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15-11-2019
Helen Burkett is one of 820 volunteers at Saint Francis Hospice. Collectively, they give up 265,000 hours each year and will save our Hospice over £1.5m between this Christmas and next.
13-11-2019
When Tony Hatch retired from his business selling tea and coffee, he decided that he was still young enough to give something to people who need it the most.
12-11-2019
The concept is simple, the competitiveness is exhilarating, and the fulfilment is enormous. It's time to pit your wits against other businesses. It's time for the Saint Francis Hospice £50 Challenge 2020.
12-11-2019
Liz Preston's first experience with Saint Francis Hospice was just before the turn of the Millennium.
07-11-2019
When Pat Ainsworth's husband lost his 12-year fight against blood cancer, her grief was immense.
06-11-2019
Peter Whitehead is an ex-Bobby. Since retiring from the police, he's been kindly giving up his time to chauffeur patients to and from Saint Francis Hospice's tranquil grounds.
04-11-2019
Colin was, as they say: 'claret and blue through and through'.
28-10-2019
It was 1966 when a 10-year-old Terry Chilvers was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer of the head and neck.
28-10-2019
Tilly Hallett loved her great grandad. She was only 7-years-old when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and given 6-12 months to live.
17-10-2019
If your business is struggling for space or you're looking to get away from it all, then why not hire our Education Centre? It's perfect for events, meetings, and training and team away days.
15-10-2019
When Caroline Rumble was diagnosed with liver and kidney failure, she was given between two months and two years to live.
14-10-2019
Pauline Wenn was born in East London in 1926 with a heart defect and leaking mitral valve. Doctors warned her parents that they didn't expect her to live past 30.
11-10-2019
When it comes to raising money for our Hospice, some people jump out of planes, some walk the Great Wall of China, some scale the highest mountains — and some are ladies who lunch.
09-10-2019
October is here, and that can only mean one thing: Sir Cliff is preparing to come out of hibernation as we speak. As the autumnal chill sets in, we think that now is an acceptable time to start talking all things Christmas.
07-10-2019
Friday 4th October saw another thank you event for our marvellous volunteers.
04-10-2019
2019 marks our 35th birthday, and we've been on quite a journey.
26-09-2019
There are more than 200 hospices across the UK, providing care for over 200,000 people living with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
26-09-2019
John Leicester is first to admit that he knew very little about what we do here at Saint Francis Hospice — until he needed us.
25-09-2019
It was the 1960s when Ionie and Joel first met, having both moved to the UK from Jamaica as children. Ionie was a bridesmaid at a wedding when a 13-year-old Joel accidentally (at least that's what we're told) walked in on her in her vest and knickers.
23-09-2019
Juliet Muwenda moved to the UK from Uganda in 2005. She had been volunteering at our Harold Hill charity retail store for two years before she began to feel that something wasn't right with her body.
23-09-2019
Despite chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic arthritis, and joint replacements in her fingers, Doreen Russell has magic hands.
17-09-2019
As a kid growing up in 1970s east London, Colin McMillan would watch the greats. Despite only having three TV channels to choose from, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard's fights would be regular fixtures in his parents' front room.
16-09-2019
When Bob Ballantyne's wife Jackie passed away from lymphoma in 2004, he had to bring up his 9 and 12-year-old daughters on his own.
12-09-2019
For the past 15 years, BGC Partners have been commemorating the friends, colleagues and employees the company lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.
11-09-2019
Viv Bowen was a much-loved colleague at Saint Francis Hospice for over 20 years.
06-09-2019
It was the biggest; it was the best. Our annual Frankie's Classic Car Fest & Vintage Market on 1st September attracted 5000 people, boasted 700 classic cars, and raised £33,000.
05-09-2019
By the end of the Second World War in 1945, much of Great Britain lay in ruins. In 1951, the country was still rebuilding. It was then that a 24-year-old Wilston Samuel Jackson decided to emigrate from Jamaica to the UK after the untimely death of his dad at just 40.
29-08-2019
Former RAF nurse Moira Lewis was 80 years old when she was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. She declined treatment that would extend her life by a few months and was also adamant that she wasn't going into a hospice.
27-08-2019
When Sherry Makin was diagnosed with lung, oropharyngeal, and lymph node cancer, she had to give up her beloved job working with children living with disabilities. Although that didn't mean her caring nature had to end too.
21-08-2019
When Terry Hagan was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he decided that he wanted to be cared for in the comfort of his home. Our Hospice at Home service was able to do just that.
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