Woodlands Hospice

**We need your help!**
Due to a last minute cancellation, we're looking for some entertainment for our Patients' Christmas Party taking place on Thursday 6th December in our Hospice Cafe. We would ideally like some musical entertainment in the form of a singer / choir / band, however, would be open to offers!
If you know of someone who would be suitable that can spare an hour of their time from 1.45pm on Thursday 6th December, please contact us! Either DM us your details or ...email kate.leah@aintree.nhs.uk.
As ever, we're extremely grateful for any support you can give to us and our patients!
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We were extremely excited to see our large Christmas Tree delivered and installed earlier this week by Rainfords, ready for our Light up a Life service taking place this Sunday!
During this service, which starts at 4pm at Woodlands Hospice, we will be switching on the Christmas Lights in honour of all those who've received a dedication throughout the Light up a Life Appeal. There will also be a service on Monday evening from 7pm at St Andrew's Church, Maghull. (Please note, ...due to limited capacity, the service at St Andrew's requires tickets for entry.)
You can dedicate a light on one of our Christmas Trees (including our Virtual Christmas Tree) until Monday 31st December. If you would like to take part in our appeal and dedicate a light in memory of a loved one or would like more information on either of our services, please visit: https://www.woodlandshospice.org/lightupa life or contact Carole Riley on 0151 529 4143.
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Thank you to Liz Bentley for the donation of a beautiful 'Woodlands' inspired sponge cake! Liz, who teaches Cake Decorating, created this tasty baked treat with us in mind in one of her classes and donated it to us free of charge in order to collect donations! What a lovely thought ūüíöūüćį

There's still time to enter the Liverpool Santa Dash for this coming Sunday (3rd December)! If you'd like to join in on the festive fun and raise vital funds for Woodlands Hospice visit the link below for more details or contact Bobbi on 0151 529 8193 to find out how we can support you with your challenge.
Don't forget - Kids are also able to join in on the fun with the Santa Mini Dash! A fun 1k race tackling the streets of the City Centre. Why not get the whole family involved?!
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One of our recent, lucky lottery winners, Tom, popped into the Hospice for a coffee & a chat with our Lottery Development Officer, Jodie to share details of his experience and why he chose to support Woodlands Hospice through our lottery scheme.
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Woodlands Old Swan Shop has a solid oak Welsh Dresser for sale, this is a lovely piece and would complete the perfect look in the dining room over Christmas dinner.
£200 ono
message for details or feel free to call in our Old Swan shop... 531 Prescot road Old Swan L13 5UR
0151 345 0230
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Our 'Strictly for Woodlands' Event is in full swing at the Titanic Hotel Liverpool and our dancers are busy entertaining our 300+ guests!
Our Judges will be scoring the dancers throughout the night to decide on a 'Judges Winner,' however, we are also opening the votes up to the floor to choose which couple is to be crowned tonight's 'Audience Winner'!
If you want to support any of our dancers this evening, but couldn't make it along, you can still vote for them via a text v...ote. Simply text their unique code (pictured) and the amount you wish to vote (either, £2, £4, £6, £8 or £10) to 70070. You can vote up to 5 times per text and send as many texts as you wish.
Please note: Each vote costs £2 plus your standard network charge which will be added on to your next monthly bill. All proceeds from tonight's votes will be added to the total amount raised for our 'Strictly for Woodlands' Event. Voting closes tonight at 10.45pm, please be aware that if you text after this time, your vote will not count but you may still be charged.
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We hosted our annual 'Strictly for Woodlands' Event on Saturday 24th November 2018. It was an evening full of dance, fun and sparkle all in support of Woodlands Hospice and our services.
A huge thank you to all of the dancers who took on the challenge of learning a routine in just 10 lessons to entertain a crown of 350+ people, and to all who helped make the evening a success - from Hazel at Dance Unlimited and all of our Pro Dancers, to the venue (The fantastic, Titanic Hote...l), to all of the people behind the scenes working hard to make the evening as entertaining as possible. We'd also like to say a huge thank you to all who attended and supported our dancers on the night. By attending our events, taking part in the voting and raffles and various other fundraising activities throughout the night, you are helping us to continue providing quality care for our patients and their families!
And of course - congratulations to our winners!! A full story on the evening's activities will follow, but for now - the photos certainly highlight what a fantastic evening was had by all!
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A massive well done to Nicole who completed her sponsored haircut today! Thank you so much for all of your amazing support Nicole. :)

