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HOSPICE JUBILANT AS MAJOR NEW BUILD COMPLETED St Richard’s Hospice is celebrating the completion of a £5.2m building project and giving ‘a huge thank you’ to kind-hearted supporters who helped make the vision become a reality. The charity embarked on the Build 2020 Appeal to grow hospice care for Worcestershire three years ago and construction work was able to continue throughout the pandemic with Covid-secure measures in place.
Ormerod accountants raising money for cancer research
LOCAL ACCOUNTING FIRM WALK 3,692 KILOMETRES TO RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH 11 employees at a local accounting firm have walked a total of 4,844,227 steps during their lunch break and after work to raise money for Cancer Research. Droitwich based Accounting firm, Ormerod Rutter have raised £2,212 for Cancer Research as staff took on the Walk all Over Cancer Challenge in March. “So many people are affected by cancer, and we think it’s important to continue to raise awareness and support cancer research.” Begins Jo Purser, Tax Manager. When asked if they will continue to walk to the same extent at the end of March, all have said that they will keep it up, with each of them saying how much it has benefited their fitness and mental health. “On behalf of the Partners at Ormerod Rutter, we would like to express our pride at the effort that our colleagues have gone to in completing this challenge. They are a credit to the firm and the people that they’re walking in memory of.” Commented Julian Dyer, Partner. If you would like to donate to the Ormerod Rutter Just Giving Page, go to: fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/ team/ormerod-rutter. www.ormerodrutter.co.uk
St Richard’s Hospice Fundraising Director, Tricia Cavell, said: “Although the pandemic has caused financial challenges as fundraising events were cancelled and our shops temporarily closed in lockdowns, we were very fortunate that the money needed to complete the build project was secured and committed before the impact of Covid-19. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated to our appeal; it was incredible how everyone came together to raise the funds we needed.” The bigger, multi-purpose spaces will mean St Richard’s can support more patients and their families and offer a
Hospice Chief Executive June Patel and John Bawden outgoing Chair of Governors at St Richard’s in The Green
wider choice of activities to help people manage their illness. Currently most of the out-patient care and support is provided virtually over the phone and by video call and face-to-face where essential to ensure the hospice team is there for those who need them most. St Richard’s Hospice cares for adults with a serious progressive illness, improving their quality of life from diagnosis, during treatment and to their last days. It also supports their loved ones. www.strichards.org.uk
SUPPORT FOR WORCESTER FOODBANK FOLLOWING EGG-CELLENT AWARDS RESPONSE Last month, ISO Quality Services announced the return of their popular Good Egg Awards which received an egg-cellent response, helping to support the Worcester Foodbank. The ISO Providers based in Worcester, first launched the Good Egg Awards back in 2018 to recognise those who have gone above and beyond for their organisations. After a difficult 12 months, it seems more businesses than ever wanted to recognise their employees and they received 59 nominations, their highest number to date. As with previous years, for every nomination received an Easter Egg would be donated to a chosen charity. This year they chose to continue their support for Worcester Foodbank and thanks to the businesses who got involved, they were able to donate over 50 Easter eggs, that will be distributed to families across the city.
the demand for their services growing throughout the pandemic, they need more support than ever, and we are pleased to offer any help we can.” Ruth Allsopp, Operations Coordinator at Worcester Foodbank, adds: “We are so pleased to have been recognised as part of ISO Quality Services’ Good Egg Awards. We love to see the smiles on our clients faces when we offer them Easter Eggs, and would like to say a huge thank you to ISO Quality Services for their continued support and generosity.” www.isoqsltd.com www.worcester.foodbank.org.uk
Director, Jennifer Appleton, comments: “We have been supporting Worcester Foodbank for a number of years. With
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