Impact magazine - Spring '24

Impact Compassion in action

SPRING 2024

Dear Friend,

Hello, and a very warm welcome to our Spring edition of Impact.

There are some very important developments here at the hospice, helping us to make a real difference to everyone who needs to access our specialist care. And there is a lot of excitement in the community as we prepare for our biggest fundraising event ever – Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool.

All of us at Trinity and Brian House Children’s Hospice are so excited to finally be able to see the Elmer sculptures out on the streets and in indoor locations throughout Blackpool. The designs have been a huge secret but we know they are going to be incredible! Plus some of our own teams have designed their own Young Elmers for the trail…

Our events and fundraising activities, like our art trail, take place so our amazing supporters like you have lots of fun and different ways to raise money for our charity. By getting involved or simply making a donation you are helping us to develop our services to help ensure everyone across the Fylde coast can access consistently good palliative and end of life care.

Thanks to your generosity, we’re able to support more people in the comfort of their own home through our virtual ward, giving them hospital-level observation in familiar surroundings. And with your help, we’re providing outstanding, consistent hospice care to people in our community for free at the point of need, whether they are in the hospice, in hospital or a care home or in their own homes. Day and night.

We are here simply because of you.

Thank you for all you do to support local hospice care. Please take a moment to enjoy this newsletter, full of all the care we are able to give because you have made a difference

Sarah Roberts Head of Community and Living Well Services

Will you be joining the trail?

We’re so excited about Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool!

We can’t wait for you to see 70 sculptures based on author David McKee’s iconic patchwork elephant, each uniquely designed and painted by local and national artists, and school children from across the Fylde coast.

They’ll be placed in key locations in Blackpool, on the streets and in indoor locations in a celebration of creativity and diversity. And you can visit them all!

What’s more, each one you visit could unlock extra special rewards, from family passes, food and leisure and travel to treats from our Trail HQ shop and the chance to win jewellery!

Whether you’re taking part in our trail following our dedicated trail app or using a map available at our shop, we know you’ll love every step you make towards your next sculpture.

Can’t find them all? You can see all of our Elmer sculptures together at our Farewell Weekend on 22nd-23rd June before they are sold at auction to raise money for Brian House Children’s Hospice.

Meet Elmer Elaganza

We’ve been able to reveal one of our Elmer sculptures before the trail.

Meet Elmer Elaganza, designed by interior designer and TV presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen!

When Laurence ‘herd’ about Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool, he jumped at the chance to be part of it and has provided this decorative piece influenced by his passion and flair for interior design and floral patterns.

His sculpture is sponsored by Visit Blackpool, and we were thrilled to welcome him into Brian House for the big reveal.

Providing a healthier choice

We’re delighted at being given a Healthier Choices Award for our commitment to providing healthier food options for our patients and hospice staff.

The award is presented by Blackpool Council, and recognises food establishments that make simple changes in their cooking and preparation to make their food healthier.

We’ve always been proud of the variety offered to our patients and staff, providing healthy daily specials which can be adapted to any diet or food requirements, as well as meeting off-menu requests to suit any craving.

We know our patients love our food, and this award is the icing on the cake!

Local hospice care is true value for money

We’re working with our hospice colleagues through Lancashire and South Cumbria Hospices Together to ensure that hospice care is sustainable and always provided all day, every day in our local communities.

That’s why, through the Lancashire and South Cumbria Hospices Together collaborative, we’re showcasing the difference we collectively make across the region, helping to save NHS money and making a huge difference to the people who need us.

Collectively, hospices in Lancashire and South Cumbria have much to celebrate. We provide:

More than 50,000 days and nights of care. We save the NHS at least £33m annually.

25,000 nights of vital care to people at the end of their life. We reduce pressure on secondary, primary and social care services such as hospitals, GP surgeries, district nursing teams, nursing and care homes, as well as home lives across the area.

2,500 nights of safe care for children with very complex medical needs, therefore supporting families too.

These are local figures showing our local value, and we’re so grateful for the support of 100,000 people like you who help us to show the difference we make; what we’re worth where you live!

Thank you for helping to share our important message.

Running in memory of Lenny

Last year, Elena took part in her first ever Fun Run with her husband Andy (a seasoned runner) at her side and raised over £500 in sponsorship in memory of her mum, Helen, known as Lenny, who we cared for back in 2015.

Elena said: “She was nervous about going into the hospice, so mum had a visit and we all agreed it was the right place for her to go when the time came.

