Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Friday, 16 September 2011
Monday, 5 September 2011
Friday, 12 August 2011
Monday, 8 August 2011
Check out our Charm Bracelets
Available NOW from Bury Hospice & our 4 Charity Shops in; Prestwich, Radcliffe, Bury & Ramsbottom
@ £8.00 each to order with thanks to
Angel Face Jewellery
Friday, 22 July 2011
Pause for thought
We want to know what you think of charm bracelets?
Are they a good idea for our campaign?
Do you think their low cost price will help raise funds for the New Hospice?
Whatever your opinion we want to hear it!
Contact us on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Come & support your local Hospice
Check out our diary of Events & see if anything takes your fancy! If you feel you could add to this list with your own organised event please call Ruth on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
July 2011
Thursday 21st, Anytime
Building a New Hospice for Bury Road Show
Tottington Medical Practice
August 2011
Thursday 4th, Anytime
Building a New Hospice for Bury Road Show
New Bank Garden Centre, Radcliffe
Thursday 11th, Afternoon
Afternoon Tea with the Phoenix Club
Summerseat Church,
Thursday 11th, Anytime
Building a New Hospice for Bury Road Show
Asda Riverside Retail Park, Radcliffe
Thursday 18th, Anytime
Building a New Hospice for Bury Road Show
Radcliffe PCC
Saturday 20th, 10-4pm
Paulo Franko Cup, 5-A-Side Football Tournament
Bury College
September 2011
Thursday 1st, Anytime
Building a New Hospice for Bury Road Show
Tesco Express, Market Street Tottington
Saturday 24th, 7.30pm
Renaissance Choir Concert
Bury United Reformed Church
Want to get in touch another way? Follow us on Twitter (Buryhospice2) and Facebook (Building a New Hospice for Bury)
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Nicely Done!
The Major Car Teasure Hunt!
We would like to thank the lovely organisers from the Major Pub in Ramsbottom; Anita, Stu, Mark & Ste for putting together the most fantastic Car Treasure Hunt in History!
The event took place last Saturday, starting with bacon butties at 9am - followed by an afternoon of clues, photographs, dares and carried on into the evening with entertainment, auctions and raffle prizes to be won.
Because of the hard work and dedication involved - these truely extraordinary fundraisers managed to rake in £10k!!!!!!!!!!!
There was even a twist, where participants went in fancy dress as super heros varying from the Scooby doo gang to Batman and Robin!
This was an incredibly successful event in the memory of Frank Rafferty, helping to raise funds for the New Hospice which only has £500k left to find for the construction.
If this has inspired you to do a fundraiser please call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalapeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Friday, 3 June 2011
Add it to your diary!!!
Upcoming New Hospice Events
Saturday 4th June 2011
DW Sports Lifestyle Expo Event, Bury
Thursday 9th June 2011
BANH Road Show Millgate Shopping Centre, Bury
Saturday 11th June 2011
The Major Car Treasure Hunt, Ramsbottom
Thursday 16th June 2011
BANH Road Show M&S The Rock, Bury
Thursday 30th June 2011
BANH Road Show The Village Hotel, Bury
Sunday 10th July 2011
The Garsdale Family Day, Woodhill Rd
Thursday 14th July 2011
BANH Road Show The Co-op, Tottington
Thursday 21st July 2011
BANH Road Show Tottington Medical Practice
Thursday 28th July 2011
BANH Road Show Tesco Express, Tottington
Thursday 4th August 2011
BANH Road Show New Bank Garden Centre, Radcliffe
Thursday 11th August 2011
BANH Road Show ASDA, Radcliffe
Afternoon Tea with the Phoenix Club, Summerseat
Thursday 18th August 2011
BANH Road Show Radcliffe Medical Practice
Saturday 20th August 2011
5 A-Side Football Tournament TBC
For more information, or if you would like to organise an event or take part in something sponsored please call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Friday, 27 May 2011
£500k Left to go!!!
Building work is set to start this summer on the new Bury Hospice – a state of-the-art facility to provide palliative care to the people of Bury.
Thanks to the generosity of local people and a large legacy the fundraising pot has now swelled to £3.6 million – enough to give the go-ahead for building work to get underway on the new hospice to be located on Rochdale Old Road.
Hospice fundraisers are now on the final push to raise £500,000 to provide all of the funds to fully build and equip the new hospice, which will be built by Bolton-based construction company GJ Seddon.
Michael Garrity, Chair of the Bury Hospice Trustees, said: “We are delighted to announce that the building phase can now get underway. As a board of trustees we wanted to be satisfied that enough money had been raised to fund the building programme.
