St Wilfrid’sCaresIt could be you!Not-so-secret gardens… An extra special event during

our 25th Anniversary

Silver Moonlight

WalkSt Wilfrid’s launches its Local Hospice Lottery

Locals open their beautiful gardens in support of the Hospice plus special offer for all Open Garden visitors

People at the heart of careMay 2012

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The Invisible Work ForceWorking the night shift at St Wilfrid’s Hospice

Congratulations and jubilations…Successes for our Education Centre

Looking BackA volunteer’s perspective on patient care

Calling all Vintage VulturesA retail stroll through history

And finally…The wonders of wool

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Hello and Welcome

Address: St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Grosvenor Road, Chichester, PO19 8FPTelephone Number: 01243 775302 E-mail: general@stwh.co.ukWebsite: www.stwh.co.ukRegistered Charity No: 281963

Newsletter Editor: Jill DennisonIf you have any comments about the newsletter please contact Jill on 01243 755827or e-mail jill.dennison@stwh.co.uk

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“If you enter enough competitions you are bound to win something.” That’s what Tina Mansfield, our Design and Marketing Fundraiser says and she should know for she has entered more than 1,600 competitions since she caught the ‘winning’ bug in April 2011.

Tina’s first win made her feel extremely special – a golden ticket to a family theme park – until she found out that she was one of a 1,000 other people who also felt that they were the chosen one!

Feeling quite undaunted, Tina carried on entering competitions, and being an avid fan of Facebook she was very excited when a competition popped up encouraging fans to develop a limited edition recipe for granola.

Tina’s idea to use flavours from

her garden saw her testing and developing the recipe and the pièce de résistance was seeing her brand new granola on the shelf in a local supermarket. She says, “It was a very proud moment.”

and delivers outstanding results. You can see some of his work and that of the Chichester Observer photographers in this edition.

And last but not least to Ben Rogerson who, for the last 13 years, has given an annual chamber music concert raising £9,000 for St Wilfrid’s Hospice as part of the Chichester Festivities programme. His grandmother, Mamie, spent her last days in the Hospice. Ben is looking forward to performing in St John’s Chapel on Saturday 7th July.

Thank you to all of you who support us, have a wonderful summer and enjoy the read.

Best wishes

Gosh, time is just flying by and with Summer nearly upon us there is a real buzz in the air as so much is happening in and around the Hospice.

Plans are well under way for our Silver Moonlight Walk which takes place on Friday 15th June – it would be wonderful if you could join us on what promises to be a very special night; we are hoping to achieve a record amount of £100,000 to mark our Silver Jubilee!

We have also combined our Rainbow Day with our Hospice Open Garden and invite you to our Rainbow Revival Open Garden on Sunday 5th August. If you would like to help create a rainbow there is a butterfly message card and donation form included in this edition and, thanks to Manor Nursery at Runcton, a special ‘not to be missed’ offer for all our readers.

Talking of thanks I would like to say a few words about photographer, Jason Keffert, who often pops into our office to take photos for us. His professional manner and friendly approach towards our patients, staff and volunteers puts them at their ease

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By now we hope you have all seen our three buses in and around the Chichester area. However, apart from advertising our forthcoming events and community initiatives, this month sees our Hike in Heels participants being bussed into Chichester prior to their one mile ‘teeter’ through the city centre.

With thanks to Stagecoach South who kindly agreed to bus our ‘ladies’ to the starting line. We hope they manage to board the bus without any trips and slips as all the men have, for one day, swapped their trainers for high heels and put on their glad rags to raise vital funds for St Wilfrid’s.

Little Archie Millard weighed in at 4lb 11oz when he was born on the 5th January this year – the same day the Hospice admitted its first patient 25 years ago.

Archie is the first great grandson of Pauline (Polly) Peters who, aged 84, recently came in to look around the Hospice with her great friends Jill and Michael Royall. Jill is already an avid supporter of the Hospice painting beautiful silk scarves and Rainbow coloured banners for use by the Hospice.

Polly, whose brother-in-law died here and who also had a friend under our care, had recently made a donation to the Hospice. On receiving a letter of thanks she asked Jill to read the letter to her and subsequently made the decision to pay us a visit.

She says, “There have been a lot of changes since I visited my brother-in-law here. I really enjoyed being shown around and taking tea with the girls in fundraising.

“There is something I can do to help the Hospice. I have a connection with St Wilfrid’s and can support them on a regular basis. And since my visit I have decided to increase my regular gift by £5 per month.”

It is always lovely to welcome visitors to our beautiful Hospice. If you would like to visit or find out how to become a ‘Friend’ of St Wilfrid’s and make a regular gift to the Hospice, please call Michelle Sidney on 01243 755837.

