21st Anniversary Draw 2024
Thank you to all those who participated in our 21st Anniversary Draw that took place on Friday 4th October, with six lucky winners sharing £4,500!
Congratulations to our jackpot winner from Grotton who won £3,000 and the 2nd prize winner from Royton who scooped £1,000!
We are delighted to announce that our 21st Anniversary Draw has raised a fabulous £19,398.50 for patient care at Dr Kershaw's Hospice!
Your amazing support means so much to our Hospice, our patients, and their loved ones.
Your continued support makes a real difference to the lives of others. Please read below how your support helped make a difference to Sarah and her family at a time when they needed us the most.
After losing her husband, Brian aged just 45 on 3rd August 2021, your support gave Sarah a place to go at the loneliest of times...
“After Brian died it was really lonely. Dr Kershaw’s Bereavement and Counselling Teams brought me through that. Brian was the love of my life, I was really struggling and ready to give up. We had been together for 22 years and only ever spent six weeks apart, I just wanted to be with Brian. I was struggling coming to terms with my grief, whilst trying to handle the kids’ grief and Brian’s parents’ grief. I felt I’d let Brian down and the kids down too as I didn’t spot his symptoms earlier. Nobody expects this to happen at such a young age and it came as a completely devastating experience.
The Hospice’s Wellbeing Centre Team invited me to their Bereavement Support Group alongside one-to-one sessions with the Hospice Counsellor. Their support gave me a place to go at the loneliest of times, and helped me to realise that I did the best I could and couldn’t do any better. They helped me to come to terms with the loss, I wasn’t judged or patronised, nobody told me what I needed to do. It was nice to know I wasn’t on my own, but around others who have lost people they cherish.
I felt so at ease sharing my story and feelings in the group sessions and speaking to the Counsellor who had such a special gift of reading people. The Hospice don’t just stop being your family, they are part of my story now, and I know they are always there for me if I need to talk.”
It was Dr Kershaw’s care for both Brian and herself that inspired Sarah to help other families too, by doing a sky dive raising an incredible £1,500. Your support truly does mean so much, and will help other families patients access bereavement care and support from our Wellbeing Centre after the death of their loved one. We can’t thank you enough!
The £1,500 Sarah raised could pay for 32 sessions with our Bereavement Counsellor.
Registered Charity Number: 1105924
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice
Turf Lane, Royton, Oldham OL2 6EU
phone: (0161) 624 2727