Weldmar Hospicecare Trust is fundraising for Weldmar Hospicecare Trust

Show them you care campaign

Community nurses and Alison Ryan

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Weldmar Hospicecare Trust

Charity Registration No. 1000414

Formed by the merger of three well known and much respected Dorset charities, we care for patients with cancer and other progressive conditions who require specialist help. Patients in north, south and west Dorset now have a seamless service, whether they require care and advice in the comfort of their own homes, Day Hospice care (Weymouth, Dorchester and Shaftebury) or in-patient care at Joseph Weld Hospice. We also run social groups across the county which meet on a weekly basis offering friendship and support. For further information on our services or how you can help us please contact: Weldmar Hospicecare Trust, Joseph Weld Hospice, Herringston Road, Dorchester, United Kingdom, DT1 2SL. Phone: 01305 215315

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25/02/2010

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Raised: 11%

Target: £60,000.00
Raised so far: £6,660.45

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The Dorset Echo has teamed up with the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust to launch a £60,000 campaign to fund a community nurse specialising in palliative care for a year.

The scheme aims to boost the vital service provided by the charity, which helps to treat seriously ill people - free of charge - in their own homes.

It costs £60,000 a year to keep a community nurse specialist going - including their salaries, pension, travel, training, equipment and medical supplies, and the support of clinical psychologist, family and child support workers, chaplain, volunteers and admin.

In any 12 months a nurse will probably see 50 or 60 patients.

Toby Granville, editor of the Dorset Echo, said: "This is a chance for the community to change the lives of seriously ill people for the better – and help make their final months at home easier for them and their families. We're asking readers to dig deep and support our bid to fund a vital service – after all, we could all need a community nurse someday."

Weldmar Hospicecare Trust chief executive Alison Ryan said: "Patients increasingly want to choose how they are cared for and that choice at the end of life often means staying at home. We want to do our best to fit our services around the wishes of our patients and that is why we need to have more staff working in the community."

The Dorset Echo will be publishing artciles about Weldmar throughout the year - they are all collected here:

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/campaigns/showthem/

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Weldmar Hospicecare Trust gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

More from Weldmar on the web:

http://www.weld-hospice.org.uk
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Weldmar-Hospicecare-Trust/33121853046
http://www.twitter.com/weldmar
http://www.youtube.com/weldmar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/weldmar/
http://donations.ebay.co.uk/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=28092

	This is for Adrianne bravely enduring icy waters on behalf of the Echo's campaign. She's more of a Welsh legend than Tom Jones!!! xxx Donation by Joanna Davis 03/01/10	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds. Donation by Sally Norris 03/12/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds. Donation by Sally Norris 11/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Gus for the NY Marathon. You are such an inspiration to us all - keep it up!! Donation by Shane Wilden 31/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Gus!! :-) Donation by Susan Hanley 30/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck in NYC Gus xx Donation by Emma Hallett 29/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Guss, Legend. Donation by Ashley Maitland 29/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds. Donation by Sally Norris 29/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds, on what would have been his 60th Birthday. Donation by Sally Norris 11/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds. Donation by Sally Norris 09/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Thanks for the bike rack, Toby. Donation by Ken Stephens 16/08/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	To honour Dr. David Slater on his retirement Donation by Liz White 27/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	In loving memory of a dear sister in Law, Aunt and Great Aunt from the Irving family, Cumbria Donation by Irving family 18/05/09	£100.00
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds Donation by Sally Norris 12/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 27/04/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	In memory of my brother, Edwin Reynolds. Donation by Sally Norris 07/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	With love from alll the Sanders family Donation by Liz Sanders 01/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	That's me in the pink shirt. For Mike and now Mum Donation by Liz White 13/03/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck, keep up the good work! xxx Donation by Sophie Hassell 13/03/09	£10.00
	Wish I could give more but soooo strapped for cash at the mo :-) Good luck Chris! Donation by Kay 25/02/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£650.00
Offline donations:	£6,010.45
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£152.31

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