memory of family members

August 27, 2019 | 5:00pm

Louise and Stewart Fleming took part in the Manchester Midnight Walk earlier this year, raising over £2,600 in sponsorship for St Ann’s for the 10km city centre walk. Now they have signed up for a brand new walking challenge this September.

They will be taking on Wales’ highest mountain on a nine-mile (14.5km) Snowdon trek organised by St Ann’s to raise money to provide care and support for thousands of people with life-limiting illnesses every year.

The couple have also recruited their friends Emma, Gary and Maz to join them for the challenge. The group have many familiar links with St Ann’s.

Stewart’s mum Margaret, from Bredbury, died in the hospice in January and his late grandparents Kitty and Frank were also patients at St Ann’s years ago.

In addition, Louise is Volunteer Manager at St Ann’s where she has worked for the last 12 years and Emma works at the organisation too as Clinical Services Secretary. Louise’s mum, Breda Johnson, is one of around 740 hospice volunteers.


From working at St Ann’s I see the amazing work first hand on a daily basis. We have a team fundraising target of £1,500, and we hope that our friends and family will help us support that to reach that goal. We have a caravan near the Tissington Trail in Ashbourne, so most of our training will be covering distances there along with our two daughters.


Louise Fleming, Volunteer Manager

The Team St Ann’s Conquer Snowdon challenge will take place on Saturday 28 September and organisers are hoping as many people will join them as possible.

Those signing up to take part in the challenge will be guided every step of the way by the St Ann’s fundraising team, and will also receive a Fundraising Guide full of tips on how to maximize sponsorship and have fun while raising money.

There is a pledged sponsorship target of £300 per person. This will pay for three two-hour specialist rehabilitation sessions to help a patient maximise their mobility and independence.

They will also receive training and nutrition advice, transport to the mountain from the hospice and return travel, and will be accompanied on the day by experts from Snowdonia outdoors company, Original Outdoors, who are providing experienced mountain leaders and medics for the challenge.

* To sponsor the team please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Snowdon-for-StAnns

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A blog from Chelsea Norris – Chelsea’s Ladies Lunch with special guest

August 27, 2019 | 11:24am
Chelsea at the ladies fashion lunch

I can’t believe this will be my 13th Ladies Lunch! It started as such a small idea when I hosted the breakfast show on Key103 and has since grown into its own huge event which I now hold every single year.

This year it’s back on Thursday 7th November 2019 at the Hilton, Deansgate, Manchester.

Arrival time is approximately 11am with a glass of fizz on arrival. Doors will be open into the main room to reveal a shopping village with pop up stalls including jewellery, handbags, clothing, candles and home interiors all on display and available for you to buy on the day. After a short welcome from me on stage, guests will be treated to a two-course lunch of a starter and a main followed by afternoon tea cakes served on each table. There will also be a fashion show, auction and live entertainment.

And the most exciting part, Gino D’Acampo will be joining us! He is the busiest guy I know, so I’m super pleased that he’s taken the time to come and say hello on the day.

This year, as like the previous two years, I am raising money for St Ann’s. It’s a charity close to my heart as they cared for my Nan until she passed away. I’ve also been a patron for the charity for about 15 years hosting various events to try and raise money to keep the doors of the three sites across Greater Manchester open.

The other charity I will be helping is Once Upon a Smile. When I had my daughter Minnie three years ago it was incredibly close to my heart to donate money back to a children’s charity. This charity is also incredible, they’ve helped friends of mine and also families of the Manchester Arena bombing.

Huge thanks to our sponsors as without them we could simply make an event like this happen.

Get your tickets for this event now, treat your friends or family, or just yourself and come along to support.

Discounted tables of 10 are available at £600 and tickets are individually priced at £65.

Any enquiries to chelsea@chelseanorris.co.uk and you can buy tickets on the website chelseanorris.co.uk/events where you can pay using a credit or debit card and PayPal.