Hospice supporter John Fitzmaurice has always been keen for St Wilfrid’s to launch a fundraising lottery and he promised to be one of the first players to sign up! When we announced the launch date of our lottery as 23rd April John said, “I am thrilled that St Wilfrid’s has now started a lottery to raise further funds! It’s a great way to attract regular supporters while giving the player a chance to win a prize.”

Each entry to the Local Hospice Lottery weekly draw costs just £1 and you can choose to have as many entries as you wish. It’s so easy to join as all you need to do is fill out a simple application form with your name and address and decide how you would like to pay.

Your £1 entry will mean that St Wilfrid’s Hospice will receive vital funds and a winning cheque could be yours! All cheques are automatically posted within days of the draw so you don’t even need to remember to check your numbers. It really is that simple!

The weekly prizes are: • 1st prize £1,500 • 2nd prize £400 (with a rollover of

up to £10,000) • 3rd prize £100 • Plus 100 prizes of £10

All aboard!

Gwen Baker, (pictured) whose husband was cared for by the Hospice for eight months, agreed to help promote the lottery by sharing her story. She says, “The care provided by St Wilfrid’s Hospice is so very, very special and made such a difference to my family. It is because of this that I ask you to please, please take part in Local Hospice Lottery to help boost funds for St Wilfrid’s”.

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If you have not yet signed up to play the lottery and would like to join then please contact Michelle Sidney, Individuals Fundraising Manager, on 01243 755837 or by email michelle.sidney@stwh.co.uk

Polly Peters with great grandson, Archie

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“It’s not just a job – it’s about people – I still feel compassion and a deep level of emotion for our patients and their families.” That’s what Sister Siew Ping Crane says after working on the Inpatient Unit for the past 15 years.

Prior to joining St Wilfrid’s in 1997, Siew Ping worked as a nurse in the community and it was whilst working at a Community Hospital which had a palliative care bed, her interest in oncology and palliative care was rekindled.

Wanting to explore palliative care further, Siew Ping applied to St Wilfrid’s and, with her name on a waiting list, was thrilled when the opportunity arose for her to work on the ward.

Siew Ping worked days until 2004 when she was appointed to the role of

Sister Siew Ping Crane

Night Sister and says, “During the day the Inpatient Unit is always busy with lots of diversions for our patients. There is a bath to be had, meals to be served, doctor’s rounds, family visits and drugs to be dispensed. Night time is totally different – when all the visitors are gone, it’s just darkness and the night staff.

“It’s important to make our patients feel safe and secure and we have the skills and expertise here. Night time can be very frightening for our patients. When you are alone in bed the symptoms seem worse, you wonder what is going to happen and the future seems so uncertain. There can be lots of unresolved issues in our patient’s minds.

Sometimes, if a patient dies suddenly and has been with the hospice staff

St Wilfrid’s Hospice has taken the exciting decision to align itself with a number of GP surgeries in the area, and move all its clinical notes to a shared computer database called “SystmOne”. This ambitious project is being jointly led by our I.T. Manager, David Turner, and our Senior Community Nurse Specialist, Laura Hopkins.

The new database is a national system already in use by a large number of NHS GP surgeries, hospices and other medical facilities throughout the country. No longer will our clinicians and nursing staff need to carry round and maintain great reams of paper-based notes – all of our patient notes will be held on a secure central system, that any of our approved clinicians can access from their computers, at any time.

For our patients, it will mean that the referral process from a GP surgery will be streamlined and almost instantaneous. As we will share the patient record that already exists at the GP surgery, we won’t have to wait for

letters of referral or case histories to be sent across – as soon as a patient is referred, our specialist clinicians can see all the relevant information straight away. In fact, for our patients in the community (that are still under the care of their GP), it means that their GP can also instantaneously see any updates we make to the patient record as they happen!

Ultimately, SystmOne will integrate with our partners at the local hospitals, meaning that important test results (for example, Pathology results) will be automatically loaded into a patients record the moment they become available – meaning our clinicians can see this important data without delay.

This is a large undertaking by the Hospice – but one that will cement our position at the forefront of the provision of palliative care for our community. David and Laura are tremendously excited to be leading this project and say, “We are looking

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a sufficient length of time, it can be quite hard as you have built a relationship with them.

It is so rewarding when the patient and family trust you to work with them- then we can help them with their life’s journey. It’s the little things that mean so much – just sitting with our patients, going through their memoirs, holding their hand and listening to them – it is so lovely to make them feel that we are treating them as an individual and a very, very special person.

