Thank you from St Ann’s Hospice..
Dear Eddie, We just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. Thank you for choosing to support St Ann’s Hospice and the people who need us. We are incredibly grateful. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to help our inpatients to make memories with their loved ones this festive season, provide specialist care for patients in their own homes this Christmas, or support bereaved family members who are struggling at this time of year. |
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This is how YOU helped us in 2024… |
🎄 In January, you registered 5,132 Christmas trees for us to collect and recycle, raising over £100,000 for St Ann’s Hospice, Francis House Children’s Hospice and other local charities in our biggest ever collection. 🧱 In February, your fundraising helped us hit the £1 million milestone in our Build it Together appeal to build a modern new hospice, replacing our current building in Heald Green. 📝 In March, 53 of you made a Will during St Ann’s Will Month, raising funds in donations as well as pledges for gifts in Wills, helping us to plan for the future. 🏃 In April, 13 of you took on a huge challenge, running the London and Manchester Marathons for St Ann’s. 🏅 In May, 84 of you ran for #TeamStAnns in the Great Manchester Run, raising over £32,000 in total. 🏗️ In June, your donations and fundraising for the Build it Together appeal ensured we started construction of our much-needed new hospice. 🏆 In July, 550 of you took part in the Salford Triathlon, and two teams competed for St Ann’s in the Krazy Races soapbox derby in Stockport, with both events raising money for St Ann’s. 🎟️ In August, one lucky person won the £5,000 jackpot in our Summer Raffle, after you bought a total of 23,224 tickets. |
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🏳️🌈 Also in August, 70 of you – St Ann’s supporters, staff and volunteers – joined together to represent St Ann’s in the Manchester Pride Parade. 🚶 In September, 175 of you took part in our 100 miles in September walking challenge, raising over £21,000 with every step you took. 🛍️ In October, you shopped, donated and volunteered en masse at our charity shops after a Hospice Care Week campaign shone a light on how important our amazing charity shops really are. ⚽ In November, many of you attended the incredible night of fundraising that was The Great Mancunian Ball; the recording of Stick to Football by The Overlap that was made on the night in support of St Ann’s has now been viewed almost 1 million times. 🕯️ In December, over 2,000 of you attended our Light up a Life services, having dedicated over 1,000 lights in memory of your loved ones as part of our Light up a Life appeal, raising nearly £50,000. |
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We could not have achieved any of these milestones without the incredible support from you, our community. It warms our hearts to see the outpouring of love and support the public have for the work we do at St Ann’s Hospice. |
Thank you, Eddie, and best wishes for the festive season 💙 |