Voices for Hospices

World Hospice and Palliative Care day and Voices for Hospices is taking place this year on 10th October. Events will be taking place in 70 countries around the world on the day and during the week leading up to that date to raise awareness of local services, and to highlight our work. Events will include a global wave of Voices for Hospice concerts, education events and public awareness activities.

St Mary's would like to celebrate in style and on Thursday 8th October 2009 we will be holding our "Voices for Hospices" event at the Nines on Dalkeith Street in Barrow-in-Furness from 7pm until late. The event will see a group of local "celebrities", paired up with a team of well known local singers including, Pete Murphy, Denis Horan, and Steve Silver, and together they will sing a duet to compete to be the Voices for Hospices Champions 2009.

All contestants will be singing songs of their choice and will have been sponsored to perform in front of a live audience. A special team of judges will form a panel for the evening, but the audience will decide who will be the event winners.

Tickets are £5 each and can be purchased from The Nines, any of the St Mary's Charity Shops or from St Mary's Hospice, Ulverston. For more information please call 01229 580305 or email events@stmaryshospice.org.uk