Light up a Life this Christmas and celebrate the life of someone you love by dedicating a light to them on one of our Hospice Christmas Trees. In doing so, you will also help Woodlands Hospice to continue supporting their patients and families at a time they need it most. Families such as Alison‚Äôs, who experienced the care of Woodlands Hospice last year when her Uncle, Father Tom Leigh, became a patient: ‚ÄúThere are so many things to thank the Hospice for and the dedication o...f the caring staff which makes a difficult time so much easier for families such as ours. We will be eternally grateful to Woodlands in memory of my Uncle. It is because of this that we want to do whatever we can to help the Hospice starting with supporting this year‚Äôs Light up a Life appeal.‚ÄĚ You can dedicate a light on one of our Hospice Christmas Trees - including our, newly launched, Virtual Tree - up until December 31st. To find out more about the ways in which you can dedicate a light or for information on the Light up a Life Appeal, please visit https://www.woodlandshospice.org/lightupa life or call Carole on 0151 529 4143.
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A fabulous team of over thirty volunteers from Sainsbury‚Äôs Argos kindly visited Woodlands last week to bring our gardens and surrounding paths back to their former glory following the recent ‚ÄėPavilion‚Äô building works.
The Hospice is putting the final touches to the new ‚ÄėPavilion‚Äô ready for its grand opening in December when the facility will be handed over to the Family Support Team who will work with the young people who access the Hospice bereavement services in bringing their dream to life!
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Over 70 guests joined us to 'Get in the Mood for Christmas' at Woodlands Hospice yesterday where they were entertained by the fabulous Red Rose Concert Band!
Music, mince pies and Christmas entertainment made for a lovely afternoon with great company. The event has also helped the Hospice to raise £1100! What a fabulous early Christmas present!!
Thank you to all who joined us, make sure to keep an eye on our website for future events! https://www.woodlandshospice.org/whats-on

ūüď£ Don't forget we are having our first of two donation days tomorrow, our stall will be set up in our hospice car park from 9am to receive your donations, these donations will go to our shops in time for Christmas.
Thank you in advance for your support
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Run for Fun and support your local Hospice in Liverpool’s Santa Dash on Sunday 2nd December! As an added bonus - if you manage to raise more than £70 in sponsorship we'll cover your entrance fee (£22)!
The Santa Dash is Liverpool’s biggest and best 5K and the perfect way to get into the festive spirit whilst raising money for Woodlands Hospice. The sponsorship money you raise for this challenge will help us to continue providing the quality care and services for our patients and their families.
So what’s stopping you? Contact Bobbi today on 0151 529 8193 for more information or find out all the details of how to sign up on our website: https://www.woodlandshospice.org/santadas h

Join us for the next meeting of Woodlands Patient, Family & Friends Forum, here at the Hospice on Tuesday 20th November 2018 from 1.30 - 3.30pm.
The forum is a highly enjoyable, participative group and all members are encouraged to take part in discussions and share their ideas on ways we can continue to make a difference. We'd love to see you there!
https://www.woodlandshospice.org/patient- family-and-friends…

Congratulations to our latest lottery winners! Could it be your name here next week? Join our lottery scheme for your chance to win!

Take a look at our latest vacancies on our website! We're currently on the look out for a Caretaker and an Assistant Cook for our kitchen. Sounds like it could be the job for you? We'd love to hear from you!
https://www.woodlandshospice.org/vacancie s

Fantastic to see BT supporting once again, out and about in the kirkby community delivering flyers for our new shop opening and our forthcoming events ūüĎć

We are delighted to announce the charity partnership in 2018/19 of Woodlands Hospice and Slater and Gordon Lawyers - UK!
Thank you to all staff at Slater Gordon for this support and we are really looking forward to an exciting year of fundraising ūüėĀūüĎŹ

i wud like to thank all the staff an nurses for everythin they did for my husband ken an for letting me stay with him at nites he passed away at home the 6th december miss him so thankyou for everythink

cant thank all the staff enough who stayed and looked after me dad dennis mackin through everything he went through you made his final resting days so nice an went so far out of your way to help his family also thank you so much from all his family xxxx

You looked after our mum in their three years ago Linda Carr. You done a fantastic job looking after mum. We would like to thank each and everyone of the staff especially the cook. Xx from Michelle Hesketh xx

