Autumn/Winter 2019

News from your local Hospice charity

Autumn/Winter 2019

Your award- 2020 marks Celebrating winning 30 years of our St Clare Hospice St Clare volunteers Read our big news Find out more on Find out more on page 3 pages 3, 6 & 7 on page 8 stclarehospice.org.uk Registered Charity No. 1063631 In this issue... Welcome to the Autumn/Winter Welcome edition of Hospice News 2 Welcome from Sarah 2 Sarah’s highlights 2019 As I write, the Hospice is making plans for our 3 And the award goes to… St Clare! 30th birthday celebrations next year; this has 3 Take on a challenge together! got me thinking a lot about our roots and our 3 New community space at the Hospice history. Over time I’ve met a number of the extraordinary local people who, in the late Our Care 1980’s and early 1990’s, wanted to improve the experiences of people who were dying or 4 New faces in the Community Team living with terminal illness in West Essex and 4 Looking after carers East Hertfordshire. This resilient and determined 4 Mobile zoo brings smiles group founded and built St Clare Hospice 5 Community members visit Hospice nearly 30 years ago; many of whom have been 5 A working day in the life of... tirelessly fundraising and advocating on our 5 Bereavement Cafés for West Essex behalf ever since.

When I’m making decisions here at St Clare Hospice, I always think about the Big News original vision held by the founding group. Hopefully the plans and the services we deliver now in 2019/2020 reflect that vision – they are services based on what 6-7 30 years of St Clare Hospice local people tell us they need; they are delivered by local people who make up our 150 staff and 550 volunteers; and they are funded by very generous local Volunteers communities, businesses and people who believe in what we’re doing. 8 Volunteers’ Week celebrations A newsletter never holds enough pages to tell St Clare Hospice supporters about 8 Adhoc volunteering can reap rewards! everything we do for local people who really urgently need our care and support. 8 Friendship in your community However, I can promise you that we are continuing to provide excellent care and that we constantly strive to meet the needs of more people. Shop All of this is only possible with your support – there are so many ways you can help us continue providing Hospice services for another 30 years. From making a regular 9 Bridal boutique makes the headlines donation, leaving a gift in your Will, volunteering your time or connecting us to 9 Buy from St Clare to reduce waste community groups and businesses who share our vision – everything helps us to be 9 Live too far away? Try eBay! there when people need us most.

I’d love to hear your thoughts about our care, our services and how you’d like to Fundraise get involved with helping us meet the needs of more people. You can email me at [email protected] 10 Grand opening for our new loo! 10 Calling all courageous soles 10 Winter Walkies returns for 2020 10 What’s on this Autumn/Winter… 11 St Clare superheroes strike again 11 Spring ball raises more than £30k 11 Christmas tree recycling Sarah Thompson Chief Executive 11 Remembering loved ones 11 Leaving a Legacy to St Clare

Thanks to you Sarah’s highlights 2019 12 Your support makes a difference 1. Ruth scales Ben Nevis barefoot 2. Our Mesothelioma study day 12 S hops ‘Love our Lottery’ campaign 3. I’m getting hands-on to help infection control 4. Hundreds attend Hospice 10k 12 Light up a Life 2019 5. Celebratory reception at Audley End 6. Hospice volunteer Val treks Everest

