New Chocolate Feet Available in flavours; plain, orange, blackberry, peach and strawberry! Order yours now on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk

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!

Rollin' on the road...

Have you got a question you want answering about the New Hospice? Why not pop along to our Road Show starting in April where we will be visiting the 6 towns of Bury (Prestwich, Whitefield, Radcliffe, Bury, Tottington & Ramsbottom) Our first port of call is the Bury Hospice Shop, Ramsbottom, Sat 16th-Sun 17th April - followed by Morrisons, King Street, Ramsbottom, Thurs 21st April.

Do you have a venue in the borough of Bury that we could use to help raise awareness for our campaign? If so please call 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk

Have a yummy tummy & raise some money

Do u belong to a Slimming World group in Prestwich,Whitefield,Radcliffe,Bury,Tottington or Ramsbottom?We know a number of groups in these areas have chosen Bury Hospice as their nominated charity for this year’s 12week challenge.3 groups led by Yvette at St Michaels Church in Whitefield have already signed up.Cud ur group do the same?If u need buckets,collecting boxes,flyers or 2 know more call us on 01617971748.

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"

Forever Bury FC v Soapstar Charity Football Match

PARTY FOR £££'S

Now the nice weather is on its way why don't you do something for the New Hospice? Have a bbq, host a tea party or use your garden hose to make a slip'n'slide and charge friends £1 a go? Whatever you are able to raise we will be grateful for the donation - if you're interested in doing something fun give us a call on 0161 763 1545 or email capitalappeal@buryhospice.org.uk

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