St Luke’s News

Welcome to our Spring edition of St Luke’s News in which we celebrate the Hospice’s 35th year of caring in the heart of the community.

A lot has changed since the Hospice first opened its doors to patients back in 1988, but our aims and values remain the same. We want all local people with a life limiting illness, and those close to them, to have access to the care and support they need, when and wherever they need it.

We are now extending our support to patients in their homes, as well as in the Hospice buildings, and you can read more about our new weekend palliative care service on the next page. You may also be aware of our Night Care Service which we launched last year with the aim of supporting patients and their carers overnight in their own home. Meanwhile our new Dementia Carers’ Workshops run through Day Hospice have proved a vital support for those caring for a loved one with dementia and we have been overwhelmed by the response.

One thing that hasn’t changed over the past 35 years is the heart warming support and kindness we receive from you. Without you St Luke’s simply wouldn’t be here. Your generosity enables us to continue supporting those who need us and allows us to look to the future to extend those services to reach even more local people.

This Newsletter includes lots of ways you can support St Luke’s in the future, from our ‘Hearts of Gold’ Spring Appeal on page 6 to volunteering in our shops (see page 10). Plus you could enter our Summer Superdraw for just £1 a ticket!

I hope you enjoy reading it and - however you choose to support St Luke’s - I thank you on behalf of everyone at the Hospice and the patients and families we will care for in the future.

Neil Wright CEO

How to contact us

St Luke’s Hospice, Grosvenor House, Queensway, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 1BH

T 01606 551246 E enquiries@slhospice.co.uk www.slhospice.co.uk