Will Blake has supported our online retail team as a volunteer since 2022, wrapping and packing items sold on the hospice’s eBay site. He’s also a keen fundraiser for the hospice and has raised over £753 for the charity since March 2022. Will, who’s from Buxton, said: ‘I saw an advert on Facebook that encouraged […]
Our hospice eBay site celebrated its 14th anniversary back in March, with over 15,000 items sold since its inception and thousands of pounds raised for local patient care. Laurence Carr from Whaley Bridge began supporting the hospice several years beforehand, and spearheaded an initiative to set up the online shopping outlet on behalf of the […]
Julie Forrest started working at Blythe House Hospicecare as a fundraiser in 2017, and since then has established the hospice’s award-winning Community Volunteer programme; coordinating kind-hearted volunteers to provide support and carer respite to patients and families across the High Peak and beyond. Julie, who originally hails from Aberdeen, has lived in Chapel-en-le-Frith for 15 […]
Will Pritchard has volunteered with the hospice’s online retail team since 2022, to gain experience and develop his skills in digital sales and communication. Will, who is 22-years-old and lives in Chinley, explained: ‘I already had connections with the hospice since working in adult and dementia care which were very interesting roles. The people here […]
Sue and her family have a long and reciprocal relationship with Blythe House and Helen’s Trust; both from accessing care here, and supporting the hospice’s provision via their own charitable trust. Sue set up the Stuart Fraser-Thomson Foundation in memory of her husband in 2011, after he died at home following his diagnosis with a […]
Fleur Pennycard has volunteered at our New Mills shop since October 2021, after she moved to the High Peak from Kent to be closer to her sister. The New Mills resident volunteered at a Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice shop for 13 years before moving up north, and it was Fleur’s sister who initially got […]
Our fundraising initiative aimed at turning the community blue is back this month and bigger than ever! #GoBlue encourages people to support their local hospice charity from Monday 20th to Sunday 26th March 2023. Supporters may like to wear blue clothes, accessories or fancy dress; organise a blue-themed party or event; celebrate with colleagues at […]
A brand-new hospice service to honour local patients’ wishes to stay at home at the end of life is set to be launched, thanks to incredible community generosity. We are set to create a Hospice at Home rapid response service. The initial funding to launch the service, and the amount needed to cover its first-year […]
Pru Kirby and Diane Bradwell – who both live in Bakewell – have been ‘very good friends for a very long time,’ and it was a mutual friend that inspired them to get involved in volunteering to support their local hospice charity. Pru, who originally hails from Dorset, has lived in the Derbyshire Dales for […]
Ruth Brown became a member of our board of trustees in 2021, following her retirement as the manager of our Hospice at Home service, and a nursing career spanning almost two decades. Here, in her own words, Ruth explains how she is ‘very proud’ to be a trustee for the charity, and what she gets […]