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2 And the award goes to... St Clare! Welcome 2019 has been an award-winning year for us at St Clare! Our Retail department, our Community Engagement team and our volunteers have been singled out for their commitment and dedication. In April this year, our new specialist charity Stacey added: “Winning this award is shop in Harlow, Scarlet Vintage and Retro, a wonderful feeling, but it also really scooped a national award for Specialist Retail highlights the fact that we, as a community, Outlet of the Year, at the annual Hospice UK have the ability, and therefore, the Retail Conference 2019. Our eBay service responsibility, to make a difference to was also recognised in the awards, being local people’s lives through social support highly commended for its contribution to like this. It’s really encouraging to know St Clare’s retail operation, as was volunteer that something as simple as a weekly Gill Taylor for her commitment to our shops. visit, a cuppa and a chat can make such a (L-R) Compassionate Neighbour Manager, difference to people. Change is possible, Stacey Towler, with Community Engagement Then, in May, our Compassionate Manager Sally Muylders. Neighbours project won the Voluntary and this award has recognised that and Community Service Award in the prestigious given us even more opportunity to reach regional ‘Who Will Care?’ 2019 Awards, more people who could benefit from this organised by Essex County Council. kind of support.” Awarded on the grounds of ‘outstanding Then, in June, our Retail team made a service delivery to support their community resurgence, as Scarlet, Vintage and and/or service users, the Compassionate Retro was shortlisted for the Charity Retail Neighbours team at St Clare received the Association’s award for Community and news at the Award Ceremony at Anglia Social Impact. Additionally, volunteer Ruskin University in Chelmsford. Gill Taylor, who volunteers at a number Presenting the awards on the night was of St Clare charity shops, was shortlisted BBC Radio Essex’s Dave Monk, who read for a Volunteer of the Year award. aloud St Clare Hospice’s nomination details Fiona Eaton, Head of Retail at St Clare, (L-R) Head of Retail, Fiona Eaton, and as finalists. Seconds after, the Hospice was said: “St Clare Hospice is incredibly Tracey Chippett, Scarlet Vintage & Retro Shop Manager, with their Hospice UK award. announced winner of the Voluntary proud of the staff and volunteers at Community Service Award! Scarlet Vintage & Retro, whose Stacey Towler, Compassionate Neighbours exceptional creativity and hard work Project Manager at St Clare Hospice, has ensured the shining success of our said: “When Dave read out ‘St Clare newest charity shop. They consistently Hospice’ as the winner, I swelled with pride! go above and beyond in everything they We are over the moon to have won this do – from their stunning window displays incredible local award! It is with thanks to and visual merchandising on the shop all of our amazing volunteers that the floor, to creating valuable and productive Compassionate Neighbours project at relationships with other organisations in St Clare has been such a success. Their the community. It’s so wonderful they are dedication and compassion for local people, being recognised for their considerable who are experiencing social isolation and achievements. Congratulations to all at Scarlet Vintage and Retro!” (L-R) Head of Retail, Fiona Eaton, Gill Taylor and loneliness as a result of a life-limiting illness her Highly Commended award and Rob Wallace, or frailty, is totally awe-inspiring.” Volunteer Services Manager

New community Take on a challenge together! space at the Hospice Next year marks our 30th birthday and we want everyone to join us in celebrating, whilst raising vital funds for St Clare. We are delighted to announce that we have received over £35,000 from the Valiant Trust to Get your work colleagues Take on the ultimate challenge! create a new Community Shed at our Hospice. involved in caring for St Clare! Could you get 30 people We’re looking for 30 companies to together to do a skydive, or Our Community Shed will provide a space for patients each raise £1,000 through fun take on our Muddy Mayhem and carers to take part in craft and DIY activities, talk, fundraising activities with their staff. challenge? play music and relax away from the clinical environment. Host a birthday Big Brew! To get involved and for The project’s inspiration is Steve Barclay, who was a We can help you with your more information please patient at St Clare; his family kindly pledged to fund planning and promotion, our Big email our fundraising team: our Community Shed in Steve’s memory. Brew packs are available online. [email protected] For more information about the Community Shed, visit: stclarehospice.org.uk/your-community

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ear. With a focus on skill-based on skill-based With a focus ear. We’ve recently launched a new Carers’ Carers’ a new launched recently We’ve information, skills and to provide Group support after looking who are to people one with a life-limitinga loved illness. Therapist Occupational Jane Iskander, Manager at St Clare and Day Therapy initiated the new said, “We’ve Hospice have so that carers Group Carers’ specialist advice, to professional, access strategies help to and coping guidance to them.” someone close for them care a follows Group Carers’ St Clare’s tailor-made six-week programme, to run times four a is scheduled which y discussion, group as well learning, as and peer support.and professional information, visit: more For stclarehospice.org.uk/care/support- families/carers-group

