Catherine Madge started volunteering at Blythe House’s Whaley Bridge department store in 2014, after her father received care and support from the hospice during the final months of his life. She’s learnt cash handling and visual merchandising skills, and says the camaraderie with fellow volunteers and customers is one of her favourite things about giving […]
Blythe House and Helen’s Trust are delighted to have secured three places in the 2021 virtual London Marathon event set to take place on Sunday 3rd October. To find out more about how to get involved, click here. Charlie Narejko took on the 40th anniversary and first ever virtual London Marathon in 2020 in aid […]
A new shop to help raise funds for local hospice care in set to open in Bakewell. The Helen’s Trust retail outlet is located at 1 Royal Oak Place on Matlock Street, next door to Rural Threads. Helen’s Trust and Blythe House came together last year to offer hospice care in the comfort of patient’s […]
Updated 21.01.2021: After the success of the first event in January, another COVID-secure eBay donation session is set to take place at our New Mills shop (3 Union Road) from 9.30am to 12noon on Thursday 4th February If you would like to donate quality or specialist items for eBay, please bring them along! MASKS, GLOVES […]
John Mountain started to attend Blythe House’s monthly prostate cancer support group in 2018, after he was diagnosed with the condition. Alongside other health issues, the Chapel-en-le-Frith resident has sought support from the hospice’s community volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, John explains more: ‘My Partner and I knew about Blythe House from its early […]
Local people looking to start 2021 with a fresh and exciting focus are being encouraged to find out more about volunteering their time to support hospice care. Blythe House Hospicecare, in partnership with Helen’s Trust, provides free services to patients across the High Peak, Derbyshire Dales and North East Derbyshire, who are affected by life-limiting […]
More than 400 Jingle Bell Joggers across the High Peak and beyond have raised over £21,000 for local hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Blythe House Hospicecare’s third annual Jingle Bell Jog was reimagined for the current times, and saw local runners take on 5km routes in their own communities on Sunday 6th December, instead […]
Well, the sun will shine, eventually! We will be out in our gardens again, we will be immunised and Blythe House will continue to be alongside you. None of us could have imagined what would happen in 2020, or how we would change and cope. To me, it hasn’t been social distancing it’s been physical […]
After the announcement about a second national lockdown on 31.10.2020, some quotes or sentences in Pauline’s story below may seem incorrect/ unsuitable, however please note that Pauline’s story was written in September 2020, after she had returned to her volunteering role at our Buxton shop following the first COVID-19 lockdown. Pauline O’Brien has volunteered her […]
Referrals for hospice care in the comfort of patient’s homes across the Derbyshire Dales and North East Derbyshire have surged by more than 160% since Blythe House joined forces with Helen’s Trust. Blythe House Hospicecare, based in Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Helen’s Trust in Bakewell announced their formal partnership in September, but have been working together officially […]
