Daily News Roundup – 3 July 2014

Categories: In The Media.

New £800,000 support centre at Treetops Hospice, Risley

Derby Telegraph

A new £800,000 Clinical Support Centre is opening at Treetops Hospice to provide more end of life care and emotional support.

Bid to ‘save’ Bury Hospice as it struggles to raise £3 million needed to keep it running

This is Lancashire

Bury Hospice is facing a funding crisis — sparking campaigners to launch a bid to “save” it.

Trio get Peace Hospice tattoos in memory of family member

Watford Observer

Three members of the same family have rolled up their sleeves and had their arms inked with the Peace Hospice Care logo in memory Roy Stokes who was cared for at the hospice for passing away.

New desert island-themed playground ‘a dream come true’ at Ty Hafan

Penarth Times

Children’s hospice Ty Hafan officially opened its new desert island-themed playground in Children’s Hospice Week.

New specialist nurse post for long-term sick children in London

Nursing Times

Children’s charity WellChild is funding a new palliative care post at Whittington Health NHS Trust in north London.

NHS ‘defies the law’ to deny pensioners vital operations, warns Royal College of Surgeons

The Telegraph

Elderly people are being denied life-saving operations because of age discrimination within the NHS, the Royal College of Surgeons and charity Age UK warns.

Half of people think a charity staffed by volunteers means donor money is being well-spent

Civil Society

Nearly 70% of people believe charity rebrands and London offices are a waste of donations, new research by nfpSynergy shows.

Charity Commission revamps register to include data on overseas spending

Third Sector

The online register will also say whether charities pay trustees, have trading subsidiaries, are grant-makers or raise funds from the public.

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