Windermere Ladies Golf Club raises £750 for St Mary's

We would like to thank Windermere Ladies Golf club for raising a wonderful £750 for St Mary's at their recent coffee morning.

Pictured: Judith Flannigan, Zoe Guest - St Mary's Fundraising and Volunteer Manager, Margaret Lister.

Anthony Hewitt & Martin Roscoe play concert for St Mary's Hospice

St Mary’s Hospice is delighted to announce a four hands concert by internationally renowned pianists Anthony Hewitt & Martin Roscoe at Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel. The concert, to be given on Friday 30th April 2010; at the kind invitation of, and with generous support from, Lord and Lady Cavendish, will mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the hospice and Lord Cavendish’s contribution over many years.

Anthony Hewitt, who was born in Ulverston, is the founding Artistic Director of the Ulverston International Music Festival. He has a reputation as a pianist of formidable interpretative and technical ability. His engagements have included playing with the RPO, the Northern Chamber Orchestra and sinfonia ViVA in the UK, and the National Symphony Orchestra and Princeton Symphony Orchestra in the USA.

Martin Roscoe, who lives near Ulverston, studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music. His many awards include the Davas Gold Medal in 1973 and the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1974. He has performed with all the major orchestras, developing strong links with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, with whom he has given over eighty performances.

St Mary’s is delighted that, as a foretaste of their two piano concert at the Ulverston International Music Festival in June, the acclaimed pianists have agreed to play at Holker to raise funds for hospice services.

They will play: Mozart’s Andante & Variations in G K52; Schubert’s Fantasie in F Minor; Brahms’ 5 Hungarian Dances; Petite Suite by Debussy; Ravel’s Mother Goose and the Fauré Dolly Suite.

Tickets, £20 to include a glass of wine and canapés, are available from St Mary’s Hospice on 01229 580305 or at the hospice shops. For further information visit www.stmaryshospice.org

Love Barrow Awards Raise Funds for St Mary's

We would like to thank the Love Barrow Committee for kindly donating £750.61 to St Mary's. This amazing amount was raised from a raffle held at the Love Barrow Awards.

Pictured: Steve Robson - Barrow Borough Council, Zoe Guest - St Mary's Fundraising and Volunteer Manager, Rebecca Rawlings - Love Barrow Committee.

Celebrations for Recognition of Volunteer Support

Recognition of Volunteer Contribution Afternoon Tea

St Mary’s would like to thank everyone who attended the afternoon tea and tree planting on Friday 26th March. This celebration was to honour and thank Margaret and Vilma for their 20 years of voluntary help and support to St Mary’s Hospice, in particular their service to the Ulverston drop-in group. The hospice would not have been able to provide this valuable service without them. We wish them all the best for their future.

Margaret and Vilma planted two trees, a Flowering Crab Apple and a Cotoneaster, in the Hospice garden.

Sports Stars Strut their Stuff for Charity

St Mary's in Partnership with Debenhams - Ladies Evening and Fashion Show 2010

We were delighted that so many people flocked to the Nines in Dalkeith Street, Barrow on Thursday 18^th March for our special ladies evening and fashion show in partnership with Debenhams, Barrow.

Big attractions were stars from Barrow AFC – Stuart Tomlinson, Tim Deasy and Andy Bond who swapped the football pitch for the catwalk. While Barrow Raiders’ Brett McDermott, Nathan Mossop and Zeb Luisi strutted their stuff to help raise funds for St Mary’s.

A host of volunteer models showcased examples of clothing available from the hospice shops as well as ensembles from Debenhams.

Zoe Guest, fund-raising and operations manager said “£1,750 was raised for the hospice.”

“It was a wonderful evening and it was nice to see the event being so well supported. We were trying to encourage people to shop at our charity shops and demonstrate how good recycled clothes can be. We wanted to show that you can pick up excellent bargains at the St Mary’s shops and we wanted to get away from the negative image that second hand clothes have. When we blended the outfits in with the ones from Debenhams people were shocked when it was announced the clothes were from the hospice shops.”

Hairdressers from Paul French Hair Salon in Barrow were on hand to style the models hair and teams from Debenhams provided the make-up. Lisa Hart compared the evening and Girlband gave their first live performance since their formation earlier this month.

The team has worked so hard over the last few weeks to make the event special and we were over-whelmed with the amazing response on the night. We would once again like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped make the evening a success.

Line Dancing Coffee Morning and Birthday Celebrations raises £1,160 for St Mary's

We would like to thank Jean Kells, Steve Marwood and Janet McKenna for raising £1,160 for St Mary's. This fantastic amount was raised at a coffee morning line dance held at St Matthews Hall on 5th March and later Jean Kell's 70th birthday celebrations.

Janet would like to thank all of her dancers for all of their support.

Pictured: Jean Kells, Steve Marwood, Angela Christian - St Mary's Hospice at Home nurse

Thank you to attendees of our Afternoon Tea

Thank you to all who attended our Family Support Service Afternoon Tea.

The next Afternoon Tea will take place at St Mary's Hospice, Ulverston, on Sunday 26th December 2010, from 2.30 - 4pm.

There will be an Annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday afternoon sometime in June this year. Please look at our website or the local press nearer the time for more details.