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Mr Abdul Khaliq, Secretary of the Harlow Islamic Centre, presented a cheque a cheque Mr Abdul Secretary Khaliq, presented of the Islamic Centre, Harlow mosque the local of donations by comprised collected £280 to Stfor Clare, weeks. previous over of the community who, historically, have not accessed hospice care. care. hospice not accessed have of the historically, community who, their to break of the Islamic Centre members Harlow welcomed we In May fast at biryani, The theRamadan iftar Hospice. of chicken meal consisted cakes. baked along with freshly samosas pakoras, and A key aim for St Clare is to reach more people with our care. Part of this strategy people with our care. more reach is to St for aim Clare A key areas with different people to the and working Hospice new welcoming includes Community visit members Hospice

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2018 volunteers with local people living with people living a with local volunteers life-limiting meaningful, illness, to develop supportive friendships with other. each After an extensive period of research, a week! 2014 expanded their expanded Our Community 1989 service to 7 days the group held a public meetingthe group their findings, which to present specialist need for a clear showed with people living for a care life-limiting illness in the local the That evening, community. born, was Trust Hospice St Clare the team awarded Radio and Essex to get started. of £5,000 a grant Palliative Care team Care Palliative St Clare created its created St Clare Community Palliative 1987

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more local people who need us each and every year… every year… and who need us each people local more Over the years, we have seen our services grow and develop, reaching reaching and develop, seen our services grow have we theOver years, In 2020, we will be celebrating our 30th our birthday be celebrating will we atIn 2020, the here Hospice! 2017

2014 30 years of St Hospice Clare years 30 1987, amongst a group amongst a group 1987, healthcare councillors, of local business owners professionals, others.and many The planning theteam investigated provision within care of palliative Essex. West St Clare took place in took place St Clare Initial conversations about Initial conversations our support to families Service in April 2017, Service in April 2017, offer so that could we and provide education and provide schools.to local who had lost a loved one, who had lost a loved they are coming to the coming are they service, offering personal care in care service, offering personal when homes own peoples’ orend of their lives, needwhen families support.some extra Our story starts here... 6

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1995 charity shop The first St Clare opened in Harlow! opened in Harlow!

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After the establishment arm; trading of St Clare’s Our Taylor Centre offices opened, offices Centre Our Taylor enabling our Hospice Our Patient Our Patient and Family We opened our first Day We at 1991, in March Centre 2016 2019 2000 1991 teams to continue growing and growing teams to continue people in the community. more developing so that we could reach reach so that could we developing Support their team expanded support servicebereavement in West living everyone for our new launching by Essex, Cafés. Bereavement our 8-bed Inpatient and built, Unit was opened just in time thefor millennium! a major capital appeal of £1.85m; and appeal of £1.85m; a major capital supportgenerous of the community; Sumner’s Farm House in Harlow. Throughout Throughout House in Harlow. Farm Sumner’s in Stansted opened centres we the year, Loughton and Walden, Mountfitchet, Saffron open one day were which Abbey, Waltham in the – so that area each everyone a week These a week. once care access could satellite the first of serviceskind intheir were 24 hour support also offered We the area! volunteers! on-call from Volunteer

