I am delighted to announce a new charity partnership between confessions of a design geek and the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Trust.
As a blogger and journalist I am incredibly lucky to be given a number of promotional gifts and sample products in the course of my job. It goes without saying that I am very grateful, and as hard as it is to part with these often very beautiful objects, in order to maintain my editorial integrity and keep your trust, I have worked with various charities over the years, donating these gifts to raise funds. I have now formed a long-term partnership with the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Trust, a charity that does incredible work in the area local to coadg HQ. I am very proud to say that even in the very early stages of this relationship, we have already raised over £1,750.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end of life care for adult patients with cancer or other serious progressive illnesses (such as heart, lung or neurological diseases) and their families in West Surrey and North East Hampshire.
Every day, they support over 250 patients and relatives in their own homes, in the community, at the hospice in Farnham and at The Beacon Centre in Guildford, through a combination of medical care, nursing, therapies, counselling, social work and practical support.
Examples of the empathy, care and attention the team at Phyllis Tuckwell demonstrates every day range from moving a patient’s bed so he could see the garden he loved spending time in before he was too unwell, and repatriating a Ghurkha to Nepal so he could spend his last days on home soil.
The NHS and other government funding only covers 20{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} of their costs, which means they have to raise over £15,000 every day so they can offer all their services, free of charge, to patients and their families. I won’t be able to raise anything like that amount of money, but I’m very proud of every penny I can contribute to this brilliant and worthwhile charity. If you’d like to make a donation, you can do so here.
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I was so interested and pleased to read this post Katie. My mother was looked after in the Hospice in Farnham in the last few weeks of her life in 1992. A hugely difficult time obviously but the care, compassion, and dignity she was given will stay with me for the rest of my life. A fabulous charity to support!
I’m so sorry to hear you lost your Mum Debbie, but so glad that you found the Hospice to help at such a difficult time. They are truly wonderful people, aren’t they?