“She was in the hospice for about two weeks and the care was just everything we expected and more. The staff were incredible not only with mum, providing the care she needed, but with all of the family as well,

giving us what we needed and the time to treasure at mum’s side.”

Elena used JustGiving to collect her sponsorship, and said she was overwhelmed at people’s generosity.

“I put what I thought was a reasonable target and over time we just nudged it up a little bit,” she said.

“JustGiving made it so much easier to fundraise – as soon as we set our page up it was just a case of sharing it and watching the money come in.”

Elena has supported Andy during his runs in the past, so knew she could rely on the support of hundreds of spectators during her run.

“Everyone really gets behind the runners,” she said.

“I knew it would be OK if I walked parts of the route and I knew it would be such a fantastic atmosphere.

The Beaverbrooks Blackpool 10k Fun Run takes place on Sunday 12th May. Sign up at www.blackpoolfunrun.co.uk

“I managed to complete the run in not too bad a time. It was such a big achievement.”

Going above and beyond in the line of duty

Our incredible care teams are often called angels.

Patients and families who are being supported by our teams, whether they’re in the hospice, in hospital or a care home, or in their own homes, are experiencing our outstanding specialist care at a time of anxiety, worry and sadness.

But as well as the care we all deserve in our final months or days, our teams are also helping to make special memories; incredible moments for our patients to cherish while they are able that will be remembered by families for years.

From pamper sessions and special visitors, to weddings – we’ve done it all!

Recently, as the days were growing longer and the daffodils were sprouting, we were asked to provide one last Christmas for someone in the hospice.

Vicky Lang works on our In-patient Unit. She said: “While we were caring for this patient, she told us

how sad she was at the thought of missing Christmas. And so, Mission IPU began!”

The team rallied the troops, and working with the Housekeeping and Maintenance Team, Kitchen and colleagues in Fundraising, they decided Christmas Day would be held at Trinity on 22nd February.

Vicky said: “All the staff pulled together to decorate the patient’s room, lay the table, wrap presents –even Father Christmas made a rare February appearance! Our incredible catering team produced 11 Christmas dinners, including pigs in blankets, at just 24 hours’ notice.

“The patient’s family and friends had a lovely time, and most importantly, the patient herself told us she’d had an amazing day.

Her daughters were taken aback at how we’d managed to pull it all together, and her father told us he’ll remember that day forever.

“This shows that at Trinity, we truly are a team – pulling out all the stops to make a difference. But that’s just what we do!”

A special treat for a family in need

We were recently providing end-of-life care for a patient whose family was living in very challenging circumstances. Her young children had very little, and the family was living in incredibly small accommodation.

After visiting the family at home, our nurses wanted to help relieve the pressures and spread a little joy during very sad times.

They called in at our Donation Centre in Blackpool and collected some toys and clothes for the children, which were greatly appreciated.

Unearthing delicious memories

We took a trip down memory lane when a copy of a recipe book written in the 1980s to raise money for our charity was discovered in a charity shop in the Midlands.

Katie Cooks for Trinity was written by former cordon bleu chef Katie Fieldhouse who went on to become Mayor Consort for Fylde in 2001.

A member of Fylde Soroptimists, Katie wrote a number of recipe books to raise money for local

charities, and remembers preparing this one in the 80s to help Dr David Cooper’s vision for a hospice for the Fylde.

She said: “This has really taken me down memory lane!

“One of the members of the Soroptimists was secretary to the Head of the Medical Faculty at Manchester University, which is where Dr Cooper went. When he came to the Fylde coast, she did all she could to promote his vision for a hospice for the Fylde, and that’s where the group became involved.

“I was chair of the St Annes branch for quite some time and probably wrote about five cookery books for different charities – and one was this one for the hospice. I think they sold for about £3 each and raised quite a lot for the hospice.

“I remember being at the opening of Trinity!”

Katie Cooks for Trinity has been returned to the hospice kitchen, where Head Chef Ian and his team are using it to develop new tastes for patients and staff.

Supporting our local frail community

With funding from our umbrella charity Hospice UK, we have developed a new role to help local care homes provide the best support to frail patients who have a palliative diagnosis.

Our new Frailty Nurse, Lucy, works with care homes across the Fylde coast to help staff create care plans for their patients who need to access hospice care with a view to avoiding any unnecessary or inappropriate hospital admissions.

She also works with patients to help them access Trinity’s services as early as possible.

She said: “I work with patients, their families and care home staff to empower them to do the best thing for that patient.

