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On Saturday 4th June 2011, Sheila Critchley, Sharon Tuck, Lynne Rotherforth, Joanne Tomlinson, Janice Atkinson, Kath Ball and Pamela Pye will be taking part in the Moonlight Walk Half Marathon in aid of St Catherine's hospice, Preston.

St Catherine’s Hospice is a centre of excellence providing palliative care in Central Lancashire, treating over 1,300 patients per year. The service is based on the principle of providing care for the whole person. We aim to improve quality of life for those affected by conditions that are treatable but not curable.  This is achieved by the relief of pain and distress by specialised medical and nursing care. 

Please don’t forget, if you are a UK taxpayer then please tick the gift aid box. This will then increase your gift by 25 pence for every £1 you sponsor us.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

£2 pays for an information pack providing practical advice to patients and carers

£5 covers the cost of 50 information leaflets with practical advice on how to access palliative care services

£21 buys a nurses’ tunic

£35 buys a baby monitor to loan to families when the patient is too weak to call out

£120 buys a nebuliser to deliver medication to patients who are breathless

£255 buys a centromed leg garment for lymphoedema patients

£800 buys an electric riser/recliner chair

£1,300 a day is the cost of running the Clinical Nurse Specialist Care Services, providing care for patients in their own homes

£2,000 buys a blood pressure / pulse recording machine

£2,000 will buy a pressure relieving mattress

£2,900 covers the cost of running the Day Therapy unit for a week

£3,300 would cover the cost of operating the Hospice in-patient unit for a day

£3,500 buys a pressure relieving mattress

So please dig deep and donate now. Any donation is very gratefully received. Thanks for all your support and wish us luck!!!