News from Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Hospice marks 32 years of care in help fund one day of hospice care. It costs Charitable Fund. Each of the thousands £2,740 every single day to run services at of coloured Rainbow Tiles which form the Buckinghamshire Thirty two years ago this autumn Florence Nightingale Hospice welcomed its first patient to the In-Patient Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury.
the Hospice, and every donation will help patients and their families get the care and support they need at the most difficult of times. Donate at www.fnhospice.org.uk/ birthdaydonation.
Built thanks to the generosity of the local community, the Hospice has cared for Nightingale's Rainbow completed Rainbow, the giant and supported tens of thousands of local Nightingale’s rainbow structure built to recognise and patients, and their families, over the years. remember the resilience and kindness of The Hospice now provides both in-patient Buckinghamshire through the Covid-19 care and community care nurses who pandemic, was officially completed 3 support patients in their homes. Additional November on the site of Stoke Mandeville services have been introduced to improve Hospital in Aylesbury. the patient’s quality of life such as Florrie’s Children’s Team, offering respite care to the At 5.5 metres tall and 8.3m wide the Rainbow families of children with life-limiting illnesses is the first permanent tribute to the Covid-19 response in the country. and the Lymphoedema Clinic. Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity commits to fund £1,000,000 of hospice care in the local area every year and to mark this anniversary, is asking the local community to
The structure is also the for a fundraising campaign Florence Nightingale Hospice Buckinghamshire Healthcare
focal point to support Charity and NHS Trust’s
Rainbow can be dedicated to any individual or group with a message of thanks or support on the virtual Nightingale’s Rainbow. You can find out more and add your own Rainbow Tile dedication at www.nightingalesrainbow. org.uk.
2021 Tree of Light
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is offering a virtual Tree of Light commemoration service, Books of Honour, and an online dedication page to support those who have faced the loss of a loved one this year. From 5pm on Saturday 18 December until the New Year, the virtual Tree of Light commemoration service will be available to view on the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity website. To sponsor a dedication or to access the virtual Tree of Life service go to fnhospice.org.uk/tree-of-light.
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