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The Prospect Hospice 21st Birthday Appeal

Prospect Hospice is 21 years old and even with the good news that Wiltshire Health Authority have committed to increase its grant to fund thirty per
cent of our core costs for 2001/2002, this still leaves us having to find the remaining seventy per cent, writes community fundraiser Gillian Richardson.
Over £1.7 million must be raised help us by taking part in one or many the Prospect Christmas
from voluntary sources during this of the special events below: tree and sponsor a light
financial year, so the need for the 1-21 May: 21 days of birthday par- to celebrate the life of
community to commit to regular giv- ties. Help us to celebrate by holding a a loved one.
ing for Prospect has never been greater. party of your own. It can take any We also have a small
For our anniversary we are plan- form, from a formal dinner to a Mad range of merchandise
ning a year of celebration and you can Hatter's tea party. on sale for our special
year available from our
4 May: Designer Out- shops, the Hospice or
let outing, 6.30pm - via mail order direct
sponsored walk/push/ from the Fundraising
skip around the Great Office.
Western Designer Out- During the year we
let Village.
are holding two spe-
June: Sunflower Ap- cial events: The Pros-
peal. A month of activi- pect Sporting Appeal
ties including streetcol- for clubs, groups and Staff and children at Bright Horizons nursery at
lections; our special new schools - hold a sport- Peatmoor raised £770 for Prospect by baking heart
enamel Sunflower ing event for Prospect shaped biscuits for Valentine's Day, dressing up in
badge; Wear Yellow and we will provide odd clothes, and selling arts and craft work. A
Day on 21 June, and a you with a super plaque talkative staff member Jas Mander alone raised £100
Sunflower abseil down to commemorate the from a sponsored silence.
Gillian recieves a cheque for £667 from the Swindon
achievement. Or take Nursery Manager Heather Russell said, "we ex-
Choral Society raised from sales of their Christmas part in the Company plained to the children who they were helping so they
CD. From left, Kathy Danswan, Stuart Musgrove,
Challenge where your understood the need; we all had a lot fun. We chose
chairman_ David Truslove_ musical director
18 August: Company company can compete to help the Prospect Hospice because we heard they
Challenge It's a in teams to see who were short of funds and they are very close to many
Knockout, Croft Sport Centre. Com- can raise the most people at the nursery who have friends or relatives
GOGGLEBOX panies competing to raise funds for funds for Prospect. who have been helped."
Prospect. Contact the Fund- Bright Horizons celebrates its third anniversary
TV & VIDEO raising Department on since opening in April.
8 September: Garden fete in the Hos-
REPAIR pice grounds, 12noon - 4pm. 815142 or fundraising Above: Gillian receives the Bright Horizons donation
(b p r o s p e c t- from, rear left to right, Tracy Field, Joe Derry, James
SERVICE 7 October: Livingwell at the Croft hospice.org.uk for de- Key, Heather Russell. Front, Stacy Lyme, Tara
Sports Centre, loam - 5pm. Find out tails of any of the above Harrison, Lauren Clutterbuck, Joshua Key, Amber
more about living life to the full with events. Keighley, Thomas Gase
Free home demonstrations and treatments avail-
estimates able from yoga to kick boxing, along
with craft and information stalls. Stiching together for Prospect
* No call out charge 12 October: 21st Birthday Lottery There was a fantastic response to a four line appeal by Stitches Neelecraft
Group in the wanted section of the February Link for cross stitch bits and
* All repairs Draw. A special prize draw of our pieces in aid of the Prospect Hospice.
weekly lottery with a top prize of
guaranteed £2,100. Tickets on sale now. Organiser Sarah Raymond said she
was overwhelmed by donations of
Tel: 01793-812738 8 December: Light of Life Celebra- cross stitch frames, threads and nee-
tion, 5.30pm - 7.30pm. Join us around
dlecraft hits. Eager members of
Stitches snapped up the items and £80
was raised. "1 had calls from the mo-
ment The Link came out; the generos-
ity of readers is just brilliant."
Stitches welcomes anybody inter-
ested in needlecraft. For details, or to
SARACEN donate needlecraft items to be sold in Gillian with Linda Whittle and Sarah
aid of the Prospect Hospice, call Sarah Raymond with some of the donated
on 886410. items
230 bikes on show,
the choice is great
Alessandra
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DMC stockist Re-upholste ry of dining chairs etc`
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