What: Raise £40 for our 40th year
When: Pick a date that suits you throughout the year!
Where: Anywhere!
Minimum donation of £40
Help us to celebrate our 40th anniversary!
2023 marks a very special year for St Giles Hospice – celebrating 40 years of caring for local people, and their loved ones.
Join us for our 40th anniversary celebration year and fundraise your way!
Help us to continue to provide special moments for patients and their loved ones, today, for the next 40 years and beyond.
It’s so easy to get involved! Here are a few simple 40 for 40 ideas.
Walk 40 miles
Host a quiz night
Bake 40 cakes
Give something up for 40 days
Raise £40 for our 40th year – your way!
Celebrate this amazing milestone by holding your own fundraising activity. There are lots of ways you can get involved and help. £40, £400, £4,000 – every contribution helps to make a difference to local people, and their loved ones, living with a terminal illness.
How to get involved:
1 Sign up your workplace, community group or school to 40 for 40 so we can support and celebrate your fundraising.
2 Raise £40 your way
3 Share your pictures and messages to be added to our 40 for 40 online celebratory wall.
4 Pay in your sponsorship money online, by post or by calling our fundraising team on 01543 432538 and make sure to add the reference ‘40 for 40’
Share your 40 for 40 celebration photos with us!
Remember to share your 40 for 40 pictures and messages with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn or email fundraising@stgileshospice.com. Just add the hashtag #40for40 and tag St Giles Hospice to all your posts – we can’t wait to see how you got involved!
Here’s how your support makes a difference
Matt Morgan has been fundraising ‘his way’ to thank St Giles Hospice for the care his wife Anna received at the hospice in 2021.
Matt said: “The specialist support and care that St Giles provided for Anna and our family was brilliant. Although it was a very distressing time for us all, the hospice did everything they could to help Anna feel comfortable.
“Anna was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and after a long journey it was deemed ‘not curable’ at the end of 2020 – that’s when St Giles came into the picture. The hospice supported Anna with respite visits, medication control and community care at home.
“Despite the additional challenges that COVID-19 posed, the hospice was so accommodating, and the carers, nurses and sisters were just brilliant. Anna loved life, she was bubbly, outgoing and even when Anna was ill, she was always thinking of her family.
“Anna died at home with me by her side on 22nd May 2021, a day before our wedding anniversary.”
Matt added why it’s so important to get involved in campaigns such as 40 for 40, to ensure our hospice can still be there for families, just like his, when they need us most.
“I chose to fundraise for St Giles because I was so impressed and happy with the care Anna had received. It doesn’t matter how big or small, whatever you do, just do something!
“Ask your friends and family for support – it is about pulling together as a community to celebrate and support this vital facility for local people.”
Thank you so much for supporting ’40 for 40′!