Wonderful Place Wonderful Staff Wonderful People .My Husband Don Rawley Passed away on The 5th October after three weeks was their 2 yrs ago & was mended but this time was not to be.his funeral on the 27th Ge was really comfortable & Woodlands, & did not want to return to the Hospital ever again Thank you So much Drs Nursing Staff Chefs & everyone involved.Mrs Irene Rawley& Family.X

When I first heard of the Woodlands Hospice, I didn’t know what to think and got really scared visiting for the first time but it’s nothing to be scared of. It’s so peaceful and quiet and all the staff have smiles on their faces. When my Grandad was in the Woodlands, the nurses were so supportive of my family and him. They helped my Grandad through his last few weeks of life and made him very comfortable. Even though he wasn’t the easiest of patients, you were all very calm with him and helped him when he needed it. I can’t thank you all enough! You all do a remarkable job!

To be honest I don't even know how to put it into words what an amazing place Woodlands Hospice is! My mum was brought in before Christmas and passed away on the 8th of January, during her stay the staff where absolutely brilliant and treated my mum with so much dignity & looked after me too as I was there literally everyday as well as sleeping over too, even on Christmas Day they gave me a Christmas dinner so I could have it with my Mum, the Palative care nurses and doctors were so lovely too and kept us updated constantly and were so supportive when they were telling us the bad news she didn't have long left, and the processes after she had passed away too! Woodlands is one of those places you would assume because it's a hospice it would be a very sad place but it really isn't the garden the grounds & the staff just make it a very peaceful place to be, and I'm so glad my mum was in there as she was shown the upmost respect until she died which helps me to feel more at peace now she's gone! Even after she had passed away the staff sent cards, letters etc to say they hoped I was ok, and sent me the contact details if I needed support, plus we got invited to a 'Celebration or Life' ceremony which was very emotional but lovely! And understandably I was very emotional as I hadn't been back since my mum passed away, and straight away staff members came over to me who remembered us which I thought was amazing considering it's over 7 months ago since I've been there, I really can't thank Woodlands enough for everything they have done for me my Mum & my family & I Will never ever forget it!

Thankyou you so much for making it possible for my mum and sister agnes mccaffrey and ann girvan to have their leaves put side by side on the tree it means so much to our family xxxxxxx

Thank you for the dignity and respect you showed my uncle Stephen in his final days.

Such a lovely caring place. Weve been made to feel so welcome everytime we visit. Staff are lovely and are always on hand to tend to our needs. Our mum was cared for in the best possible way and for that we will be truly grateful. Thankyou x

My mother in law joyce received such wonderful care at woodlands both as an out and in-patient. Thank you

My daughter Jane spent the end of her life at woodlands amazing doctors,nurses, helpers, fundraisers, and very peaceful and dignified thank you all xx

It’s my Mums 1year anniversary tomorrow. Mum was with you for such a short time but every minute she was there she was looked after with such sensitivity and respect. You were all amazing to Mum and our family. Forever grateful xx

I sadly lost my grandad to cancer. The help and support we got from woodlands hospice staff was Fantastic. The cares who come to my Nan & Grandads house to give a helping hand out 5 star thank you ÔŅĹ xx

I had the opportunity to spend a week at Woodlands shadowing staff in order to give me an insight into Adult Palliative care services for a new job role.

What an amazing place.....full of amazing people!! Everyone was I met, was dedicated, full of enthusiasm and full of empathy for the people they care for. I have the upmost respect for them.

I work for a charity myself, but after spending time at Woodlands Hospice, I've signed up to the hospice lottery, because I'd like to support them in any way I can.

I look forward to hopefully working with you all in the future xxx

Great hard working loving Care and attention given to patients and family and visitors from all members of the hospice staff. During the time my partner Kim Jones was a patient. Thanks once again.

Fantastic place, Fantastic Staff. Thankyou for everything that you did for my Dad Patrick (chick) Curry. He couldn't praise you all enough. I will definitely volunteering to help keep this fantastic place going xxxx

Can never thank woodlands enough for the care they gave my dad!

At the worst of times the best of places and people try to ease your pain. Dignity is preserved and families get to spend time together in an environment that allows peace, comfort and even laughter. I will never be able to adequately express my gratitude to Woodlands.