What else can you give to a person at the end of life’s journey except our time and availability? I am grateful to be part of a committed and dedicated team – I can’t value the staff highly enough.”

Time to take note!

Laura Hopkins, Clinical Nurse Specialist

forward to delivering this new, fast, and secure system over the coming months.”

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“As a working mum with young children, studying for my degree was possibly a crazy thing to take on; however I could not have asked for more support from all of those in the education department willing us to succeed. Without this encouragement and excellent tutor support and guidance I am not sure how successful I would have been. Studying at St Wilfrid’s Hospice has been a positive experience and one that provided a safe and comfortable environment for learning in both a professional and personal capacity. I do not see myself as an academic person and very much feel that if I can do it, anyone can do it.”

In addition to this the Education team is all set to deliver Sage and Thyme Foundation Communication Skills training to 240 qualified and unqualified health and social care staff in the St Wilfrid’s Hospice catchment area and to 90 of our own staff. This three-hour course is proving popular nationally and St Wilfrid’s took the initiative in putting in a bid for dedicated end of life training funding not only to train trainers within our own organisation but also hosting the training event for St Barnabas House, Midhurst Palliative Care Service and the NHS Sussex Community Trust End of Life Facilitators.

We have been providing much more training with St Barnabas House and Revolutions Training and have recently piloted Qualification Credits Framework (QCF) modules in End of Life Care for healthcare assistants and carers

working in hospices, community and domiciliary care. QCFs were introduced by the Government to replace National Vocational Qualification (NVQs) and credits are awarded for individual units, small steps of learning which can be banked and contribute towards a final award, certificate or diploma. The units which have been delivered are: Support Individuals at the End of Life, Contribute to the care of the deceased person and Support Individuals who are bereaved. Three of our own Health Care Assistants have undertaken this training and have found it has helped them in their everyday work. Hannah Ruff says, “I never knew quite how beneficial therapeutic interventions could be, through both physical and psychological input from therapists and me as a care worker.”

Finally look out for our own education prospectus, which includes details about the diploma and degree modules. This can be downloaded from our website www.stwh.co.uk and shows the wide variety of courses on offer between September 2012 – July 2013. If this article has inspired you to study you will get a warm welcome from Head of Education, Michele Booth, and Education Administrators, Carol Barham and Lynne Morgan.

With our 25th Anniversary approaching we decided that one of the best ways to engage further with our community was by visiting our local surgeries to update them on our current working practices, share in our successes and talk about our plans for the future.

There are 19 GP practices in our catchment area which stretches from Emsworth in the west to Arundel in the East, south to Bognor Regis and Selsey and north to the Downs. To date, a team of staff led by one of the Hospice Doctors and including the Lead Nurse for Community Services and the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) who liaises with the GP practice, has already visited seven surgeries. Another five visits

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are planned in the near future with the remainder to be confirmed.

During the visits the team talks about how the Hospice has changed over the last 25 years with many of our CNS team having undertaken degree level of training to become Independent Nurse Prescribers and the instigation of daily referral meetings where decisions are made as to who should assess a patient for the first time, i.e. a doctor or CNS after referral.

A variety of questions were put to the team such as how many referrals do we receive, where do they come from and do we still only offer care to people with cancer and Motor Neurone Disease? During one of the visits a case study was

discussed which showed how a patient, who had recently been discharged from Hospital, was looked after by the Hospice and community nursing staff collaboratively to provide end of life care for him and his family at home as was his wish.

Bev Applin, Lead Nurse Community Services, says, “So far the visits are proving to be very useful with lots of positive feedback on the services we offer although we always welcome suggestions for any potential improvements in the future.

“One of the positive outcomes is a request for more education for GPs on end of life care and documentation. This is already being addressed and planned for the near future.”

Carina Jowett being presented with her degree certificate by Michele Booth, Head of Education

The Hospice Education department is celebrating a huge success as its first five candidates have completed the two year Palliative and End of Life Care BSc Honours module. Head of Education, Michele Booth, says, “We are very proud to share the exciting news that three of our students have achieved a first class honours with the other two gaining 2:1’s; what an outstanding achievement.”

Carina Jowett, who is a member of our Hospice at Home team gained her degree in December last year and says,

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craft stalls or simply just sit and enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the garden. You are also invited to join us at 4pm when 12 white doves will be released as Amy Fuller, who has very kindly offered to join us, sings ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ – a song that evokes memories for many of our supporters.

Please help us in our quest to create another beautiful rainbow this year and consider making a donation to the Hospice when dedicating the enclosed butterfly card to a loved one. Simply complete the form at the back of the newsletter and pop it in the post!

