Brookie Bear visits Parish Primary School

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 […]
Social Prescribers supporting Willowbrook’s Chatty Café

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 RSM UK (Liverpool)

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 […]
Yorkshire 3 Peaks fundraiser in memory of Sue

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 2024

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. […]
Pride Month 2024

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 […]
St Helens Colour Run 2024

We held the second St Helens Colour Run last Saturday, 29th June at Victoria Park, and raised over a magnificent £14,000!! Working in partnership with St Helens Council and the Active Lives and Sports Development team,it was incredible to see the numbers had increased from 2023, to 500 registered participants! The rain fortunately didn’t dampen […]
Thank You Keith for Raising £500!

Thank you to Keith who recently completed a fundraising challenge for us and managed to raise over £500 in sponsorship. We rely on dedicated fundraisers in our community to help us to continue our vital work in your community. If you have an idea or want to join one of our events or challenges, please […]
Thank You Lloyds Bank

We were pleased to welcome back some members of staff from Lloyds Bank who spent a day at our Willowbrook Hospice St Marys Arcade shop, to volunteer. It was great to see Donna back, who has returned to help again after she enjoyed it the last time she volunteered. If you work for an organisation […]
Liverpool Pride 2024

PRIDE is a time to raise awareness and to promote a wider understanding of the LGBTQ+ community. It is also about acceptance, equality and education. Having a life limiting illness doesn’t discriminate and neither does Willowbrook Hospice. Here at Willowbrook Hospice, we are proud to be a fully inclusive organisation, and puts our patients, families […]