Tickets are selling incredibly fast, so be quick!

I would love you to come – and if you’ve been to any of my previous Ladies Lunches, you’ll know how fun they are!

Hope to see you there, Chelsea xx

 

Thanks to Chelsea for all of her ongoing support. You can hear her on BBC Radio Manchester, Monday to Thursday, 3-6pm, on 95.1FM.

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We’ve launched a brand new challenge which we hope will help our fundraising efforts hit new peaks

August 22, 2019 | 1:43pm

The Team St Ann’s Conquer Snowdon challenge will take place on Saturday 28 September and we’are hoping as many people as possible will join us.


Team St Ann’s is made up of truly incredible people who literally go the extra mile for the hospice.  For this latest challenge, we’re hoping business colleagues, groups of friends, or fitness loving individuals will join us as part of Team St Ann’s to take on the highest mountain in Wales, whilst helping us to raise as much money as possible for our patients. If one of our walkers raised just £300 in sponsorship, that could fund three two-hour specialist rehabilitation sessions to help a patient maximize their mobility and independence.  It would really make a difference to the lives of people we care for at the hospice – and I’m sure it would create life-long memories for those completing the challenge and climbing Snowdon too.


James Davis , Events Fundraiser

Those signing up to take part in the challenge will be guided every step of the way by our fundraising team, and will also receive a Fundraising Guide full of tips on how to maximize sponsorship and have fun while raising money.

They will also receive training and nutrition advice, transport to the mountain from the hospice and return travel, and will be accompanied on the day by experts from Snowdonia outdoors company, Original Outdoors, who are providing experienced mountain leaders and medics for the challenge.

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To sign up click the link below or for more information email events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631.

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Why I’m Stepping Up for St Ann’s

August 6, 2019 | 2:42pm
Eamonn O'Neal

As Chief Executive of St Ann’s Hospice, I see every day the amazing job that our nurses do when caring for patients and their loved ones.

I know that they work tirelessly to ensure that people who come to the hospice receive world-class support, and that whatever their individual needs are, that they’re met with a smile and a friendly warmth that is so important.

But, when we realised that the nurses on our wards walk an average of two miles every day whilst caring for our patients – and often more – we knew we had to do something to recognise their amazing achievements, whilst also raising awareness of the hospice and hopefully inspiring people to help us by raising much-needed funds.

I’ve decided to lead by example, and this September, I’ll be taking part in the brand new Step Up for St Ann’s challenge.  It’s an exciting fundraising initiative which is challenging local people to pledge to walk or run a set distance through the month of September in aid of our patients.

I’ve decided to walk the distance the nurses walk each day whilst providing care – so two miles each day through the month, but people are choosing all sorts of challenges that are achievable within their own lifestyle.

The beauty of Step Up for St Ann’s is that people taking part can choose their own distance or number of steps as a target, and also decide when they want to walk or run to achieve it.  We know people are busy, so they can, for example, add up the distance it takes to walk the school run each day and raise sponsorship for that.  They could try the number of steps it takes to walk home from work a few times a week, or even the distance to the local shop for groceries – or, they could join me in pledging to walk as far as our nurses too. It all adds up, and most importantly, it’s a simple way to raise money for the hospice – whilst getting a bit fitter too.

With so many services operating from our three hospice sites and our nurses in the community, we need to raise £20,000 every single day to keep our doors open.

If 400 people joined me for the challenge, and each raised just £50 in sponsorship, that would pay for a whole day of care.  Wouldn’t that be amazing?

Please help us say thanks to our nurses, and support our patients too.

You can sign up to take part and access lots of free supporting materials on our website at www.sah.org.uk/Step-Up-For-St-Anns or call the hospice fundraising team on 0161 498 3631.

Thanks so much for your support.  Now, where are my trainers…?

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Summer Fairs raise over £10,000!