Do read on – we are sure you will want to support the Hospice and take a peek at other people’s pride and joy, enjoy home-made refreshments and perhaps pick up a few tips from our green fingered experts!

Another ‘blooming’ good opportunity for you to enjoy some of the best gardens in and around our area that are not usually open to the public. This year we are delighted to introduce 18 very diverse gardens in Westbourne to our scheme and welcome back many of our favourites including another chance to ‘walk on the wild side’ very close to home.

Once again we are opening our Hospice garden to our supporters and it would be lovely if you could join us. There will be a chance to chat to members of our gardening team who, whatever the weather, turn out each week to ensure our garden remains a beautiful place for patients, relatives, volunteers and staff.

Talking of weather, and because Rainbow Day was so badly affected by squalling winds and torrential rain in July last year, we thought we would combine our Rainbow Day with our Open Garden on SuNDAY 5TH AuGuST, 2PM – 5PM and invite you to our Rainbow Revival Open Garden. This will provide an opportunity for our supporters to help build a beautiful rainbow of messages to loved ones.

So why not join us for a glass of Pimms, tuck into one of our chef’s home-made cakes, visit one of our

FEATuRE: Open Gardens, Rainbow Revival

Open Gardens, Rainbow Revival and so much more…

For more information on any of the gardens please call 01243 755827 or visit our events page on www.stwh.co.uk. If you would like to share your garden with others and support St Wilfrid’s Hospice please contact Jill Dennison on the above number – we would love to take a peek into your gardening world!

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Rainbow Revival Open GardenSt Wilfrid’s HospiceSunday 5th August 2.00pm – 5.00pm

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Sunday 20th May• The Old House,

Prinsted, PO10 8HR• Open Garden and

Plant Sale• 2pm – 5pm• Entrance £3, (under

12s free)Weather willing, there will be some new planting this year, with a new wildlife pond being the main feature. Cream teas, raffle and other stalls.

Sunday 10th June• Westbourne Open

Gardens• 10.30am - 5pm• Entrance to all 18

gardens £7 (under 14s free)

Westbourne is an attractive village just north of the sailing village of Emsworth. Delights include small exquisitely designed patio gardens; those with water meandering through them; carefully manicured and tastefully planted mature gardens; large spaces with impressive vistas and gardens designed and planted to show standard.Plant stall and refreshments available in village hall and ample parking.For more information go to www.westbourneopengardens.co.uk

Sunday 17th June• Selsey Gardens

Open Day• 11am – 5pm• Entrance to all

14 gardens £5, (under 1s free)

The trail meanders through the town visiting cottage, courtyard and organic vegetable gardens; continuing towards the sea via Sir Patrick Moore’s world famous observatory garden before reaching fully exposed coastal gardens enjoying spectacular views across the Solent.

Ploughman’s lunches, tea, cakes and a prize draw.

Follow signs from the A27 along the B2145 to Selsey. All gardens participating will be marked. Admission programme and prize draw tickets on sale in local shops and gardens on the day.

Sunday 17th June• 4 Hillside

Cottages, Downs Road, West Stoke, PO18 9BL

• 2pm – 5pm• Entrance £3,

(under 12s free)A small mixed garden with densely populated mixed borders and a large collection of roses. Refreshments served.

Sunday 24th June• Butterfly

Cottage, Salthill Road, Fishbourne, PO19 3PY

• 2pm - 5pm• Entrance £3This garden has a ‘perfect’ lawn that might surprise some visitors. The bog garden, formal area, pergola and wild garden should provide inspiration for others. See how well you do in the ‘plant quiz’ as you sip your tea in the sun!

Saturday 14th July• Hoe Cottage, Hoe

Lane, Flansham, PO22 8NW

• 2pm – 5pm • Entrance £3The garden is on an undulating site with mature trees and shrubs. There is a sunny gravel area with a mixture of grasses and a place to sit. Shady parts through trees to ponds with a connecting waterfall.

Sunday 15th July• Cokes Farm,

Westburton, Pulborough, RH20 1HD

• 2pm – 5pm• Entrance £3A simple country garden within a smallholding, where the owners keep hens, Southdown sheep and a few ducks and geese. They also have a large ‘no-dig’ system organic vegetable garden where they grow a wide range of produce for family use and to sell in the farm shop alongside free-range eggs.

Sunday 5th August • St Wilfrid’s

Hospice, Grosvenor Road, PO19 8FP

• 2pm – 5pmVisit our award winning garden and chat to members of our volunteer gardening team. A donation at the door entitles you to a ticket in our lucky prize draw.