“We have been working very closely, behind the scenes, with GJ Seddon to finalise the costs of the build, materials and equipment. We now have a definitive figure and are confident for work to get underway.
“Our fundraisers have also been working extremely hard raising money, increasing the profile of the campaign and telling people why we need a new hospice in Bury.”
Despite a challenging economic climate the Building a new Hospice for Bury fundraising campaign has got off to a good start.
Mr Garrity adds: “We have been overwhelmed with the generosity and support we have been given by the people of Bury. They have truly embraced the campaign and come up with some innovative fundraising initiatives.
“However, now that we are on the final sprint to the finish line we continue to encourage people to give us their support.”
Preparations are now underway for building work to start in July. However, before the foundations can be laid, ecology specialists will arrive on site to relocate a colony of great crested newts to a new home 500m behind the development. This has to be carried out in the spring once the newts have come out of hibernation.
The great crested newt is a protected species. As a result, GJ Seddon has had to apply for a special licence to survey the site as part of the planning process.
Ecology experts are now set to build a newt fence around the site of the new hospice to collect the great crested newts and relocate them to the neighbouring pond. This process follows strict guidelines set by Natural England.
Following the final costing of the development we will now be able to increase the number of inpatients who could be cared for at the new hospice from five to 12, instead of the 10 beds originally planned for.
The new hospice will provide state-of-the art palliative care equipment to allow individual packages of care to be developed - providing more choice for end of life care for the people of Bury.
The aim is for doors to open to the new Bury Hospice in January 2013.
As well as contacting the hospice team with your fundraising ideas, a new text to donate facility was launched recently.
Simply text Bury02, leave a space and text the amount you would like to donate after a £ sign and send your text to 70070. At the touch of a button contributors will be able to donate £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10. The choice is yours. The donation will then automatically be added to your monthly bill, for example, to donate £5, text Bury02 space £5 to 70070.
For even more information on how you can help build a new Bury Hospice or to make a larger donation, contact the campaign hotline on 0161 763 1545, visit the dedicated website www.buildinganewhospiceforbury.org.uk or visit the Facebook page Building a new Hospice for Bury.
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Thursday, 28 April 2011
ARE YOU RREEEAAAADDDDDYYYYY????????
FOREVER BURY FC V ALLSTARS TEAM
MONDAY 2ND MAY KICK OFF 1PM
CALL 0161 763 1545
FOR MORE INFORMATION
OR EMAIL
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Updates Updates Updates!
Date | Location | Where |
Ramsbottom | Summerseat GC Restaurant | |
Ramsbottom | Bury Hospice Shop | |
Ramsbottom | Morrisons, | |
Whitefield | Slatterys | |
Whitefield | Total Fitness | |
Whitefield | Co-operative, | |
Prestwich | M&S Simply Food, Bury New Road | |
Prestwich | Bury Hospice Shop | |
Tottington | Co-op, | |
Tottington | Tottington Medical Practice | |
Radcliffe | Radcliffe Medical Practice |
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
How bout a date?
Finally...the long awaited list of hospice events coming up!!!
Thursday 31st March, Business Exhibition & Networking Event, Elizabethan Suite, 7-9.30pm call 01706 281320 or email bury@thebestof.co.uk for more information!
Thursday 14th April, BANH Roadshow, Summerseat Garden Centre Ramsbottom, All morning call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for more info!
Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th April, BANH Roadshow, Bury Hospice Shop Ramsbottom, All day call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for more info!
Thursday 21st April, BANH Roadshow, Morrisons Ramsbottom, All day call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for more info!
Monday 2nd May, Forever Bury FC v Allstars Charity football match, Bury FC Gigg Lane, 1pm Kick-off, call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for tickets!
Thursday 5th May, BANH Roadshow, Slatterys Whitefield, All day call 0161 763 1545 or capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Thursday 12th May, BANH Roadshow, Total Fitness Whitefield, All afternoon call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for more information!
Thursday 26th May, BANH Roadshow, M&S Simply Food Prestwich, All day call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for more information!
Thursday 2nd June, BANH Roadshow, Bury Hospice Shop Prestwich, All day call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk for more information!
Saturday 11th June, The Major Car Hunt, The Major Pub Ramsbottom, 9-4pm call Anita on 01706 826 777 for more information!
Friday, 25 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Joan makes a splash!
