Recycle your workplace ink cartridges and help raise funds

This month Wise Fundraising Ltd was delighted to present St Mary’s Hospice with a cheque for £152. The money was raised by Fingerprints, a printing company in Barrow-in-Furness, who have been recycling their used printer cartridges.

St Mary’s and Wise Fundraising Ltd have been working together to generate funds for the benefit of our community in South Cumbria. A forerunner in corporate fundraising for charities, Wise Fundraising Ltd supply and recycle ink jet cartridges and toners and kindly provide St Mary’s with funding from each new sale and from the value of returned empty cartridges and toners.

We hope that the funds we receive from Wise Fundraising Ltd could be greatly increased if more local businesses donate their empty inkjet cartridges and laser toners. 20% of the value of the cartridges will be donated to St Mary’s. All cartridge and toner types are accepted. Wise Recycling can collect large toners directly from your workplace free of charge and can provide you with the weight for recycling stats. Prepaid bags and collecting boxes can also be provided for smaller inkjet cartridges. As the postage is inclusive, returning your used items costs only a little time and, as many are suitable for re-filling or re-manufacture, you will be helping the environment.

You can also help to raise further funds for St Mary’s by ordering your cartridges and toners with Wise Fundraising Ltd online. Simply visit www.stmaryshospice.is-recycling.co.uk
Princes are very competitive on a large range and include VAT and postage. 10% of the value of orders will be donated to St Mary’s.

As ink cartridges and toners are a commodity which most of us use in conjunction with our computers, this method of raising funds for St Mary's is simple yet effective. We hope that you will use this innovative opportunity to help raise much needed funds for us and help the environment. If you would like further information about recycling in your workplace please contact Hannah on 01229 580305 or email hannah@stmaryshospice.org.uk

Mayor officially opens up St Mary’s new Millom Shop

The 10th shop run by St Mary’s Hospice was officially opened on Monday 18th July at 11am by the Mayor of Millom.

The launch of the shop marks St Mary’s formal entry into south Copeland. The outlet has been set up in the former Evening Mail office at 12 Wellington Street.

The new shop will raise funds to support the work of the hospice, which provides expert care and a better quality of life, totally free, for patients with life-limiting illnesses throughout south Cumbria.

Zoe Guest, St Mary’s Hospice Funding and Operations Manager, said: “We are delighted to be trading in Millom and I am extremely thankful to all our hard-working staff and volunteers who have rallied round to get the new shop up and running. We would especially like to thank Sheldon’s for their help in fitting out the shop, Tesco for support with refreshments for the official opening, the Evening Mail for donating some fittings and fixtures and the Kerb grant scheme for awarding us a grant of £293 towards our new shop front. We have been made to feel so welcome by all traders and customers and hope that the shop will become a great resource for local people.”

“I would urge everyone to pop by our fantastic new shop, meet the team and have a look through some of our high quality items. Every purchase or item donated to the shop will help support St Mary’s.”

The charity already runs seven charity shops, a furniture warehouse and a gift shop at their Ford Park base.

Anyone who would like to donate goods to the shop, or volunteer time to staff the shop, is asked to contact retail leader Emma Athersmith on 01229 580305.

Summer Charity Party raises over £6000

Sue Vernon and friends organised their second Summer Charity Party to raise funds for St Mary’s Hospice and Furness General Hospital Oncology Unit. The event took place in a marquee at Cartmel Race Course on Saturday 16th July.

Classic rock band “Steeler” entertained all who attended. They had travelled over from the Midlands to support the event and provided their services free of charge.

A highly successful raffle was held during the evening and a big thank you must go to all who provided raffle prizes. A special thank you must also go to the team from the Royal Oak who ran the bar and the caterers who attended so well to the large audience in attendance.

It is hoped that the event will have raised over £6000, which is an absolutely amazing achievement.

ST MARY'S NEXT TOP MODEL!

We are looking for models, male and female, of all shapes and sizes, to take part in our fashion show on Thursday 18th August 2011 at The Nines, Barrow in Furness.

Models will perform on the catwalk in front of an audience, wearing clothing collections from the St Mary’s shops and Debenhams. Models will be pampered with hair styling and makeup by local salons and beauticians.

The event starts at 7.30pm but models will be expected to arrive earlier and the show may run until quite late.

Further details of the event will be released soon.

If you are interested please call Hannah or Natalie on 01229 580305 or email events@stmaryshospice.org.uk

Leven Valley Summer Fair

Inspector Kevin Spedding was banged in the stocks and pelted with water-soaked sponges in aid of St Mary’s at the popular annual fair and car boot sale hosted by the Leven Valley Support Group, which took place on June 19th and was a great success.

The event, on Haverthwaite playing fields, attracts hundreds of visitors for a fun-filled family day out.

Insp Spedding, who is responsible for policing in Ulverston and the surrounding areas said: “It was an excellent day and all a good example of community officers getting involved.”

After locals had grown bored of pelting him with sponges, a group of local children had a whip-round and managed to raise £50 to pour three buckets of water over him.

The Leven Valley Support Group has raised thousands of pounds for St Mary’s over the years and will be presenting a cheque to St Mary’s staff for funds raised during 2010-11 on the 22nd July.

Thank you to Ready Steady Go Scooter Club!

We would like to thank Ready Steady Go Scooter Club for raising a brilliant £250 at their recent Northern Soul & Motown Night which took place on 4th July at Furness Cricket Club, Barrow-in-Furness.

Pictured: Members of the club present a cheque to Zoe Guest of St Mary's Hospice.

Band on the Terrace

The sun shone during the afternoon of the 29th June when the South Cumbria Retirement Brass band came to play on the terrace at the Orangery cafe. All who attended enjoyed an hour of wonderful music while sipping tea and part-taking in light refreshments from the cafe.

During the afternoon we are delighted to announce that we raised over £100 in donations. All at St Mary’s would like to thank the band so much for giving up their free time to come and play for patients and visitors. It is hoped that they will be able to come again later in the year.