The St Francis Oncology Support Center is an amazing organisation in Klaipeda Lithuania. It was set up to support patients living with and beyond cancer in the Klaipeda region and after a fact finding mission to visit St Ann's Hospice Manchester last year, staff now hope to move into the provision of Palliative Care with plans for Hospice services.

Palliative Care in Lithuania is hampered by limited access to strong painkillers, lack of equipment that we take for granted such as syringe pumps to provide analgesia at end of life and little investment in specialist services.

Every year, the Center organises the "Hope Run"

to raise much needed funds and Jennifer and I will be joining the other participants. Help us to make as much money as possible to support the further development of these voluntary services for the people of Klaipeda.