“I help to link the care homes with our existing hospice teams and support across the Primary Care Networks so they know how to refer into Trinity and how we can be involved with any frail palliative

patients they have sooner. These are patients who can come to our Living Well Service to access tailored care plans, activities and complementary therapies as well as having Trinity nurses visit their care home.

“There’s lots of collaborative working going on. We’ve got lots of care homes working together because we know each care home may have its own issues but may not be aware there are other care homes experiencing very similar things.

“I really enjoy going into our community’s care homes and helping staff to get to know more about Trinity. I think everyone knows who we are and what we do, but they don’t realise how early a patient can access our care.

“Because a hospice is not what people think it is.”

Growing our tree in memory of loved ones

We cared for Pippa’s sister Carol in the hospice in 2004, giving her family precious moments.

After she died, the family chose to remember her with a dedicated leaf on our Memory Tree as a way of not only honouring her memory, but also as a way of supporting the charity which had done so much for them all.

Pippa said: “Before Carol died, we set up a rota to ensure that at least one of us was with her at every point during the day and night while she was in Trinity. The staff were so accommodating and kind to us all. Throughout Carol’s whole Trinity experience, they were so supportive to us as a family. When she wanted to stay off the intense pain medication to enjoy her daughter Jemma’s 21st birthday, they were so understanding.

“Carol was the youngest of five siblings and looked extremely young for 47. It was so hard for us all when she passed, but especially for my parents. The staff at Trinity went beyond all of our expectations.”

Pippa’s family don’t live in the area, so after Carol had died and her parents and siblings returned home, she felt alone in her grief.

“We are eternally grateful to every single person at Trinity; they truly make the unbearable less unbearable.”

“I really struggled to get over the trauma of my sister’s demise,” she said.

“But Trinity once again came to my rescue and provided several counselling sessions to help me to move forward.”

When the time was right, Pippa chose a spot on our Memory Tree for a leaf in Carol’s name.

She said: “The Memory Tree is a wonderful way to remember Carol and everything she means to us as a family. And at the same time, it allows us to give something back to an incredible charity that did so much for us all.”

When Pippa’s parents died in 2016 and 2018, she added two more leaves on the Memory Tree to be next to Carol’s. And the family also added another one in memory

... it allows us to give something back to an incredible charity that did so much for us all.”

of Carol’s other sister who died in 2019.

She said: “As a family, we hope that by having four leaves on the Memory Tree at Trinity Hospice, it enables others to access the support and care that we received at such a traumatic time in our lives.

“We are eternally grateful to every single person at Trinity; they truly make the unbearable less unbearable.”

For more information about our Memory Tree, visit www.trinityhospice.co.uk/memory-tree

A day with the Community Palliative Care Team

Our care stretches round the clock to meet the need of our patients, wherever they are. And while there may be no such thing as a ‘typical day in the office’ for our nurses, their days are full of providing exceptional care to all who need it.

7.30am

Team leaders and Advanced Clinical Practitioners take a faceto-face handover from out night team to discuss any concerns or complex situations that occurred during the night. This handover is important as it allows the team to respond to anything that has happened overnight, ensuring those patients and families are supported through the following day.

8am

My day starts at 8am with the rest of the team. My visits are allocated, and I start planning my day, I review the records of the patients I am seeing, reviewing GP notes, oncology letters, blood results and any other information I may require before I visit to reassess an existing care plan or information that may help formulate a plan of care. Whilst we are busy doing this the senior nurses on the team are triaging new referrals and prioritising patients to be contacted on the same day or within the next couple of days.

8.45am

Whole Team Meeting. Here we discuss the patients we are visiting today; we can discuss complex situation/symptoms as a team and have Advanced Clinical Practitioners and hospice doctors available for supervision.

9.15am

Virtual Ward Meeting. We’ll discuss patients who are on our Virtual Ward, who have complex symptoms and require hospital-

level monitoring but who are at home, or it may be patients requiring personal care and are awaiting social care intervention. We’ll arrange to visit them or support them virtually depending on their needs.

9.30am

We’ll start to call the patients who we’re going to see that day to arrange a suitable time and talk through any issues they or their loved ones may have. We’ll set off on our travels to visit patients at home. We’ll discuss their health priorities with them and any changes in their condition or symptoms, contact the district nurses, GPs or oncology consultants if we need to discuss any new medications needed or ongoing care. We provide a holistic overview of that patient; it is imperative that we recognise that a deterioration in our patients may be due to a reversible cause such as an infection, in which case we’ll arrange for medicines and have potentially saved a call out from a GP or an admission to hospital. We’ll also provide support and advice to the patients’ loved ones or carers, and signpost to our own Living Well Service and Linden Centre if it’s suitable, or to external partners.