Swimming pensioner Joan Buggie took the plunge to raise money for Bury Hospice. She celebrated her 70th birthday by tackling an 80-length swimming challenge at Castle Leisure Centre in Bury. Mrs Buggie, of Shipston Close, Walshaw, completed the 2km swim in one hour and 10 minutes, raising £300 for the campaign to build a new hospice. She said: " Bury Hospice is a wonderful place and they desperately need the money. Being Bury born and bred, you never know if you or your family are going to need the service later in life."
Mrs Buggie, who will celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary this year, has been swimming twice a week since 1979 and trains at the same leisure centre where her husband Joe worked as a part-time instructor before retiring.
And despite her advancing years, Mrs Buggie is determined to keep fundraising. She said :"Maybe i'll do 100 lengths when i turn 80"
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Monday, 14 March 2011
Thursday, 10 March 2011
MARATHON MAN IN MOROCCO
A Nurse who swapped his fob watch for a stop watch raised £2,068 for the hospice building. Alisdair Templeton, an auxiliary nurse at Fairfield General Hospital, ran the Marrakech half marathon in Morocco. The 59-year old, of Callender Street, Ramsbottom, collected donations in pubs across Bury, Ramsbottom and Heywood.
If you would like ideas on how YOU can fundraise for the New Hospice, please call the Capital Appeal hotline on 0161 763 1545 for more information or email us at capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
If you would like ideas on how YOU can fundraise for the New Hospice, please call the Capital Appeal hotline on 0161 763 1545 for more information or email us at capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Memorial Run for Joe
A Memorial run in honour of murdered 11yr old Joe Geeling will be held on Sunday 12th June.
The event hopes to raise £££'s for charity!Details of how to get involved will be available soon!
If you have any great ideas for a fundraiser and want a quick chat give us a call on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
We love hearing your ideas & take great pleasure in you backing our worthy appeal!
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
A Second 3K Offer
Bury Hospice had a nice surprise last week when another anonymous pensioner stepped forward to price match the Mystery Mans donation!
£3K was pledged by a mystery lady who had been brought up in Bury until her early twenties when she moved away. 60 years later and the pensioner still holds ties with her roots.
What would you be willing to donate? Ok 3K may be a lot to some of us - so why not break the costs up with a Standing Order form with what you can afford?
To buy 1 foot = £12 ( £1 a month standing order)
2 feet = £24 ( £2 a month standing order)
3 feet = £36 ( £3 a month standing order)
4 feet = £48 ( £4 a month standing order)
5 feet = £60 ( £5 a month standing order)
6 feet ETC...
So if you are interested in donating monthly, quarterly, or annually please email or call us to request your standing order form.
If you would prefer you can pop into one of our 4 Charity shops in Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe and Ramsbottom.
To contact us call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
£3K was pledged by a mystery lady who had been brought up in Bury until her early twenties when she moved away. 60 years later and the pensioner still holds ties with her roots.
What would you be willing to donate? Ok 3K may be a lot to some of us - so why not break the costs up with a Standing Order form with what you can afford?
To buy 1 foot = £12 ( £1 a month standing order)
2 feet = £24 ( £2 a month standing order)
3 feet = £36 ( £3 a month standing order)
4 feet = £48 ( £4 a month standing order)
5 feet = £60 ( £5 a month standing order)
6 feet ETC...
So if you are interested in donating monthly, quarterly, or annually please email or call us to request your standing order form.
If you would prefer you can pop into one of our 4 Charity shops in Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe and Ramsbottom.
To contact us call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Match that Mystery...Man
Just to add a little bit of excitement to our lives, a man has stepped forward anonymously offering the Hospice £3,000.00 on one condition!
Three other people must come forward and match his donation of £3,000.00 in order for him to comply.
The gentleman admits he isnt the richest man in Bury, but felt it would be better putting his money to good use and wanted to find a clever way of raising funds for the New Build.
If three others were to step forward, that £12,000.00 could buy the majority of a small room in the New Hospice. If you think you would be interested in helping out please let us know.
And remember, it doesnt have to be a lump sum! You may prefer to set-up a standing order and pay £250 a month or ANYTHING you can afford! Whatever your wish, we can try and tailor to your need - just give us a call on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Three other people must come forward and match his donation of £3,000.00 in order for him to comply.
The gentleman admits he isnt the richest man in Bury, but felt it would be better putting his money to good use and wanted to find a clever way of raising funds for the New Build.
If three others were to step forward, that £12,000.00 could buy the majority of a small room in the New Hospice. If you think you would be interested in helping out please let us know.