Adhoc volunteering can reap rewards! We know that volunteering brings additional benefits to those who generously give their time to help St Clare. Offering a bit of time, even just occasionally, can make a real difference to the Hospice. It also helps people feel like they are giving back and doing something good. However, we know that many people worry they don’t have enough time to be a volunteer. The Hospice has a number of voluntary Volunteers’ Week celebrations roles which only take around an hour In June we celebrated Volunteers’ Week with dozens of events or two, every few months; they can be done from time to time and can fit in taking place during the course of the week, all organised by shop around your life. If you would like to and Hospice managers to thank their volunteers. help, please contact Rob Wallace on: [email protected] Rob Wallace, Voluntary Services Manager volunteers had reached one of these or 01279 773722. at St Clare Hospice, said: “Volunteers’ milestones in the last 12 months! Week is a time each year when we try and John Eaton has been pause from the day-to-day goings on at the “St Clare is incredibly lucky to have an volunteering with St Clare Hospice, and acknowledge the wonderful extremely loyal and dedicated volunteer Hospice as a tin collector in volunteers we are so lucky to have here at support base,” explains Rob. “Nationally Sawbridgeworth for the last St Clare. We simply couldn’t do what we 22% of people volunteer at least once a 18 months. John visits shops do without the support of our volunteers.” month. At St Clare about 65% of our and pubs in the local area volunteers volunteer every week! Why? collecting and replacing donation tins. Our length of service awards scheme is 85% of our volunteers say that volunteering one of the ways we recognise the contributes positively to their health and “It’s my way of giving something back,” commitment of our volunteers. During the wellbeing. That far exceeds the national says John. “When I retired I wanted something that would help me give back week, long service awards average of 75%.” were given out to volunteers who to my local community, and this gets me surpassed the significant milestone of 5 “We’re so grateful for the commitment out meeting people and contributing to years, 10 years, 15 years or 20 years of our team of volunteers have for St Clare. a great local charity.” volunteering. This year, a startling 60 Thank you so much to all our volunteers!” Bring friendship to someone in your community The Compassionate Neighbours scheme is By February this year Sylvy had started an opportunity for volunteers to use just one visiting Pam on a weekly basis. “We just hour a week to bring friendship into other clicked straight away,” said Sylvy. “We both people’s lives, as well as their own. lost our husbands last year and I know that we can talk about them together and it’s Compassionate Neighbour, Sylvy, has been ok just to talk.” matched with community member, Pam, who she visits once a week for much-needed Pam said, “Sylvy is my Compassionate companionship. Pam was referred to the Neighbour, but she’s also my friend. I know Compassionate Neighbours scheme as her that if I’m feeling down I can always call health issues were being made worse by the Sylvy up, and she makes me feel better.” loss of her husband last year. If you are interested in becoming a Compassionate Neighbour, please contact: [email protected] Thank you Arlena Schefele ran the Hackney Glenn Perkins ran the Asda Catherine Maleary took part in Half Marathon – £306.50 Foundation Gear 10K – £774 a sponsored Skydive – £4,669 The amazing team who ran the London Marathon for St Clare: Kim Bird, Danielle Corrigan, Dunmow roundtable held Dunmow Sophie Gyles, Adam Goldspink-Burgess, Carly Lewis, Joe Longman, Colin Moody, Mark Nicholas, soapbox race – £10,000 Chris Peacock, Darren Radford, Sophie Vowden, Paul Warren – £25,862.54 Saffron Walden U3A – £60.64 8 Buy from St Clare to Shop help reduce waste According to waste charity, WRAP, the average item of clothing in the UK has a lifetime of 2.2 years before being thrown away. By supporting your local St Clare charity shop, you are helping to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, cut down on carbon emissions and raise vital funding for the Hospice. It’s not just clothes that you can recycle by donating and buying; our stores stock anything from books to furniture. Our new donation centre in Bishops Stortford is a fantastic place to bring your donations and if you visit on the last Saturday of every month you can take advantage of our sale event, where there is 25% off all our stock. New bridal boutique makes For more information, visit: stclarehospice.org.uk/shop the headlines Our specialist shop, Scarlet Vintage and Retro, has branched out into Where’s my local shop? bridal wear and opened its own boutique in April this year! Donation Centre Prospective brides can book appointments to privately view the bridal Units 9-10, The Links Business Centre, collection in the boutique, situated above the shop. Alongside wedding Rayham Road, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 5NZ dresses, there are accessories galore, ranging from shoes to the perfect Tel: 01279 639760. Open: 8am to 4pm Mon to Sat veil; in addition to bridesmaid’s dresses, men’s formal attire and a fantastic selection of hats for all occasions. Specialist Music & Book Shop 10 Devoils Lane, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 3XH Shortly after opening, the boutique attracted the attention of BBC Look East, who came to film a piece about the store. Bride to be, Tel: 01279 755990. Open: 9am to 5pm Mon to Sat, Charleigh, was interviewed along with Allie, the assistant manager, 10am to 4pm Sun and St Clare Patron Dame Claire Bertschinger, who kindly donated Scarlet: Designer Clothing & Accessories her mother’s wedding dress to the store. 46 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5BY Future brides can book an appointment to view the collection from any Tel: 020 8505 5110. Open: 9am to 5pm Mon to Sat time after 9am, Monday to Saturday, for a cost of £5 per appointment – which is refundable upon the purchase of a dress. As tradition calls, a Debden 72 The Broadway, IG10 3SY glass of bubbly will also be on the house after customers find ‘the dress’! Tel: 020 8502 2361. Open: 9am to 5pm Mon to Sat For information, or to book an appointment, call 01279 412516. Epping 182 182 High Street, CM16 4AQ Tel: 01992 575092. Open: 9am to 5pm Mon to Sat