12.30pm

Around lunchtime we’ll grab a bite to eat and write up our notes from our visits. If we need to, we’ll contact other healthcare providers involved in a patient’s care to discuss our visit and any changes required.

1pm

After lunch we continue visits in the afternoon or we may be allocated office time to respond to the incoming queries from patients, families or our community partners.

4pm – 5.30pm

Towards the end of the day we will be finishing our notes and contacting patients to update them on final plans of care. We have access to clinical supervision throughout the day, but we always discuss our day’s visits with the senior nurses and doctors within the team at the end of each day. This ensures all patients seen that day have a clear plan in place for their care.

Our nurses do an incredible job to support each patient when they need it. We can only do that with your support.

“Being a Trinity Nurse, we are privileged to be able to support people in their own homes to feel as well as possible. We can give our assurance to them; giving them the confidence to stay where they feel comfortable surrounded by familiarity. And we help their loved ones to provide the best care they are able. It’s truly rewarding.”

Sponsor a Trinity Hospice nurse today at www.trinityhospice.co.uk/sponsor-a-nurse

Remember and celebrate the people you love this summer

Our popular Memory Meadow will return this summer, giving people in our community the chance to celebrate the memories of their loved ones.

This important occasion is a wonderful opportunity to recognise a life lived, a life shared and a life that has touched others. But most importantly, it’s about the special connection we have with those we hold in our hearts.

Anyone is welcome to have a tribute plaque remembering someone special in our Memory Meadow. Hundreds of plaques will be placed in our dedicated meadow in our beautiful hospice garden throughout the summer. Or, they can chose to have their plaque sent to them to display in their own special place at home.

Our special Memory Meadow service of reflection, which includes a blessing of all the names on display in the garden as well as those in homes across the Fylde coast and beyond, will take place here at the hospice this summer.

Last year, our Memory Meadow raised an incredible £18,000. That’s thanks to the wonderful generosity of people in our community who chose to make a donation towards our vital care alongside their dedication to someone they love.

Find out more about this year’s Memory Meadow and make your dedication at www.trinityhospice.co.uk/memory-meadow

An update from Brian House Children’s Hospice

Hello, I’m Linda, Operational Manager of Brian House and it is my privilege to work amongst such a caring, compassionate and dedicated team.

It’s certainly been a busy time at Brian House recently. It was absolutely wonderful to have our Christmas party once again at Newton Hall after a break due to the pandemic. Our friends at Partington’s Holiday Parks put on an incredible afternoon for our families, who loved being together and celebrating the wonderful festive time with us.

Some of our children and nurses also took part in Santa Dash because we know how important it is to support the charity we work for – it is only thanks to the generosity of people who support us that we are able to provide our excellent care free of charge, and it was wonderful to be able to show them the difference they make.

We’re also fundraising as part of Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool, and we can’t wait for you to see our sculpture out on the trail! Every single one of our children and even siblings of those who have used our Butterfly Suite have left their mark on our elephant.

We’ve seen an increase in referrals to our care thanks to our new Community Worker who goes into a child’s home to work with their family and tailor our care to their needs, allowing us to complete their initial assessment quicker and start supporting that family sooner.

We’re also able to work more closely with pregnant mums who are expecting a child who is going to need children’s hospice care, working with their other health practitioners to provide the support they need when they need it. It opens up the doors to Brian House at the earliest possible stage (without the fear of knowing your child is going to need our care).

There’s so much going on, which is all thanks to you and the support you give to our area’s only children’s hospice, allowing us to support the most fragile children across the Fylde coast.

Thank you.

Our children have decorated their own Young Elmer

With our Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool art trail raising vital funds for Brian House, and Elmer representing so much of what our children’s hospice stands for, it’s only fitting that our incredible children got the chance to express themselves through art on their own Young Elmer sculpture.

With help from the art department at Blackpool and the Fylde College, our children let their creativity shine to create an exceptional piece of public art.

Their sculpture uses the wonderful bright and bold colours of Brian House and our characters amongst images of nature which brings joy to us all in many different ways. Each child has had the chance to make their own mark on our sculpture, representing their own uniqueness and creativity.

We hope our Young Elmer brings comfort, love, strength and peace to all trailgoers who visit it and see what our wonderful children and their families have helped to create – an elephant with all that Brian House reflects.

As with all schools and youth organisations involved in our art trail through the Learning Programme, the Brian House team was tasked with raising money towards our charity and the care we provide.

