The Palliative Care East Appeal
The Palliative Care East charity, launched in 2006, has the ultimate
goal of building a £1.5m Palliative Care East Centre in the
grounds of the James Paget University Hospital.
It will provide much-needed care to patients living in the Great Yarmouth
and Waveney area. With professionals and volunteers working under
the same roof, organisers say it will bring together first-class clinical
care, complimentary therapies, psychological and spiritual support,
and practical advice on social care and financial matters.
Hundreds of devoted fundraisers across the Yarmouth and Waveney area
have supported the appeal bringing the total raised so far to an impressive
£800,000. Support from local businesses has also been crucial
in securing vital funds.
What is palliative care?
Palliative care supports patients and families whose lives are affected
by incurable illness such as cancer or motor neurone disease.
Appeal organisers say a holistic approach to care helps patients
and families to come to terms with the situation and to live out the
time that remains as fully as possible.
Palliative care is not just about effective pain managements and symptom
relief but also offers emotional, spiritual and practical support,
they add.
How you can help
To make a donation visit www.palliative-care-east.org.uk.
Cheques made payable to Palliative Care East can be sent to Palliative
Care East, Fundraising Office, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston,
NR31 6LA.
To find out more about the appeal and how you can help contact appeal
co-ordinator Jenny Westgate on 01493 847961.
Golfers find the right bunker for appeal
GOLFERS clubbed together to raise just under £2,000 for the Palliative Care East appeal, which is edging closer to its £1.5m target for a new palliative care centre at the James Paget University Hospital.
Lucky dip for hospital appeal
18 February 2010 17:06
JUST a week after the Palliative Care East appeal announced it had reached its £1m fundraising milestone, the appeal has received a further financial boost..
Offshore workers £5,000 thank you
05 February 2010 15:42
OFFSHORE workers put safety- and charity- first when they raised £5,000 for the Palliative Care East appeal at the James Paget University Hospital.
The excellent safety record of the Brae B and East Brae oil and gas platforms operated by Marathon Oil (UK) in the North Sea has proved a bonus for the appeal, which received a total of £5,000..
New donations to appeal
28 January 2010 16:48
THE Palliative Care East appeal has received more donations towards its appeal to raise £1.5m for a new palliative care centre at the James Paget University Hospital..
That £1.5m target is closer still
14 January 2010 16:19
THE donations have continued to flow in for the Palliative Care East appeal at the James Paget University Hospital as it approaches its target of £1.5m for a new centre in the hospital's grounds..
Swimmers brave icy sea for appeal
30 December 2009 12:48
THE ice cold North Sea held no fears for intrepid swimmers who completed their warm-hearted gesture to raise £460 for the Palliative Care East appeal at the James Paget University Hospital..
We're nearly there!
03 December 2009 18:03
FUNDRAISERS cam-paigning for a new palliative care centre are creeping ever closer to the total amount they need to start building the £1.5m centre in the grounds of James Paget University Hospital..
Funding boost for care appeal
30 October 2009 10:55
THE Palliative Care East appeal was given a further boost after fundraisers from cancer victim support group Be Re-Assured raised approximately £385 from a raffle at the James Paget University Hospital..
Community choir on song for appeal
22 October 2009 15:46
THE day could soon be dawning for the start of building work for the long-awaited new palliative care centre at the James Paget University Hospital as the fundraising target creeps ever closer..
Carla inspires Palliative fundraisers
25 September 2009 20:27
FUNDRAISERS did their bit to keep the Palliative Care East Appeal in good health by working up a sweat at a charity sporting day held at a Great Yarmouth gym..
Fit fundraisers raise healthy sum
25 September 2009 12:27
FUNDRAISERS did their bit to keep the Palliative Care East Appeal in good health by working up a sweat at a charity sporting day held at a Great Yarmouth gym..
Cheques boost for appeal
18 September 2009 14:07
FUNDRAISERS have given a major boost to the Palliative Care East appeal, raising a total of nearly £1,500.
Lowestoft Probus Club presented a cheque for £429 after raising the money at a garden party at the Park Hill Hotel, Oulton..
Carla's family's garden hopes
10 September 2009 16:25
MOURNERS crowded into Gorleston Crematorium to bid farewell to mother-of-two Carla Saunders, who died of lung cancer in August.
Hundreds of wellwishers filled the crematorium's chapel, with many having to stand outside to listen to the service..