HFEST was held on Saturday 20th July at Park Farm Community Centre in St Helens. This fundraising event was held in memory of Helen and Hannah, Willowbrook is close to the hearts of their family & friends. Carly and her team put together H fest. The day was about ‘living the life you dreamed’. It […]
Polly came to the hospice to provide her usual therapy dog services to our patients and their families. She was very proud to sit with the big cheque too. The recent Fur on the Field event raised an amazing £1600. The event was organised by Polly’s owner Sue and volunteers at St Mark’s Church. Thank […]
We wanted to share some positive feedback from care colleagues about their experience with our training for the Palliative Care Introduction course delivered by Willowbrook, the response speaks volumes – they not only found it informative but truly brilliant, and it resonated deeply with them. Some quotes: “In the realm of social care, upskilling the […]
Thank you to Wonder Arts, Heart of Glass and Child Bereavement UK for delivering a wonderful project with our Outreach Team. ‘How to Look After a Grieving Elephant (and other social animals)’ workshop, investigated how social animals show signs of grief. Along the way, the children took part in creative activities and had conversations exploring […]
Brookie Bear had the pleasure of visiting Parish Primary School on 12th July. Our wonderful volunteer Mrs Kells has been working with the children in Year 5 and today they held an activity day, raising fantastic awareness of Willowbrook. Brookie and our partnerships fundraiser, Bev visited Y2 while they were there. They had some fantastic […]
It was great to meet with Andrea Irvine and Laura Rooney, Social Prescribers from St Helens Central Primary Care Network. Andrea and Laura attended our first Chatty Café which we will now be working in partnership with this NHS network. We are looking forward to supporting one another in our local community.
Thank you to Rachael from RSM UK (Liverpool) who came over to our hospice to help the gardening team out! We always welcome extra support, whether it be for a few hours or a day! If you work for an organisation and would like to do some Corporate Volunteering, we would be happy to hear […]
Well done to this group of amazing fundraisers who took on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks on 7th July. Michelle, her family and friends wanted to give back to Willowbrook following the care her mum, Sue, received. Michelle wrote, “Our beautiful Mum passed away from oesophageal cancer on 29th December 2023, after suddenly showing symptoms just […]
World Wellbeing Week was 24th June to 28th June, a global celebration to recognise the awareness and importance of our own wellbeing. The Wellbeing of our people at Willowbrook is central to what we do. We held a full timetable of events happening internally at the hospice for our staff surrounding mental health and wellbeing. […]
During Pride month in June, Willowbrook Hospice celebrated members of the LGBTQ+ community both within and beyond our hospice walls It is not only during Pride month that we support the LGBTQ+ community. We are proud that we are an inclusive hospice, and will always provide the same specialist care and support to ANYONE in […]
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