And remember, it doesnt have to be a lump sum! You may prefer to set-up a standing order and pay £250 a month or ANYTHING you can afford! Whatever your wish, we can try and tailor to your need - just give us a call on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Helpful Hands Prove Hearty!
Here at Bury Hospice we are extremely proud of the excellent service all of our Staff & Volunteers provide! There is something very special about the way we people of Bury support one another in the community.
On behalf of the Capital Appeal, I would like to congratulate the nurses whose hand-made cards and the people who bought them raised almost £1,000.00 towards the New Hospice...not bad going!
If you think you have something special to offer and can help us reach our target please call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
Friday, 28 January 2011
Schools all set for fundraising Choir Contest
(Thursday January 27th 2011 )
Hundreds of school children will be hoping to hit all the right notes in Bury Hospice’s first choir competition. Pupils at 10 primary schools across the borough are taking part in the contest, which starts next Wednesday. Each group will consist of up to 50 children and they will sing two contrasting songs of their choice. Three heats will be held next week, with a panel of judges choosing which two choirs from each round will go to the grand final on Friday, February 11th.
The choirs will then perform again for the opportunity to win the inaugural competition. Up for grabs for the winning choir are a session with the Halle Choir’s vocal coach, Maggie McDonald, tickets to a Halle
“The competition has already been more successful than we ever dreamed it would be, especially for the first event. Having seen how popular it is this year, we intend to make it an annual event.” Heats will be held at Radcliffe Civic Suite next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, starting at . The February 11 final will start at the same time. The programme is as follows:
- Heat One – Wednesday 2nd Feb: Bury Grammar School Girls; St Marie’s RC Primary School, Bury; Chantlers Primary School, Bury.
- Heat Two – Thursday 3rd Feb: St Michael’s RC Primary School, Whitefield; Radcliffe Hall CE/ Methodist Primary School, Radcliffe; St Andrew’s CE Primary School, Ramsbottom.
- Heat Three – Friday 4th Feb: St Bernadette’s RC Primary School, Whitefield; Bury Catholic Preparatory School; St John with St Mark Primary School, Bury; Christ Church CE Primary School, Walshaw.
Tickets cost £5, available by contacting the Hospice’s Fundraising Office on 0161 797 1748.
Friday, 21 January 2011
NEW DATES TO OUR DIARY! NEW DATES TO OUR DIARY! NEW DATES TO OUR DIARY!
- FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY (TONIGHT), MAYOR OF BURY'S CHARITY LINE DANCE, ELIZABETHAN SUITE, 7.30PM-TILL LATE, TICKETS £6.00
- THURSDAY 31ST MARCH, BUSINESS EXHIBITION & NETWORKING EVENT, ELIZABETHAN SUITE, 7PM-9.30PM
- MONDAY 2ND MAY, FOREVER BURY FC V SOAPSTAR CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH, BURY FC GIGG LANE, 1PM KICK-OFF
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Follow In The Foot-Steps Of...
Brandlesholme Support Group
Bury Hospice relies deeply on the support of our community - whether it be businesses, schools or individuals. The idea of a support group allows people to come together to raise funds for the Hospice.
You don't have to have a background in fundraising, all you need is the motivation to want to help the Hospice! So if you fancy organising your own event or sponsorsed (something) feel free to give us a bell.
We can have as much or as little involvement as you like giving you support and advice if you need as well as resources for flyers, posters and tickets!
If you are interested in setting up a support group please contact our Community Fundraiser Michelle King on 0161 797 1748.
Monday, 17 January 2011
Tickets, Tickets, Tickets!
Tickets Available
Mayor Of Bury's Charity Line Dance
Friday 21st January 2011 @ Elizabethan Suite
7.30pm - till late
Raffles, Prizes to be won & plenty of dancing!
Support Bury Hospice and come along for just £6!
If you are interested in purchasing tickets please contact the fundraising office on 0161 797 1748 or 0161 763 1545. Alternatively email us at capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
£1000 - Horsey Does It!
Bury Hospice would like to give special thanks to Hilary Hartley, the owner of Horsebits in Ramsbottom. By putting on a 'Christmas Extravaganza' during December 2010 the saddlery and riding wear shop raised a considerable £1000 for Bury Hospice!!!
Over £500 was raised through the shops tombola, silent auction and games! Hilary generously offered that whatever money raised from the event, she would price match - making a grand total over £1000!
Without people like Hilary it would be impossible for the Hospice to aim to reach such targets especially during the economic downfall.
If you are interested in helping our campaign 'Building A New Hospice For Bury' whether it be through donating £1 to £10,000 or more - please do not hesitate to give us a call on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk
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