Brand new Hospice sustainability group
East Cheshire Hospice is caring for the environment as well as patients. An environmental sustainability group representing staff, volunteers and trustees is aiming to make the Hospice even greener. The charity has already taken significant measures in the last year to become more sustainable and now wants to go even further. Staff and volunteers have […]
Festive surprise at East Cheshire Hospice
Patients at East Cheshire Hospice woke up to a festive surprise thanks to the Hospice’s supporters. Specially made mugs were given to ward patients on Christmas morning to help brighten up their day. The gifts featured the Hospice sunflower emblem as a bobble hat on a robin on one side, the other having the logo […]
Sarah Dale Awarded British Empire Medal
Sarah Dale BEM, Quality and Innovation Director, East Cheshire Hospice East Cheshire Hospice Director and nurse, Sarah Dale, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the King’s New Year Honours list for services to palliative and end of life care. Sarah, from Macclesfield, has played a significant role in the development of the Hospice […]
East Cheshire Hospice gains Navajo Award
East Cheshire Hospice has won an award for its pioneering work supporting patients from the LGTBQ+ community. Just over a year ago the charity linked up with two other hospices – St Luke’s in Winsford and Hospice of The Good Shepherd in Backford – to ensure end-of-life care is fully inclusive. They appointed Ellen Coleman […]
East Cheshire Hospice daily menu in our kitchen
A typical daily menu for patients at East Cheshire Hospice is: Breakfast – Cereals, toast, eggs, mushrooms, fresh fruit, yoghurt, omelette, or a full English. Lunch – Soup of the day, or pate with toast; followed by Chinese pork stir fry with egg fried rice, or cheddar and red onion tart. Tea – Homemade beef […]
Sustainability at East Cheshire Hospice
East Cheshire Hospice has launched a major campaign this year to become more sustainable. Changes have been brought in across the charity’s operations as part of concerted eco-friendly initiatives. Reducing food waste and energy use are among actions taken at its Millbank Drive site. Other measures to reduce the Hospice’s carbon footprint include: * Ensuring […]
New in-memory fundraising assistant at East Cheshire Hospice
Volunteering at East Cheshire Hospice gave Amy Williams an idea about a change of career. The mother-of-three only joined the charity in March, helping day care patients every Tuesday in the Sunflower Centre. Weeks later she saw that the Hospice were advertising for an in-memory fundraising assistant and decided to give up her teaching job. […]
STEPtember!
Do you count how many steps you walk each day? East Cheshire Hospice is asking supporters to take one step a day for every £1 needed to run the Hospice. The Steptember challenge – in September – involves 7,500 steps a day, reflecting the amount of money needed to keep the Hospice going daily. To […]
Toni’s Hospice Journey
A bride’s wedding day is always special, but for Toni Walsh it was an even more emotional occasion. She knew her husband Tim Longden had only days left to live. The Macclesfield couple were married at East Cheshire Hospice in February 2020, weeks after Tim had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. They had been […]