Great Dunmow 41 High Street, CM6 1AE Live too far away? Try Tel: 01371 875756. Open: 8.30am to 4.30pm If you’d like to shop with St Clare, but aren’t able to make it to one of Mon to Sat our shops, you can still visit our eBay site. It’s a great way of supporting the Hospice and grabbing yourself a bargain at the same time! Harlow Unit 2A, St James Centre, East Road, CM20 2BJ Tel: 01279 639752. Open: 9am to 4.30pm Mon to Sat, We list more than 450 items on our site at any one time and, on average, 10am to 4pm Sun and Bank Holiday we raise around £6,000 a month through eBay sales. Last month, nearly a quarter of all sales were posted outside Scarlet: Vintage & Retro the UK, even reaching countries as far 3 Broadwalk, Harlow, CM20 1HX. Tel: 01279 412516 away as Korea! This is all helping to Open: 9.30am to 5pm Mon to Sat, 10am to 4pm Sun raise vital funding for the Hospice. Saffron Walden 1 Mercers Row, CB10 1HD You can peruse our eclectic selection Tel: 01799 523573. Open: 9am to 5pm Mon to Sat of quality goods, at any time of the day and from anywhere in the world, by visiting: Free furniture collections Tel: 01279 639760 ebay.co.uk/str/stclarehospice

Gail Edwards participated in Terry Mackay held a Leverton Junior Highstone Lodge Moreton Primary various sponsored runs – £270 Quiz Night – £268.70 School – £3,790.46 8778 – £1,000 School – £806.70

Emery family – £100 Hobbs Cross golf centre – £287 Clavering supporters – £3,380.59 Dunmow supporters – £1,094.13 Rotary club of Epping held their annual golf day – £14,500 Rock Choir Dunmow – £287 Saffron Walden Lions Club – £1,000 9 Fundraise

Grand opening for our new loo! We were delighted to be joined by our local business partner, Simply Washrooms, for the grand ‘opening’ of our newly refurbished disabled toilet facility. The refurbishment project, which cost just under £2,000, was fully funded by Simply Washrooms and Sam, Commercial Director at the company, had the honour of officially declaring the facility open, with a special cutting of the ‘toilet roll’ ceremony! Sarah Thompson, our Chief Executive welcomed John and Sam from Simply Washrooms and thanked them for their support. “We’re so grateful for the generosity of Simply Washrooms, in helping us to make sure our facilities at St Clare Hospice are suitable for all of our visitors.” Winter Walkies “To make the Hospice more accessible for local returns for 2020 people when they are facing one of the most difficult times in their lives, we urgently needed Stay ahead of the pack by joining us to improve our disabled and changing facilities for our popular annual Winter Walkies which are regularly used by visitors, families with (L-R) Sarah Thompson, Chief Exec at St Clare, event on Sunday 23rd Feb 2020, which with John Shelley and Sam Stocks of Simply is generously sponsored by Forest Vets. babies and children and, of course, our patients.” Washrooms ‘cutting the toilet paper’. From Cockapoos and Cocker Spaniels to Pugs and Poodles, dozens of dogs of all shapes and sizes are set to take part in Calling courageous soles our sponsored 5km countryside walk. Now that the weather is starting to turn, what better way to The pooch parade will set off from get toasty than by entering the St Clare Firewalk? the Hospice at 11.00am, with walkers This is your chance to take on an incredible personal and pets winding their way across the beautiful Essex countryside before challenge – a barefoot walk over red hot wood embers, returning back to the Hospice for a cup smouldering at over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. With no of hot soup and a roll. tricks and no special effects, it is just you and the fire. For more information, please visit Our Firewalk takes place on Sunday 27th October at stclarehospice.org.uk/winter-walkies the Hospice. Places are limited to 40 and will go quickly – or call Challenges & Events Fundraiser, so don’t delay; book for this scorching event now! Emma Broadbent, on 01279 773754. stclarehospice.org.uk/event/autumn-firewalk

