Celebrities praise Springhill Hospice staff and volunteers with a ‘humongous thank you’

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Staff and volunteers at Springhill Hospice received a special thank you for working tirelessly through the pandemic to ensure vital palliative and end of life care has still been available to patients and their families.

Messages of support were received from national treasure Stephen Fry, the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley and Rochdale’s own Lisa Stansfield.

Springhill’s CEO, Sam Wells said: "I wanted to acknowledge what a tough year it’s been for everyone and how impressed I am with how they’ve all adapted and continued to provide such brilliant patient care.

"The restrictions go against the very nature of palliative care and I know it’s been difficult but they’ve put themselves at risk, taken on extra work, adapted and learnt new skills that are way out of their comfort zones.

 

 

The hospice relies heavily on donations raised from fundraising events, income from charity shops and support from the local community to provide its services free of charge to patients and their families.

Head of Income Generation, Emily Kennedy said: "The last 12 months has been especially tough for the fundraising team as shops have remained closed for most of the year and no events could take place. The people of Rochdale have been amazing in continuing to support us but fundraising has been significantly affected so the video had been a real boost to the team."

You can support Springhill by visiting www.springhill.org.uk/donate-to-us.