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Family Bury is raising money for Sobell House Hospice Charity
In memory of Peter Bury
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Each year, Sobell House cares for over 4,500 people in Oxfordshire at the end of life, offering specialist support to them and their families. Your support provides every patient and family with dignity and compassionate care.

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<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19pt;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">I have set up this page to raise funds for Sobell House Hospice in memory of my warm and wonderful father in law, Peter Bury, or PJ as he was affectionately called.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">Pete died last year after a short battle with Pancreatic cancer and spent his final days in Sobell House Hospice in Oxford where they provided the most amazing care to both Pete and his visiting family.</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 14px;">Pete was the proud father of seven children and all in turn have been completing impressive tasks to raise funds in the last year and have so far raised more than &pound;12,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>These have included two marathons, a ridiculously hard bike ride and a cake sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Please help me do my bit!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 14px;">Sobell House Hospice is an adult specialist palliative care service that was established in 1976.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It offers care to those facing life threatening illness, death and bereavement. The focus is on quality of life, respecting the uniqueness of each person, and respect for the dignity of all users of the service.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">The hospice needs charitable funding to continue its excellent work for other families like ours.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">T</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">he cost of running the Hospice is well over &pound;4 million a year.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£3,505.50
+ £776.38 Gift Aid
Online
£3,385.50
Offline
£120.00

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