Sunday 12th August • Roundhill Cottage,

Butcher’s Lane, East Dean, PO18 0JF

• 2pm – 5pm• Entrance £3After a successful and enjoyable opening with St Wilfrid’s last year Roundhill Cottage will once again open its two acre garden. Set in a tranquil fold of the South Downs at East Dean, just seven miles north of Chichester, the garden has a romantic style of planting, rich in unusual plants with wildlife pond and herb wheel. Tea and cakes served.

Sunday 26th August• The Manor

House, Church Lane, Hunston, PO20 1AJ

• 1pm – 5pm Entrance £3The Safari Park is open again! Another chance to come face-to-face with rhino, cheetah, elephant and lions. Three acres of moated garden with roses, orchard and parterre terrace dotted with wild animal sculptures.

FEATuRE: Open Gardens, Rainbow

Special Offer for all St Wilfrid’s Hospice supportersManor Nursery, Pagham Road, Runcton, Chichester, PO20 1LJ10% off when you spend £20 or more on any garden plants.Valid until 31st December 2012.

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patients’ funerals. As the Hospice expanded and the numbers increased this occurred less and less.

Patient Care volunteers also used to help in the Ward Office by answering the phones if the nurses were busy and at one time two volunteers would be on duty on the 9am -12pm shift to be able to cover the Ward Office. Eventually this led to the creation of the position of Ward Clerk and I was lucky to be one of the two part-time people taken on for this job. I loved the job but had to give it up after my husband fully retired and we started to spend more time at our home in Portugal, so I went back to being a volunteer again. At present I am taking a break having had two total knee replacements, but I hope to resume again sometime in the future.

Apart from witnessing the increase in bed numbers at St Wilfrid’s Hospice, the expansion of care in the community, the creation of the Day Hospice, the range of facilities and holistic treatments now available to patients, the Hospice continues to provide ever increasing support and care to families. I have always felt privileged to be a small part of this and I believe passionately about

I started as a volunteer at St Wilfrid’s Hospice in the autumn of 1989 and have seen many changes. The welcome and friendliness of all staff and other volunteers was always so positive and very encouraging that I immediately felt at ease. Although my first few shifts were on the reception desk I quickly realised that I wanted to be more involved with patients and so I switched to Patient Care. In those days volunteers were given instruction on handling and dressing patients so we did have quite hands-on experience and I really enjoyed that. There were only nine bedrooms - five single rooms and one four bed ward - but the ward was converted to single rooms quite early on. In those days Patient Care volunteers also prepared patient suppers one evening a week so that the Chef could have a night off and the choice of food on offer was usually a salad, sandwich, soup, jacket potato or eggs.

I also got involved with visiting bereaved relatives, which was sometimes quite challenging but was also very rewarding. We were often assigned a family that we had worked with whilst doing our Patient Care duties and we frequently attended the

Do you remember the film, “A Message in a Bottle” in which a woman discovers a tragic love letter in a bottle on a beach and wants to track down its author?

Well, the Hospice is involved in a scheme introduced to the area by The Lions Club of Chichester which involves distributing green bottles to patients under our care and in their own homes. And, although its contents are not quite as romantic as those in the film, they can save vital time if an emergency occurs for patients under our care.

Inside the bottle is a message which lets the emergency services, carers and other healthcare professionals know our patients’ vital personal details as well as information about their preferred place of care, essential medication, resuscitation status or advance care plan.

The bottle is kept in the fridge and our patients place stickers inside the front door and on the outside of the fridge which indicate its presence in the home to any visiting healthcare professional.

The bottle is not only available to our patients; it is widely used in the local community and is available free of charge from doctors surgeries and local Lions Clubs.

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the work of the Hospice. Over the years it has given me a great insight into human behaviour and also given me skills to deal with illness and loss of both family and friends. I have always felt that I have gained far more than I have ever given and I would encourage anyone who might be thinking of becoming a volunteer to give it a go.

Congratulations to everyone at St Wilfrid’s Hospice, past and present, who have helped to make it the place it is today and I wish it continued success in keeping up the good work and high standards that it has achieved over the last 25 years. Claire Bradford

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If you are attending a vintage event, planning to visit the Goodwood Revival or just have a passion for vintage then this is the place to be!

Take a trip down memory lane on FRIDAY 31ST AuGuST from 10am – 4pm as the Chichester Assembly Rooms in North Street Chichester opens its doors to St Wilfrid’s Hospice first “Vintage Affair” – a celebratory event during our 25th Anniversary year.

Take a stroll through history making your way from the 1940s, stopping in the swinging 60s and onwards into the 80s. Come and browse through our one-off bargains which include rare clothing, accessories, records, retro toys and other gorgeous collectables.

