Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore to raise money for St Mary's

Barrow Savoyards proudly present

Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore (or The Witch's Curse)

Monday 22nd to Saturday 27th February 2010

Forumtwentyeight, Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness

The comic opera Ruddigore makes a return to the stage. Ruddigore has one of the funniest libretto created by the Gilbert and Sullivan duo.

Foundling Rose Maybud is the prettiest girl in the village, but should she marry farmer Robin Oakapple or his sea-faring foster brother Richard Dauntless? Why is the dastardly Sir Despard so pleased to discover his elder brother is alive? And what made Mad Margaret mad? The witch's curse has ruined everyone's lives but with the help of the ghosts that haunt Ruddigore Castle the plot will be unravelled and in true Gilbert and Sullivan style somebody will live happily ever after.

Barrow Savoyards will kindly donate to St Mary's Hospice £1 for every ticket sold for the performance on Tuesday, February 23.

For more information or to purchase a ticket please contact Forum 28: 01229 820000

Thank you to Amicus...

We would like to say a big thank you to the Trade Union, Amicus, who have raised a wonderful £500 for St Mary's.

Pictured: Clive Kitchen (Secretary), Zoe Guest (St Mary's Fundraising Manager), John Woodcock (Labour Candidate for Furness).

Raising awareness about Hospice care

On 13 December 2009 BBC Radio 4 will broadcast an appeal in aid of Help the Hospices that aims to raise both funds and awareness about hospice care in the UK, and to dispel some common myths. You can read more about it here. Please do encourage people to listen in.

Jan de Vries - How to Live a Healthy Life

11th January 2010

7pm - 9.30pm

Lisdoonie Hotel, 307 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness

Jan de Vries - The world renowned Naturopath and author will be giving a talk on 'How to Live a Healthy Life'. In aid of St Mary's Hospice.

Tickets £5, available from Pastures New, 66-70 Scott Street, Barrow-in-Furness, tel 01229 833043. Jan de Vries will also be spending time instore on Tuesday 12 January 2010 between 9am - 1pm, to give free consultations and sign copies of his many books.

Choose to give differently this Christmas

Would you like to help to create the largest wall of online Christmas cards and raise funds for St Mary's Hospice?

Choose to give differently this Christmas with Everyclick Considerate Christmas.

You can choose to send your festive greetings and make a donation to any charity in the UK, or you can give each of your recipients a voucher for them to donate to their favourite charity. And to put the icing on the cake, you'll cut down on time, hassel and waste too.

What's more, you can get your greetings organised now and choose when you'd like them to be delivered.

Send your greeting now, it's as easy as (mince) pie.

Christmas with Efflorescence

Christmas Demonstration and Workshop

Thursday 3rd December 2009

Trinity Church Centre, Warwick Street, Barrow in Furness

6pm - 9pm

The first session will be a demonstration of Christmas designs which will be sold at the end of the evening. The second session will be a 'hands on' workshop where you will get to make a design of your choice to take home for Christmas.

There will be a large selection of fresh and artificial seasonal materials to work with, traditional and modern.

Tickets are £20 each, which will include all materials and seasonal refreshments. Tickets will be on sale at the Efflorescence Studio, Ironworks Road, Barrow-in-Furness (Tel 01229 824418).

If you would like to view some of the designs please feel free to call into the studio any time. Opening times Tuesday to Friday 9am - 5pm.

All proceeds will go to:

St Mary's Hospice

and

Macmillan Nurses

Dalton Christmas Tree Festival

This ever popular Christmas event is open in St Mary's Church, Dalton, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 29th November through until 3rd January 2010. Each year a team of St Mary's volunteers gets together to make the decorations for our tree. This year the theme is "games, puzzles, pastimes", so we decided to base our tree around the idea of gardening and use of the hospice garden. Our tree this year is called “Natures’ Bounty – therapeutic gardening at St Marys”. We have made decorations using cones, seed heads, fruits and berries from the garden. We are pleased to have a prime position in the church which will hopefully raise us lots of money. Last year we collected more than £700. It is a fantastic sight so do go and see for yourself!