For more information please visit What’s on this Autumn/Winter… stclarehospice.org.uk/events

Bridge Drive, Manuden Muddy Mayhem, Brentwood Charity Car Park, Harlow Thursday 3rd October 2019 Sunday 20th October 2019 Saturday 23rd November 2019 Enjoy a day with international Bridge 10.15am–2pm, £50 entry. Call All day at Harlow College. Hosted by player, Andrew Robson. Starts at 10am, Emma Broadbent on 01279 773754. Harlow friends. Parking only £2! Manuden Village Hall. £45 per person. Posh Afternoon Tea, Hastingwood GPCA Christmas Fair, Great Parndon Includes a 2-course lunch, glass of wine Sunday 3rd November, 2019 Sunday 24th November 2019 or fruit juice. Advance booking only. Scrumptious sandwiches and cakes at A variety of Christmas gift stalls, Tombola, Call Mrs Liz Jordan 01279 814438. Hastingwood village hall from 3pm. Tea and Cake. Great Parndon community 10k Fun Run, Manuden Tickets are £12, advance booking only, centre from 11.30am–2.30pm, £1 entry. Sunday 6th October 2019 from Carol on 01992 718859 or Contact Dani De’ath on 01279 773738. From 10.45–1pm. Entry is £3–12. Audrey on 01279 423457. Santa Run, Debden Call Rachel Lines on 01279 773734. Christmas Fair, Little Hallingbury Sunday 8th December 2019 Autumn Fair, Hatfield Heath Friday 8th November 2019 12.00 noon–3pm. Adults £12, including Thursday 10th October 2019 Stock up early on Christmas presents Santa suit. Children £5 including reindeer A range of autumn and early xmas stalls. from a variety of stalls. Little Hallingbury antlers. Call 01279 773754. £1 entry. Hatfield Heath Village Hall. church 9am–1pm. Call the Fundraising St Clare 10k, Hastingwood 10am–2pm. Call 01279 773734. team on 01279 773750. Sunday 5th April 2020 Italian Charity Lunch, Manuden Christmas Fair, Saffron Walden 10.30am–1pm, Friday 18th October 2019 Friday 15th November 2019 entry £10–12. Call Manuden Village Community Hall from Grab a Christmas bargain at the Lord 01279 773736. Don’t forget! 11.30am–2.30pm. Tickets cost £25. Butler Centre, 10am–2pm, £1 entry. Christmas Call Peter Heap on 01279 817823 or For more information, call the Fundraising Jumper Day – Valerie Bartram on 01279 814544. team on 01279 773750. Friday 13th December

