Tim Fairley and Pat Rice raise £11,300 for Springhill Hospice

Tim Fairley and Pat Rice present Elaine McConnell and Julie Halliwell of Springhill Hospice with a cheque for £11,300

Tim Fairley and Pat Rice have presented Springhill Hospice with a cheque for £11,300, which they raised completing the Granfondo Stelvio Santini cycling challenge.

Tim and Pat had visited the hospice and saw first hand the money and work it required to keep the hospice afloat.

“Visiting the hospice was fantastic,” said Tim Fairley, Managing Director at PDS. “We are often only exposed to the fun fundraising side of the hospices work, The Santa Dashes and Go Green Days, however going to the hospice and looking at the work they do and seeing where the money is going first hand was tremendous.”

Pat Rice, Commercial Director at PDS, described the visit as a very valuable experience: “The visit really opened up my eyes to what goes into running such an organisation, the care and attention to detail paid to each individual patient as well as their families is astonishing, however there is clearly a cost that comes with that quality of care.”

A spokesperson for Springhill Hospice said: “We really enjoy having people into the hospice and showing them where their money is going. To us it’s all about getting people through the door and showing them what they are a part of. We truly do value every penny donated to us, and appreciate all the support we get from the local community."

The cost of keeping the doors of the hospice open each year is £3 million pounds, of which only £900,00 is NHS funded. The hospice rely on raising the other £2.1 million through fundraising activity and donations alone.