About Wigan & Leigh Hospice
Providing specialist palliative care for people living with a life-limiting illness, including cancer, respiratory or neurological conditions
Wigan & Leigh Hospice Description
The Hospice is an independent charity with care provided free of charge to over 1, 000 patients every year. We also support those people important to our patients. We rely on the generosity of all sectors of our local community who have kindly supported the Hospice for over 30 years.
Since the Hospice opened in 1983 many thousands of local people and their families have benefitted from our care whether given in the hospice building or in patients' own homes.
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This Sunday 16th June is Father's Day.
You can dedicate a daisy in memory of a beloved father/Grandfather on our website. Choose to have your loved one's dedication appear in our virtual daisy garden, and/or have their name engraved on a wooden daisy.
https://www.wlh.org.uk/s…/giving-in-mem ory/dedicate-a-daisy/
An Evening of Summer music 🌞🎶 This Friday, June 14th at Trinity United Reformed Church, Milton Grove, Wigan.
Varied selection of songs and instrumental pieces played by a live band of local musicians.
... Tickets are available on the door at £5 each or by contacting Chris Perry on 07947 798258.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Wigan & Leigh Hospice.
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#VolunteersWeek
Margaret is an eBay and Bygone Times Volunteer for the Hospice Retail Team. Sound interesting? It is! She uses her organisation, administration and retail skills to list rare or valuable donated items on online auction sites, making sure we get a good price for them to raise money for patient care and hospice services.
Margaret loves volunteering because “I’m making friends and having fun whilst raising money for our Hospice”. Thank you so much, Margaret!
... * We’re currently recruiting for more volunteers in our online sales team – if you’re interested follow the link below *
https://www.wlh.org.uk/…/current-volunt eer…/ebay-volunteers/
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Over 3,000 of our copper boxes have now gone to homes and businesses across the Borough!
Thank you to all those who have picked one up to fill with their spare change.
If you want a copper box - just like Debbie and Monica from our Hospice in your Care Home team - you can pick them up from a wide range of places including our shops.
... For a full list please see our website www.wlh.org.uk/support-us/fundraise-for-u s/copper-boxes/
If you have difficulty getting hold of one please call the fundraising team on 01942 525566.
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Our bike ride is just one month away. We've now got over 100 riders signed up which is fantastic, but we need more to raise as much sponsorship money as possible for people who need hospice care and support.
You'll get support from the fundraising team, transport to Manchester and from Blackpool, plus lots of riders rewards including pies, drinks and of course a medal. Sign up today!
#VolunteersWeek – we need you for our eBay and online sales team!
Our online charity shop business is booming, and we need volunteers to help make the most of this opportunity to raise more funds for people with life limiting illnesses.
Are you a retail queen or a tech whizz; do you have a knack for sales or an eye for value? If any of this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you, or tag someone who fits the bill.
... You don’t have to be an expert, just keen and willing – we’ll train you up. Gain valuable digital and retail skills, raise money for charity and have lots of fun with our fabulous team!
Hours are currently Monday 10-2. Apply by 10th June. See more: http://www.wlh.org.uk/…/current-volunte er…/ebay-volunteers/…
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Join us and make a real difference in your community! We're always looking for new volunteers and have a wide range of roles available at the moment including driver, shop assistant, ward clerk, eBay volunteer and working on the Inpatient Unit. For more information about the roles and how to apply please see https://www.wlh.org.uk/…/be…/current- volunteering-vacancies/
We have 13 shops and every single one is run by volunteers. During National Volunteers Week we would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of them for all of their hard work and dedication.
Each year our shops bring in vital funds to ensure local people with life-limiting illnesses can continue to receive hospice care
#nationalvolunteersweek2019
As part of Global Running Day we're launching an exciting competition! Anyone who is registered to run for the hospice in the Leigh 10k by this Sunday will be eligible to win a £20 voucher to spend on the day plus a finisher's T shirt.
Tag someone who might want to run on 11th August!
leigh10k.co.uk
... Follow us on Instagram @wiganleighhospice
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https://www.fyldecoastrunners.com/leigh-1 0k.html
Today is Global Running Day! Lace up your trainers and get running for the best reason - raising money for the hospice through Leigh 10k.
Leigh 10k is taking place on Sunday 11th August. Run, walk, race - take it at your pace and raise money to care for people with life-limiting illnesses.
As part of Global Running Day we're launching an exciting giveaway! Anyone who is registered to run for the hospice in the Leigh 10k by the end of this week will be eligible to win a £20 v...oucher to spend on the day plus a one-off finisher's T shirt! We'll be drawing the prizewinner next week. So if you were thinking about signing up, make sure you do it by this Sunday!
Read more and register: leigh10k.co.uk
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An evening of Summer music 🌞🎶 Friday June 14th at Trinity United Reformed Church, Milton Grove, Wigan.
Varied selection of songs and instrumental pieces played by a live band of local musicians.
... Tickets are available on the door at £5 each or by contacting Chris Perry on 07947 798258.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Wigan & Leigh Hospice.
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At the hospice we rely on the support of over 600 volunteers. If you've ever wondered what volunteering involves here are a few of our volunteers explaining what their roles involve. To see what roles we currently have available go to www.wlh.org.uk and search under 'Working With Us' #nationalvolunteersweek2019
It’s national Volunteers’ Week this week so we’d like to take the opportunity to thank our wonderful volunteering community.
Our volunteers play a crucial part in the running of the hospice, alongside our employees. Working together last year we provided hospice services to 1,187 patients in Wigan and Leigh – both in the hospice building and in the community.
If you would like to know more about volunteering please visit our website www.wlh.org.uk or telephone the HR & Volunteer team on 01942 525566 for a discussion about current opportunities or to arrange a visit.
It is just 5 weeks until the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride.
Could you take on the 62 mile challenge 🚴♀️🚴🏿♂️
Sign up today by following the link below:
... https://www.wlh.org.uk/j…/manchester-to -blackpool-bike-ride/
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We still have stall space available at our Garden Party that is to be held here at the hospice, on Saturday, August 3rd.
If you would like to book a stall or have any questions please email our Fundraising team at: fundraising@wlh.org.uk.
... We are looking for stalls of all types. Craft, Cakes, Toys, Flowers etc 🍰🍿🍭🍦🌞🌸🌷🌝
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#ThankyouThursday 💜
Thank you to Mr John Bolton for organising a Golf Day to raise vital funds for the Hospice. We would also like to thank Santander (Wigan Branch) for match funding proceeds raised. Together they raised a fabulous £8500.00.
Thank you to the Co-Op in Lowton for all their hard work fundraising. They have organised lots of in-store charity events and raised a fantastic amount of £875.00 to help with patient care.
... Thank you to Helen from Standish who has made up and donated pamper packs for our patients to enjoy.
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Bananaman we need you!
We are looking for sponsors for our riders refreshments. 62 miles is no mean feat on an empty stomach. Can your workplace provide the refreshments our riders need so we can spend that money on our patients?
Fuelling our amazing bikers and our equally amazing volunteers who are helping on the day will mean a shopping list of:... 150 bananas, 150 pies, 150 flapjacks, hundreds of litres of water, energy drinks and a much needed sugar hit to get our riders to the finish line - CHOCOLATE!
Please message us if you can help, or share or tag anyone who you think might be able to help with our supermarket sweep….someone ‘Ever alert for the call to action’.
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