10 St Clare superheroes Fundraise strike again! Some of our supporters go above and beyond to raise money for St Clare… from climbing mountains to taking on death defying drives, the commitment of our supporters knows no boundaries. In March, committed St Clare challenger Goolmohr ‘Georgie’ Cantel raised around £1,400 for St Clare Hospice after jumping into the driver’s seat at a Suzuki Swift Sport Cup Rally Car Race. Georgie, an 83-year-old grandmother of four, has raised almost £15,500 for St Clare through a series of sponsored adrenaline-fuelled challenges – as well as several charity Race Night and Afternoon Tea Party events. Annual Spring Ball Val Bennett, Volunteer Nurse on the Hospice’s Inpatient Unit, scaled the raises more than £30k heights of Everest in May raising more than £2,500 for St Clare. Val said: “I never realised how hard it would be, but the scenery was amazing. On the evening of Saturday 23rd March 2019, we hosted a Leaving a Legacy I am overjoyed to have reached my goal! Even through the altitude sickness, Spring Ball at Weston Homes’ Conference Centre in Takeley. it was all worth it to be able to raise such a great amount for St Clare.” More than 100 attendees from local businesses enjoyed a In July social worker Ruth, took on a daring feet (!) of endurance – a prosecco reception, followed by a 3-course meal, an evening of to St Clare barefoot climb of Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest peak at 1,345m. “To prepare, live music from local band Frisco Monk and an auction which I walked and ran barefoot on as many terrains as possible. I really just boasted a plethora of prizes. In total, the Spring Ball raised over Last year, Margaret and John Owen came to the wanted to do something different to help raise money for St Clare.” £34,000 after guests bid generously during auctions. Hospice with their family to donate a gift left to us by their dear Uncle Ted, Edward Bunkall. And last, but certainly not least, dedicated Dan has been at it again. Last The Ball was organised by our Corporate Fundraising year he climbed Kilimanjaro to raise money for us and this year he’s taken Manager, Amy Jacobs, who said: “Our Spring Ball was such Edward first came to know St Clare after receiving counselling a wonderful celebration for our local business partners. I’d like on a double-challenge of aerial adventures; he took on an abseil, from from us, following the death of his beloved wife, Lucy, who to thank everyone who came along on the night and those 262ft from the Orbit sculpture in Stratford’s Olympic Park, in July, and a passed away 25 years ago. daring skydive on 3rd August. who also supported the event in other ways.” “Uncle Ted first came to know St Clare Hospice after he lost his Next year’s Spring Ball will take place on 7th March 2020 Later this year, in November, we will have a number of St Clare staff taking wife, my Auntie Lucy,” said Margaret. “It’s the 25th anniversary and will have a pearl theme, reflecting St Clare’s 30th birthday on a trek to Cambodia. We’ll be encouraging them to post pictures of their of her death, this September. She was only 68 when she trek when they go – so that you can keep up-to-date with their progress. celebrations. Any local businesses interested in attending can call Amy Jacobs, Corporate Fundraising Manager on died, and Uncle Ted was 71. They never had any children of If Georgie, Val, Ruth and Dan have inspired you to challenge yourself, 01279 773758 or email: [email protected] their own, but were such a devoted couple. Uncle Ted was so visit our website: stclarehospice.org.uk/get-involved/challenges or devastated when his Lucy died; we always thought that things get in touch with Emma Broadbent, Challenges and Events Fundraiser, on could have turned out bad for my Uncle. However, with the [email protected]. Christmas Tree Recycling support of St Clare, Uncle Ted was able to pick his life up again. We were blown away by the success of our Christmas “St Clare offered Ted support almost right after she died, tree recycling scheme in January this year, as we and we don’t think he ever looked back after that. Uncle Ted raised over £2,300 to help fund our expert care! taught himself how to cook, and really looked after himself. He travelled the world, visiting South Africa and Scotland, and We are expanding the project in January 2020 so that we can Malta twice a year. He became a good chef, and was proud collect trees from an even larger area. After Christmas, we’ll be of it – although he never gloated! visiting Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Stansted, Dunmow, Saffron Walden and surrounding areas. “When my Uncle died, we found out what a difference St Clare had truly made to him. We found in his Will that If you’d like to register your interest to recycle your Christmas Uncle Ted wanted to leave a £100,000 Legacy to the charity tree with St Clare in January 2020 please contact Rachel Lines, who had helped him to build a new life after losing his wife.” Dan Mackay preparing to ascend Val Bennett completes her Everest challenge Community Fundraiser, on 01279 773734 or email Mount Kilimanjaro last year. raising more than £2,500 for St Clare. [email protected] “Uncle Ted knew that £100,000 would be a sum of money that could really help the charity. He had seen and experienced what St Clare could do for people, so he was very happy to support the Hospice. Leaving a Legacy for St Clare was Edward’s way of saying thank you to St Clare, Remembering loved ones for all they did for him.” Our new autumn event, Walking in Memory, a 5k walk in the wonderful Hastingwood countryside, took place on Sunday 15th September. It was fantastically well attended by Leaving a Legacy to St Clare is a powerful way of supporting people who wanted to walk in memory of a loved one. your local hospice. Legacies of all sizes, no matter how big or small, are a vital source of funding for St Clare, helping to We are hoping to arrange another Walking in Memory event next year, but if you are looking ensure we can continue to care for our community, both now for a way to remember a loved one, you might want to consider a leaf on our Memory Tree. and into the future. To enquire about getting a leaf engraved with your loved one’s name please contact: To find out more about leaving a gift to St Clare in your Will, [email protected], 01279 773750 or visit stclarehospice/memorytree visit: stclarehospice.org.uk/donate/legacies or contact: [email protected]

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