Our intrepid team of nurses, volunteers and patients took part in a sponsored 12 mile walk from Lytham to Fleetwood in order to raise their funds. A huge well done to all involved.

New experiences with specialist tech

We’re saying a very big Brian House thank you to our friends at Lifelites for a package of specialist technology and support worth £46,000.

Lifelites is a charity which donates specialist assistive technology packages for children with lifelimiting conditions using children’s hospices across the British Isles. Their donation to us includes iPads for art, music and sensory experiences, a magic carpet, a sensory tent, Xbox and an Oculus virtual reality headset.

Each item is already bringing tremendous joy to the children and young people we are privileged to care for, regardless of their needs and abilities.

Each item is so thoughtfully considered against some of the limitations our children live with due to their conditions, and it was wonderful to see the smiles on their faces as they experienced the new technology.

Simon Pitts, Head of Fundraising and Communications at Lifelites, said: “We were thrilled to be able to deliver this latest package of innovative technology to Brian House.

“We would like to thank everyone at the hospice for making us feel so welcome and for working closely with us to ensure the installation and training went incredibly well. It was fantastic hearing from staff and parents just what a difference this assistive and sensory technology will make to the children who visit the hospice.”

Brian House is one of the leastfunded children’s hospices in the UK which has seen statutory cuts in funding over the past three years, threatening to impact our services.

“It was fantastic hearing from staff and parents just what a difference this assistive and sensory technology will make to the children who visit the hospice.”

Our first Vice President

We’ve welcomed our very first Vice President for our children’s hospice.

As he stepped down as a Trustee for Trinity Hospice after 12 years, Christopher Beverley was announced as the Vice President for Brian House, supporting our President, Sir Bill Beaumont, and championing the vital work of the Fylde coast’s only children’s hospice.

For the duration of his time on Trinity’s Board of Trustees, Christopher has been Chairman of Brian House, which he has described as an honour.

Reflecting on the last 12 years, Christopher says the hospice’s biggest asset is its team of staff, working tirelessly to provide outstanding specialist care to exceptionally fragile children.

“The people who work at Brian House are truly remarkable,” he said.

“They all work incredibly hard and so obviously love what they do in looking after the children and supporting their families.

“It is indeed a great honour to have been appointed the very first Vice President of Brian House which I believe will give me a new aspect to my continuing to act as a volunteer.

“Trinity and Brian House are an essential part of our community, supported financially to a major extent by the community it seeks to serve which creates an enormous amount of effort from our fundraising team.”

Our second dedicated menswear shop

We’ve recently opened a new charity shop –a second dedicated menswear shop Attire by Trinity Hospice in St Annes.

Following the success of our flagship menswear shop in Lytham, we saw an opportunity in nearby St Annes, close to our existing Trinity Hospice shop.

And in just its first week, the shop took an incredible £8,000 in sales!

For any new charity shop, to see those sales figures would be a huge achievement, but for a dedicated menswear shop, this is exceptional.

Boasting top quality pre-loved clothes and goods, Attire by Trinity Hospice has very quickly become widely recognised for its affordable, sustainable fashion, giving local people the chance to support their local hospice while updating their wardrobe.

We’re seeing people travelling from across the North West to visit our Lytham shop, and early results show the St Annes shop may attract a similar audience.

We can’t wait to welcome you to the shop and help you find your next bargain. (Why not donate your pre-loved menswear while you’re there?).

Our special thanks

Generosity at Christmas

We’re always blown away by the generosity people show us at Christmas. Whether it’s popping in to provide entertainment for patients and staff, bringing in donations and treats or taking part in our festive fundraising activities, our supporters really do go the extra mile.

Our Annual Tree Collection once again broke records as our team of volunteers worked across a weekend collecting more than 2,200 Christmas Trees. The campaign raised an incredible £31,200 for our hospice.

A huge thank you to sponsors Easthams Solicitors and Ameon, and to James Andrew Tree Surgeon, Amazon, Blackpool Council and Fylde Borough Council and 110 volunteers for their fantastic efforts.

Throughout the festive season our supporters put on an incredible show of Christmas lights, which was extremely well supported by our team of dedicated volunteers who stood out in all weathers to raise money. This winter provided awful weather conditions, but our lights trail raised nearly £9,500!

And at the same time, local schools held Elf Runs and Reindeer Raves to raise money for Brian House. These raised an amazing £16,300!

Plus, our amazing friends at Wyre and Fylde Santa Tours –the team behind Santa Comes to Bispham, raised a staggering £13,232! A huge well done to everyone involved.

