Top new hospice group role for Gina
Crawley Observer
Gina Starnes, director of nursing at St Catherine’s Hospice, has been appointed the deputy chair for the newly formed Executive Clinical Leads in Hospice & Palliative Care (ECLiHP) – the peer support network group created by Help the Hospices.
We need to do more to attract young people to sit on charity boards
The Guardian
With governance perennially in voluntary sector headlines and past indications that many charities have board vacancies, young people represent an untapped resource for trustee recruitment.
Hospice raises concerns about current economic climate
Newry Times
Despite the overwhelming generosity of the local community, Southern Area Hospice Services is significantly behind on its fundraising targets for 2013.
Woking Hospice ‘needs to expand to cope with demand’
Get Surrey
Hospice chief executive says “more and more is being asked of us” but there is concern as to how the charity can meet the cost of expansion.
‘Coronation Street’: Hayley Cropper gets special online scenes
Digital Spy
Coronation Street bosses have decided to delve deeper into Hayley Cropper’s terminal cancer storyline with extra online content to accompany the show’s regular episodes.
How Francis House hospice joined United’s winning team
Manchester Evening News
Getting signed up by Manchester United is the stuff of dreams – and that’s what happened to Francis House. The children’s hospice knew it was on to a winner when it was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the club’s charity partners six years ago.
Brave Ian backs charter for devastating disease
The Star
A dad whose body is wasting away from motor neurone disease is backing a new charter calling for an end to ignorance about the disease.
Theydon Bois grandfather of three to walk the Great Wall of China
Guardian
A grandfather-of-three is to take on a gruelling a five-day trek along the Great Wall of China in aid of a St Clare children’s hospice in Hastingwood.
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