We all know shopping can be tiring so why not take a breather in our pop-up vintage tea room or chat to one of our glamorous, friendly staff dressed to impress?

If you have any vintage or retro goods you would like to donate, please drop them into any of the Hospice charity shops or our Donation Centre in Summersdale.

The Scottish Country Dance Party in Lavant House School in January was a huge success raising £1,200 for the Hospice.

David Sparrow, our caller, and Rob Whyte infected us with the spirit of Scottish Dance and during the supper interval came one of the highlights of the evening – a demonstration of Irish dancing by seven year old Hannah Goulding.

We would like to thank Margot Lowe and the staff at Lavant House School, Hannah, David and Rob and to everyone who joined us. See you next year!Nina Johns, Chair, Lavant Valley Support Group

The Middleton Art Group has supported St Wilfrid’s Hospice since 1993. We hold three exhibitions and sales a year and do not charge admission but suggest a donation to the Hospice. By doing this we have raised £4,173.89 between 1997 and 2011. The group has already held one exhibition this year at the Norfolk Centre, Mill Road, Arundel, with two more to follow between 10am – 6pm on: SATuRDAY 16TH & SuNDAY 17TH JuNE and SATuRDAY 25TH, SuNDAY 26TH & MONDAY 27TH AuGuST Pam Tate

Recently eighty guests enjoyed ‘Jack’s Persian Feast’ at the Norfolk Centre and a delicious Persian meal was served. An enthusiastic, smiling troupe of belly dancers gave a spirited and well-received performance in their magnificent costumes, giving their services for nothing and making a generous donation.Jenny Edmonds, Chair Arundel Support Group

Southbourne Support Group held a successful Quiz Night in February raising £950, and a concert featuring The Solent Male Voice Choir in March raising over £1,000. As always, the support of the community is very much appreciated.Hilary Gilson, Chairman, Southbourne Support Group

A great big thank you to everyone who has helped BEADYS raise almost £17,000 this year for the Hospice - we could not have done this without the overwhelming support of our local village communities, namely Barnham, Eastergate, Aldingbourne & District with Yapton Supporters - BEADYS! Gill Kelly, BEADYS, Vice Chairman

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For more information please call Leon on 01243 778966 or Siobhan on 01243 755805.

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…especially like Esther Ross who in her younger days, was an Eton Dame (the Eton term for Matron) and who sadly died just after Christmas.

Esther was responsible for the welfare of boys at the school and she never stopped caring - joining the Hospice firstly as a volunteer on reception - and latterly as Chairman of Funtington and Ashling Support Group. Many will recall her regular Curry Lunches in aid of St Wilfrid’s.

Esther was proud to be a descendant of Rear-Admiral Sir James Ross, the polar explorer who discovered the Ross Sea and Ross Island, both of which were named in his honour. She certainly shared his determination, particularly when it came to raising funds for the Hospice.

A keen and skilful bridge player, Esther continued playing regularly and enjoyed a flutter too! Her winnings, although only pence, were popped into a Hospice collecting box so one could say that gambling is sometimes a good thing.Sue Hyland and Tiffin Jones

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Fundraising

It may come as a surprise when patients are asked, during their initial assessment, whether they or their spouse ever served in the RAF. But the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) helps members of what they call their ‘family’ at all stages of life, whether still serving or not, and that includes contributing to the cost of hospice care. So earlier this year we were thrilled when Paul Hewson, the RAF Benevolent

13 year old Christopher Fellows from Chichester recently completed a sponsored swim in aid of St Wilfrid’s Hospice. As part of a Religious Education project at Bourne Community College Christopher had to raise money for charity. He chose St Wilfrid’s as his Nan, June Fellows, has been working as a housekeeper at the Hospice for the past 25 years. Chris signed up to take part in St Wilfrid’s Silver Challenge which provides an opportunity for supporters to try something a little bit different during its 25th Anniversary year. His target was to swim 25 lengths of Westgate Leisure swimming pool and, not only did he succeed, he also raised the fantastic sum of £101!

Chris says, “I really enjoyed taking part although the fundraising was hard – Nan helped a lot by phoning around friends and family.”

If you would like to get involved in a Silver Challenge why not sign up to jump out of a plane or take part in a

Keeping it in the RAF FamilyFund’s Regional Director for London, Home Counties and South England presented us with a cheque for £5,000 towards the cost of care provided to RAF family members. He said, “We help a lot of hospices because they help members of the RAF Family. More and more hospices are applying to us and we will help wherever we can.” We are very grateful to Paul and his colleagues at the RAFBF for their welcome support.

