Throughout the year, our colleagues have showcased remarkable feats, from baking incredible cakes and completing marathons to traversing the South Downs on foot and conquering a Tough Mudder assault course. All these endeavors were undertaken to generate crucial funds for our longstanding charity partner, Shooting Star Children Hospices.
As we approach the final stretch of our fundraising efforts, there’s one last event to make a difference. On Monday 4th December, 12 of our dedicated staff will engage in a Charity Shop Takeover. They’ll be split in to two teams to immerse themselves in the operations of one of Shooting Star’s shops, striving to maximize sales in a single day.
The ultimate challenge is on: the team with the highest funds raised will be crowned the Charity Shop Takeover Champions of 2024.
We wish our Stirling Staff the best of luck, and may the best team emerge victorious!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT SHOOTING STAR HOSPICE?
£25 could pay for a child’s name to be engraved on a star or leaf to hang on the memory trees in our bereavement gardens, giving families somewhere to visit and remember.
£35 could pay for hand and foot casts and a memory box, giving families somewhere to keep and treasure precious moments and memories.
£50 could fund the annual servicing costs of a cold blanket ensuring it is always available for families who want to say goodbye in their own time after their child has died.
£120 could pay for an hour of support from our specialist Symptom Management team to help manage and ease a child’s symptoms.
£1,000 covers the cost of the Family Support Line for one week so that we can be ready to answer any question and provide guidance to our 700 families.
£1,500 could fund one night of emergency respite care.
£2,000 could cover the cost of heating the hydrotherapy pool for three months. Our hydrotherapy pools are a safe space for families to create special memories. The pool also provides physical benefits helping muscle tone and strength, enabling mobility not possible out of the water.
£5,000 could pay for three months pre-bereavement support for a family, providing essential guidance on pain management, family and sibling support and anticipatory grief.
£7,000 would pay for our annual Memory Days for bereaved families, where families can visit the hospice and celebrate the life of their child with other bereaved families.
£8,400 would pay for a bed at the hospice for one week for respite of step down care.
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