August 6, 2019 | 2:05pm

Our annual summer fairs in Little Hulton and Heald Green have become a popular addition to the annual calendar for local families, and this year’s events raised more than £10,000 to help us care for local patients.


What an amazing show of support and generosity from our local communities once again. We can’t thank everyone enough for their support and we hope they had fun, picking up a bargain, and joining in with some of the many activities on offer at the fairs. We were helped out on the day by more than 70 volunteers too, who selflessly gave up their time to make the events such a success. We couldn’t do it without them.

We’re approaching our 50th birthday soon, and it’s amazing to think that we’re only still here, caring for thousands of patients every year, thanks to those people in the local community that offer us their unending support. We simply wouldn’t be here without the generosity of everyone who gives money, time and kindness to St Ann’s, and we never take that for granted. Thanks very much for everything you do for our patients and their families.


Eamonn O’Neal, Chief Executive of the hospice

Eamonn O'Neal

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BI Appleton drive up donations for St Ann’s

August 2, 2019 | 3:34pm

BI Appleton in Heald Green is donating £5 from every MOT it carries out in July and August to the charity.

In 1939, Basil Appleton opened a repair garage and petrol station, and the business has continued to grow over the decades, still providing repairs and other services for local people from its Styal Road base.


We have decided to donate to St Ann’s because we can see what a great charity they are. The work they do for the local community and nearby communities is breathtaking. The team works every second of every day to help the lives of so many people that need to be loved and cared for. One day, a loved one may need to go to a hospice, so if we can help out St Ann’s with our special MOT offer, then we will sleep easy knowing we are donating to a wonderful charity. Old businesses are dying off but we are growing just like St Ann’s Hospice. We are only a few minutes away from their Heald Green hospice, and have been maintaining their vehicles for many years now so have built a solid relationship.


Phil Evans, General Manager, BI Appleton


Our local community is so important to the hospice, and we’re incredibly appreciative of all the support BI Appleton give us. We rely on donations from businesses like theirs, as well as individuals, to ensure we can continue providing the specialist care our patients need. Huge thanks to the team there for thinking of the hospice and supporting our patients in this way.


Eamonn O’Neal , St Ann’s Hospice Chief Executive

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European Doctors Orchestra supports St Ann’s

August 2, 2019 | 2:36pm

Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Sunday, October 20 (7.30 pm).

The occasion will bring back happy memories for Dr Huw Purssell who plays the cello in the acclaimed European Doctors’ Orchestra.

The concert is raising funds for St Ann’s Hospice where Huw was on placement several years ago during studies at medical school.

The orchestra is made up of European medics who voluntarily use what little spare time they have performing charity concerts at different Europe-wide locations twice a year.


Music is a way of relaxing in any career but certainly with the pressures of the medical profession. A lot of doctors want to play in the orchestra but because we’re all so busy we can’t attend every concert. We rehearse intensively for three days and then perform on Sundays. I’m really looking forward to the concert in Manchester. It is an epic programme in a fantastic hall for an incredible cause. I spent four weeks at St Ann’s in Little Hulton and it’s a lovely place and I could see the important work they do. Since then I’ve had a lot of dealings with St Ann’s through patients with palliative diagnoses at the hospitals in Salford and Wigan where I’ve worked.


Huw Purrcell

Huw, who has played the cello since the age of eight, currently works as a Gastroenterology Registrar at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and moves to the Royal Oldham Hospital in September.

Tickets priced £22.50, including booking fee, are available from The Bridgewater Hall (bridgewater-hall.co.uk).

The concert, celebrating the human spirit, opens with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, followed by Brahms’ Song of Destiny and Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” by Shostakovich. The orchestra will be accompanied by the St George’s Singers.

Organisers are looking for sponsors to cover venue hire costs so that all ticket monies go directly to the hospice. Sponsorship inquiries should be made to Clare Henderson at St Ann’s on 0161 498 3631 or email chenderson@sah.org.uk

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