Since announcing the total raised by our first Make A Will Fortnight scheme in the last newsletter we’ve continued to receive further donations. The total raised is now a fantastic £17,740 and we’ve asked Matthew Field, of Stone Milward Rapers, Selsey, to share with us why he decided to take part in the scheme:

Why did you decide to support the Hospice and take part in Make A Will Fortnight?We have in the past contributed to other similar national schemes however St Wilfrids Hospice is obviously much closer to our hearts. Many of our clients have had an experience with St Wilfrids, whether having been patients themselves or having had loved ones who have been treated by the Hospice team. Did you receive many calls in response to the scheme?Yes, too many to cope with and we had to turn people away in the end! We have already had enquiries from the friends of people who used the scheme last year. How many Wills did you write?I wrote 15 new Wills and two Codicils (amendments to existing Wills). Your usual fees were waived in exchange for your clients making a donation to the Hospice. During the fortnight you raised a fantastic £1,290.00, were you pleased with the result?Yes, you always hope to do more though. The other positive impact of the scheme was that I found in certain cases that I was making Wills for people who said that they may not have bothered to make a Will other than with the encouragement of the scheme.

sponsored slim – lose those few extra pounds whilst adding on the £s! There is plenty that youngsters can do as well such as hold a sponsored silence and try to keep quiet for 25 minutes, run around the playing field 25 times and ask people to sponsor you, or hold a silver dressing-up day charging £2.50 to take part! We’re sure you’ve got plenty of other ideas to raise much needed funds for the Hospice!

Generous support from the RAF Benevolent Fund

Christopher Fellows take on the Silver Challenge!

By Jove he’s done it!

For more information please ring Julie on 01243 755181 or e-mail julie.longman@stwh.co.uk

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wonderful treasures, Goodwood House provides a spectacular surrounding both inside and out.

Priced at £125 each, the tickets include a champagne reception and a superb three course menu created by Goodwood’s head chef and featuring delicious reared organic food from the Estate’s organic farm. Dancing to a fabulous live band, enjoy top class entertainment, a Grand Auction with ‘lots’ to suit everyone and a chance to win a super prize in our raffle.

We aim to make the Silver Ball one of the highlights of our Silver Anniversary year and a very special occasion – certainly not one to be missed!

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Sunday 20th MaySilver Hike in HeelsChichester Rugby Football Club11.30am

Friday 15th JuneSilver Moonlight WalkStarting at the Westgate Centre, ChichesterMidnight

Sunday 1st JulyFamily Fitness FundraiserBourne Community Leisure Centre, Southbourne

Saturday 21st July‘Woolstock’The Woolpack Inn, Fishbourne

Sunday 29th JulyElgar – The ApostlesArundel Cathedral7.15pm

Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th AugustHike 4 HospicesSouth Downs WayVarious start times for walkers and cyclists

Friday 31st AugustVintage EventAssembly Rooms, Chichester10am

Saturday 22nd SeptemberCoastal Yacht ChallengeChichester Harbour

Monday 24th September – Friday 5th OctoberMake a Will FortnightParticipating firms of Solicitors TBC

It’s time to bring out the ball gowns and bow ties as tickets go on sale for our prestigious Silver Ball which is planned to take place at Goodwood House, one of the finest stately homes in the country, on SATuRDAY 17TH NOVEMBER, 7.00pm.

At the heart of the Goodwood Estate and located in stunning parkland, Goodwood‘s great Regency house has been a wonderful setting for celebrations for over 300 years. Filled with magnificent paintings and

Let’s spend the night together…

A Very Special Occasion

Details about all of our events will be regularly updated on our website. Visit www.stwh.co.uk to ensure you’re not left out of any of our activities. For further details please call the Fundraising Team on 01243 755827.

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Please call Sabine Margarson on 01243 576121 or click onto www.stwhball.org.uk for more information.

Well there’s an invitation you can’t refuse! Especially when it includes a night out under the stars with some gorgeous girls or good looking men, food to tantalise and tease your taste buds and, at the end of the evening, you can show your feet some love with a relaxing pampering for those tired, aching tootsies!

Tempted? Then why not join us on FRIDAY 15TH JuNE in our Silver Moonlight Walk – a 10 mile sponsored walk around Chichester. Get together with your friends, family or work colleagues and have a night out with a difference! If 1,000 people sign up and each raise £100, £100,000 will be raised – enough to keep the Hospice running for six and a half days! Please help us to

achieve this record-breaking target in our 25th Anniversary year. It would be terrific if we could beat the amount raised last year by every participant raising sponsorship or making a donation to the Hospice over and above the entry fee.

Please note that the entry fee of £17.50 only covers our costs and includes a special commemorative Silver Anniversary Moonlight Walk t-shirt, goody bag, refreshments along the way, a light breakfast and a welcome foot massage upon your return.

