Scott Beswick is hoping to raise £2,000 for Blythe House Hospicecare as he puts his best foot forward and is preparing to take on next year’s London Marathon. The Buxton resident is a big Blythe House supporter after his mother-in-law, Julie started to access services last year when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Scott […]
A High Peak nurse, who became a Member of the British Empire in 2014 after decades of service to cancer care, has become a trustee at Blythe House Hospicecare. Anne Cawthorn worked in renowned cancer and palliative care organisations during her celebrated career including The Christie Hospital, St Ann’s Hospice and the Neil Cliffe Centre […]
A gala ball to celebrate 30 years of hospice care in the High Peak has raised over £23,000 to support local families affected by cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. Hundreds of people including local businesses and volunteers attended the glitzy Blythe House event at the Octagon in Buxton on Friday 13th September. A highlight of […]
Former nurse Liz Burns started to volunteer her time at Blythe House in August last year; she became one of the hospice’s first ever community volunteers, after undertaking training for the brand new programme that had launched earlier in 2018. The Hope resident explains why she got involved: ‘I wanted to be of some service […]
Tom Craig has volunteered at Blythe House during his summer holidays from The University of Manchester, where he is studying a biomedical science degree. The 22-year-old, who hails from Hayfield but lives in a shared house in Fallowfield, Manchester during term time, says it’s worth volunteering at Blythe House because ‘you can really feel like […]
Local people are being invited to run, walk, dance, prance, jog and jingle to help raise funds for hospice care in the High Peak. Our second annual Jingle Bell Jog is back by popular demand at Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens on Sunday 1st December 2019. The Jingle Bell Jog offers a 5k route around the idyllic […]
It may seem early in the year to mention the C word but with just 15 Fridays left until Christmas; we really need to get our festive skates on and start discussing this year’s Christmas knitting appeal! After last year’s appeal raised an amazing £1,200 for Blythe House care and services, we are feeling confident […]
Rachel Dennett got involved with Blythe House’s community volunteer programme in February 2019 because she wanted to give something back to the community. The Glossop resident explained: ‘My father died last year. In his last few days he was cared for by the Shakespeare Hospice at Home team in Stratford. I saw what a massive […]
A local hospice service hailed by current patients as ‘wonderful’ is recruiting volunteers to support people in the High Peak who have life-limiting illnesses. Blythe House Hospicecare’s community volunteer programme provides practical and emotional support in the homes of local patients dealing with illnesses including cancer, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Parkinson’s and motor […]
John Baker got involved with the hospice’s community volunteer programme in February 2019, after seeing an article in a local newspaper about Blythe House. The Taddington resident explained: ‘Having been looking to volunteer “somewhere,” I read with growing interest a feature on Blythe House in the Buxton Advertiser that detailed the history, current status and […]
