http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 May 2012 09:57:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1951 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1951#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 09:57:40 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1951 A Staffordshire woman’s battle against cancer has inspired an intrepid duo to pedal all the way to Paris for St Giles Hospice. Friends Gavin Luckett and James Thompson signed up for the leading local charity’s London to Paris Cycle Ride after learning about the care Nicola Ashton, from Tatenhill, received from St Giles Hospice in [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1951 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1947 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1947#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:06:27 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1947 A record number of runners completed the fourth annual Church Broughton fun run and 5km on a gloriously warm Sunday 6th May – and raised vital funds for St Giles Hospice. Church Broughton’s Bill Speake was the first man to finish the 5km course, and Emily Sanders from Ashbourne set a new course record of [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1947 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1943 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1943#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 11:34:58 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1943 The results of the latest lottery draw are now on-line – click on the link to see if you’re a winner, and Good Luck!]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1943 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1939 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1939#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 09:56:39 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1939 St Giles Hospice is launching a new 12-month pilot scheme to give patients improved access to care in their own homes – thanks to a £39,000 grant from a private charitable foundation. The money was awarded to St Giles by the Help the Hospices charity, which distributes funding from the St James’s Place Foundation to [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1939 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1935 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1935#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 09:32:29 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1935 A Caribbean evening organised by college students has raised £500 for St Giles Walsall Hospice. Guests enjoyed Caribbean food whilst being entertained by a steel drum band at the event, which was hosted by travel and tourism students at Walsall College. The students chose to raise money for St Giles Walsall Hospice because it’s a [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1935 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1931 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1931#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 10:12:54 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1931 A team of legal experts from Lichfield are offering some free advice to local women – help St Giles Hospice and have a great time by taking part in this summer’s Solstice Walk. Gill Patterson and Erica Burt-Moore are among 20 walkers from Keelys Solicitors in Lichfield who will be taking part in this fabulous [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1931 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1927 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1927#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 09:45:07 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1927 A Sutton Coldfield family will be marking a poignant anniversary when they embark on this year’s St Giles Hospice Solstice Walk. Ruth Sprague heads up a team of women walkers who will be taking part in the fundraising event for the leading local charity, which falls on the first anniversary of her husband Patrick’s passing [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1927 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1918 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1918#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 11:48:57 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1918 Clothes donated to St Giles Hospice charity shops will be hitting the catwalk thanks to a project by fashion graduate Lindsay Parker. Lindsay has been sponsored by Vodafone’s World of Difference Programme to work for St Giles Hospice for four months, after coming up with a plan to create a fashion collection inspired by current [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1918 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1914 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1914#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 09:50:48 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1914 Congratulations to Lydia Lewis, who has just completed a 100-mile bike ride around Staffordshire in aid of St Giles Hospice. Lydia set herself the daunting fundraising challenge having been hugely impressed by the care her friend is receiving in the Compassus Centre. Accompanied by her husband Doug and her experienced cyclist friend Sam, Lydia’s journey [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1914 0 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1910 http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1910#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 11:30:02 +0000 stgileshospice http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?p=1910 Local people are being urged to break out the bunting to help celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne in style – by hosting a Great Jubilee Tea Party in aid of the leading local charity St Giles Hospice. As anticipation builds for the Diamond Jubilee, local people can hold their very own celebrations [...]]]> http://www.stgileshospice.com/main-news/?feed=rss2&p=1910 0