If you would like to join in the fun and help raise vital funds during our special 25th Anniversary year please call the Fundraising Team on 01243 755827 or visit www.moonlightwalk.stwh.co.uk now!

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Hearts were stirred as supporters, volunteers and staff of St Wilfrid’s Hospice came together to attend the annual Light up a Life service at Chichester Cathedral late last year.

With a warm welcome given by our Patron, The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, and with the uplifting voices of The Chantry Quire heard throughout the event, attendees could not help but be moved by the readings, the lighting of the tree and the sharing of candlelight.

For many Light up a Life is an occasion that helps families and friends to come together to remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones past and present and to also acknowledge the loving and caring support that the Hospice teams provide during extremely difficult times.

In addition to the service, supporters of the Hospice were also given the opportunity to make a gift to the Hospice Light up a Life appeal and an amazing £22,000 in additional funds was generated so a heart-felt thank you to everyone.

Pictured: Kathleen Eames with some of the 51 Easter novelties she knitted for us! Kathleen is one of nearly 100 lovely ladies who knit Christmas and Easter treats for us. We fill these with sweets and send them to local schools and this raises around £1,500 each year. A big thank you to all our knitters, your continued support is much appreciated. If you own a pair of knitting needles and would like to support the Hospice in a rather unique way, then please contact Julie Longman on 01243 755181.

Congratulations to all our Brighton and London Marathon runners – you did us proud! All those cold, dark, early morning, wet and windy training runs, ice baths, blisters and carb-filled meals really paid off!

For one of our marathon runners though, the Brighton Marathon was just the beginning! Nick Stilwell used the marathon as part of his training for his trek to Everest Base Camp in November, also in aid of the Hospice. As if 26.2 miles on the flat wasn’t enough, Nick will trek to the dizzying heights of 5,545m.

Good luck to all our runners, walkers, trekkers and parachute jumpers who are taking part in events for us later this year. We really do appreciate your support.

If you would like to raise money for the Hospice by trekking, parachuting, walking, cycling or running in the Brighton or London Marathon for us in 2013 (we have guaranteed places up for grabs) please do get in touch by calling 01243 755181 or emailing julie.longman@stwh.co.uk

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SUPPORTING:

Kathleen Eames with her Easter knits

Patients at St Wilfrid’s will continue to receive the very best in care and comfort, thanks to the generosity of two local businesses.

A donation from PLT Group has paid for 25 new, non-slip lap trays for patients to use, and 20 soft, cotton nightshirts. PLT’s gift has also enabled us to replace the heavy drugs trolley used by nurses caring for our in-patients, with a lightweight, modern one.

PLT’s director, Daniel Pye, contacted St Wilfrid’s recently offering to make a donation. Daniel’s mother and grandmother were both cared for by the Hospice. He says, “My fellow directors Joe Lloyd, Kevin Thurston and myself, wanted to make the donation after I stayed at the Hospice for 4 nights in a row to spend the last few days with my Mum. I witnessed all the hard work, special care and long hours given to the patients to make them as comfortable as possible. I put the idea to my partners and they were instantly agreeable as my mum had been close to them as well.”

Another local business, which has supported the Hospice previously, has recently paid for two replacement air mattresses for patients on the ward.

Angela Wormald – in the spotlight

1. How long have you been a Trustee?Since April 2010.

2. Why did you want to join the Board?I had long admired the work of the Hospice and had raised funds in a small way over the years. I knew that when I retired I wanted to do voluntary work but wasn’t sure what, only that it had to be meaningful and worthwhile. When I noticed that the Hospice were looking for Trustees and specifically wanted someone with HR experience I decided to apply.

3. Can you describe your role as Chair? As Chair I lead the Trustee Board in their main role of leadership and governance - establishing and maintaining the overall direction of the Hospice, setting its policy and developing its strategy. The Board also works closely with Alison, the Chief Executive, and her Management Team, meeting with them regularly to monitor the Hospice’s performance towards its goals.

4. What is your most memorable moment at the Hospice?Impossible to say, I have really enjoyed my involvement with the Hospice and it is wonderful to be able to use my skills in a small way to help.

5. If you could take two things to a desert island what would they be? I really couldn’t do without shampoo and for the other it’s a toss-up between an endless supply of knitting needles and yarn or a Kindle with an everlasting battery. If my husband John is reading this then, of course, it’s him and the cats!

6. Where is the most interesting place you have lived?On balance, it has to be Chichester. There is so much to do and see and it’s in a beautiful part of the country.However the area around our second home in Burgundy comes a close second.

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