We would like to thank customers, supporters and volunteers for a decade’s loyalty as we announce the closing down of our Furniture Store for the final time. Our Furniture Store on Shrewsbury’s Ennerdale Road has raised more than £500,000 for hospice patient care since it opened, but increased running costs meant the value of that… Read more »
Young fundraisers have touched our hearts after thousands of school children took part in a festive event to support our care. Primary schools, nurseries and clubs across the region joined our Rudolph Relay in December, raising more than £10,000 to support people living with incurable illness and their families. Thousands of children donned antlers and… Read more »
Severn Hospice has been gifted unique support from a Shrewsbury business – our own blend of coffee. The owners of Aroma Tea & Coffee Merchants, on St Mary’s Place, stepped in when they heard our Refresh café needed some specialist support of our own. Their connection to Severn Hospice is a personal one as we… Read more »
Thousands of youngsters are stepping up to support Severn Hospice, learn about community and get active in the spirit of Christmas. More than a dozen schools, nurseries and sports clubs – including over 3,000 local school children – have already pledged to skip, hop, run, dance or dash as they join our festive Rudolph Relay…. Read more »
A pioneering model of palliative care developed in Shropshire is being adopted across the UK – and will be given an international showcase at a specialist conference in Vienna next month. Severn Hospice teamed up with the NHS to create a model of palliative care for adults with neuromuscular conditions. Developed with the neuromuscular centre… Read more »
Nearly 40 years after helping to establish Severn Hospice, the legacy of one of our earliest supporters is helping us with our latest plan to support patients. Roy Fletcher, a respected Shrewsbury businessman and philanthropist, played a key role in the creation of Severn Hospice in the 1980s. And now, more than 30 years after… Read more »
Our much-loved step challenge is back this September – and we’re calling on supporters to get involved again. Our nurses and care teams walk an average of 10,000 steps a day caring for patients and their families. And now, we’re inviting the local community to ‘walk in our shoes’ for a month and take on… Read more »
Our hospice chaplain who has provided spiritual care and support to thousands of patients and their families has bid farewell to colleagues after 30 years. Harry Edwards was our first chaplain and will be a familiar face to anyone who’s attended our Christmas Lights of Love service at any time in the last 25 years…. Read more »
A hospice nurse has a new role cut out for her – becoming the face of our fundraising raffle and a special £5,000 summer draw. Abi White, who cares for patients here at Severn Hospice, stepped up to be the model for a life-size cut-out which will tour our shops and events this summer, encouraging… Read more »
Severn Hospice has launched a £1 million fundraising appeal to help to fund improvements and upgrades to its Perry Ward in Shrewsbury. Perry, opened in 1989, is the hospice’s oldest ward and is in need of significant repairs that can no longer be managed with routine maintenance. To make the ward fit for purpose for… Read more »