A very big thank you to our friends at Partington’s Holiday Parks who, as well as being one of our Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool Official Sponsors, raised an impressive £16,800 at their 2023 Yellow Night, held at their sites at Newton Hall, Windy Harbour and Broadwater.

It’s their best ever fundraising night, during which plot owners bought raffle tickets for the chance to win their site fees for a year.

Sew good!

Our wonderful friends at the Shovels Sewing Group has raised and donated more than £11,000 since they formed over five years ago.

They meet every week to sew and embroider cushions, aprons, peg bags, stuffed toys and dog beds, Christmas gifts and anything else they can sell to raise money for our charity.

Another one of our Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool supporters, Trevors Foodservice, has been an incredible friend by providing all of the water we need for our fundraising events throughout 2024.

With thousands of supporters joining us at the Beaverbrooks Blackpool 10k Fun Run, Beaverbrooks Bike Ride, Blackpool Colour Run, Blackpool Night Run, Blackpool Memory Walk and Blackpool Santa Dash, this incredible gesture will be enjoyed by so many and helps us to keep our event costs as low as possible.

Their commitment of nearly 10,000 bottles of water will save us close to £2,000!

Make your Will for free

As a Trinity Hospice supporter, you have helped us to provide outstanding care to thousands of patients and their loved ones in the hospice, in hospital and in their own homes.

We want to thank you for your support, so we’ve partnered with Octopus Legacy to offer you the opportunity to write your Will for free online, over the phone or in person.

Having a Will saves your loved ones time, money and stress by making your wishes clear after you’re gone, and writing your Will doesn’t have to be complicated. With help from the experts at Octopus Legacy, you can write your Will in as little as 15 minutes.

Gifts

Wills

I’ve worked for the hospice for the past ten years, originally at the Day Therapy Unit and now I work on the In-patient Unit.

I get such job satisfaction from my role. People ask how I can be a hospice nurse because they think it must be so sad. And there are sad times – we’re human at the end of the day – but I’m helping someone to good death and I think that really makes a difference.

To be able to help someone at the end of life and support their family, the reward you get from that outweighs the sadness really.

One in every four patients I see is receiving my specialist care because someone in our community has made the thoughtful decision to leave a gift in their Will. Their generosity is helping to fund a nurse like me,

so that I can be there for that patient and their loved ones and will be able to do so for many others in the future.

To me, that’s incredible!

Staff Nurse

Vicky x

Your gift to Trinity Hospice will be a wonderful legacy to you as you make a lasting, life-changing difference for people who need local hospice care.

Find out more about leaving a gift in your Will at www.trinityhospice.co.uk/ gift-in-will

How your support helps

2022-23 in numbers

We cared for 4,200 patients across our families of services.

34 patients were admitted to the In-patient Unit 414 Per month

HOSPICE AT HOME

supported 63% of all deaths at home

45% of whom, not previously known to Trinity saw 1,157 patients WITH AN AVERAGE OF... admissions

Bereavement counselling services saw 462 patients We supported 133 children through counselling (including Schools Link)

supporting 25% of all deaths in hospital

TRINITY HOSPICE’S COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE TEAM

THE HOSPITAL TEAM supported 1,817 patients supported 1,564

PATIENTS

The number of new patients supported with a non-cancer diagnosis was 17%

Of those patients known to the community service... 96% died out of hospital 80% died in their preferred place of care

That’s much more than the national average

The Children’s Bereavement

Butterfly suite was used for...

108 children were given support at Brian House with 25 new children referred

29 DAYS through our Lymphoedema service

268 people supported through complementary therapy treatments THE HOSPICE SUPPORTED 242 PATIENTS

Across all services, we supported 36% of all deaths on the Fylde coast, as well as coaching, training and supporting other health care professionals

Community Corner

13th April–9th June

Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool Blackpool

27th April

Reach for the Stars Concert Hodgson Academy, Poulton

11th May

Coffee Morning St Teresa’s Church Hall, Cleveleys

12th May

Beaverbrooks Blackpool Fun Run

The Savoy, Blackpool 9th June

Beaverbrooks Bike Ride

AKS, Lytham & Bay Horse, Thornton

15th June

Coffee morning

Senior Citizens Hall, Cleveleys

22nd–23rd June

Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool Farewell Weekend Blackpool Tower

27th June

Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool Auction Blackpool Tower

13th July

Blackpool Colour Run Starr Gate

28th August

Blackpool Night Run Tower Festival Headlands