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Brentwood Civic Dinner

I was delighted to attend the Brentwood Civic dinner where Neville Brown our Vice Chairman. Neville who works tirelessly for Brentwood and gives fantastic support to the Hospice was  awarded the life time achievement award. Well done Neville.

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Brentwood Half Marathon

We had over 70 runners (our best ever number) in the Brentwood half marathon.  This is an extremely popular race which is booked up before Christmas. It was lovely to see so many people supporting the Hospice and running for … Continue reading

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MATCH

As we continue to run our MATCH initiative with Barry Hearn to encourage teams of young people to build their business skills and to raise money for the Hospice, I was interviewed by a young team of boys from Eastbury … Continue reading

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Hospice Buildings

We have continued to work hard to make sure our buildings are ‘fit for purpose’.  Building work is continuing on the Inpatient unit roof, and we have just had completed a full ‘condition survey’ which we are currently analysing  to … Continue reading

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Commissioning Changes

There has been much discussion with the Clinical Commissioning group for Basildon and Brentwood regarding end of life care and the work of the Hospice.  The Hospice provides our full range of services to the people of Brentwood where referrals … Continue reading

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The Bad Weather

The terrible rain has taken its toll on our Hospice building resulting in us have to close some beds , complementary therapy, chapel and have a number of ‘buckets’ around the building.  We have launched an appeal to help fund … Continue reading

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Councillor Tony Ramsey and his wife Jeanne

We were delighted to have another visit from Tony and Jeanne.  Tony was the Mayor of Barking and Dagenham last year and he presented us with a cheque for over £18,000 from all of the fundraising they so kindly did … Continue reading

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Visit to Haven House Children’s Hospice in Woodford

A small team from Saint Francis Hospice recently had an excellent visit to Haven House to look around their lovely hospice and to discuss in particular the care of young people as they move into adulthood.  Thank you Mike (CEO) … Continue reading

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The London Marathon

On Sunday we have an amazing 40 runners running for the Hospice. We also have a number of our nurses running as well as Paul Freedman one of our many fantastic supporters who do so much for us. Paul is … Continue reading

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M.A.T.C.H.

Barry Hearn and myself have been reviewing the entries for our 2nd apprentice fundraising scheme. I’m delighted we have a large number of high quality entries from schools across all of our boroughs. We have the final awards ceremony for … Continue reading

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