Issue 1 | August 2018

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• Signing up to make a regular donation• Joining our fundraising group• Run, jump, walk or eat cake and choose us as your elected charity•• Take one of our collection boxes home or to your local shop or cafe and let us know when it is full

Sat 18th AugustCharity Family Fun DaySun 19th August Liverpool Big 5k Fun Run Thu 20th SeptemberCharity Golf DaySun 23rd SeptemberSun 23rd SeptemberNatterjack Seaside 10KSun 30th SeptemberLilac Centre Sponsored Walk

The Lilac Centre will be holding its first sponsored walk at the The Boat House, Carr Mill Dam in St Helens on SundSt Helens on Sunday 30th September at 1pm. Entry is £6 per person which includes afternoon cream tea, you can raise money by sponsorship to help the Lilac Centre.

•• Our lovely fundraisers at Pilkington Sailing Club have recently raised £350 for the Lilac Centre fund – thank you very much for your support!

•• £1,274 has been raised so far for our Lilac Centre Cancer Charity Fund in partnership with the Co-op Fund for 2018 - helping us to provide even more facilities for those who need it most, including holistic therapies to support patients and carers such as reiki, patients and carers such as reiki, aromatherapy, reflexology and hot stone therapy.

If you shop at your local Co-op did you know that you can support the Lilac Centre and our patients by signing up to become a member?

The Lilac Centre in St Helens Hospital is being supported by the Co-op Fund for 2018. If you live within 15 miles of the Elton Head Road branch, sign up in store or online and become a member for just £1. You will get 5% cashback on eon everything you spend and 1% goes towards the Lilac Centre. The Lilac Centre will also get a share of the carrier bag sales from the store. Visit: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/15072 for more information.

The Lilac Centre has its own charitable fund for all those little extras that NHS budgets can’t stretch to. Out of this we provide additional support such as complimentary therapy, counselling, headscarves and headwear for our patients. The fund also paid for the new hair salon, also paid for the new hair salon, ‘mynewhair’ based in the Lilac Centre so our patients would feel special whilst having wig fittings. This Charity is independent from the NHS and provides counselling and complimentary therapy to the patients at no cost. This costs £10,000 per annum which This costs £10,000 per annum which pays for the therapists to come in on a sessional basis to deliver the therapy. With your help, we can fund even more therapy, headscarves and wigs.

Issue 1 | August 2018

DonateIf you want to make a donation, you can visit our JustGiving page at https://www.justgiving.com/WSHospsCharity or use a donation eor use a donation envelope that you can get from the Lilac Centre reception. EEvery single penny raised, every event organised and every hour volunteered makes a huge difference to our cancer patients every single day.

PPerhaps you’d like to do your own fundraising – contact the charity office on 0151 290 4531 or hello@wshospitalscharity.org

Available at reception for a small donation of £1, all money goes towards the Lilac Centre fund.

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Freda’s Story

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Freda Lunt is a regular fundraiser for our charity and has made a number of significant contributions to the Lilac Centre, spanning over an impressive two decades. This is her story…

“I started fund“I started fundraising for the Lilac Centre 24 years ago after volunteering as a counsellor at Whiston Hospital. When my husband died 20 years ago, this motivated me to hold our first annual charity day in aid of the Lilac Centre as it is a unique place where cancer treatment, emotional support and care is offered to patients and their families. I spent all of my free time at Pilkingtons Sailing Club, so felt it was only right to involve them by hosting our charity day there.

Our chariOur charity day involves a range ofactivities including boat racing, entertainment, BBQ, refreshments, book sales and tombola to raise funds for the Lilac Centre. And if anyone wants to have a go at sailing, there are experienced sailors on hand to go with them on sailors on hand to go with them on a power boat around the lake. I did most of my fundraising on my own until Andrew Melding, our chairman, joined ten years ago. There is no other sailing club in the area that does a charity day - it is truly one of a kind.

In total, the club has In total, the club has raised more than £35,000 over the last 25 years for the Lilac Centre, along with £350 raised this year.

The Lilac Centre is a great cause which has grown tremendously The Lilac Centre is a great cause which has grown tremendously over the years and is always improving - it has come a long way since being a small chemotherapy centre in Whiston Hospital! We believe our fundraising activities have played a big part in success of the Lilac Centre, which motivates us to continue fundraising and contributing to their growth.”

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