ARTICLE – Thank You from Macmillan
For those of you who attended the Nosh & Natter luncheon organised by John Billett, thank you! You raised £150.00 donated to Macmillan Caring Locally who have written to thank you;
A couple of paragraphs from the letter below;
“Thanks to you our ‘Jolly Trolley’ is fully stocked with a range of refreshments so our patients can enjoy a little tipple or a refreshing non-alcoholic drink before their meal.”
“Thanks to you our patients can order a daily newspaper, delivered by our local newsagent first thing in the morning – just like a hotel.”
“Thanks to you our patients can enjoy our regular ‘take away nights’, where we have a change from our usual daily menu and order in from local restaurants.”
Want to know more?
Macmillan Caring Locally is a small local charity which supports the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital. The Macmillan Unit is a Hospice and a specialist palliative care ward. It was built in 1974 and was the first of its kind in the country.
Although the charity has the Macmillan name, it is in fact an independent charity with no connection to the national organisation Macmillan Cancer Support.
In partnership with the NHS the charity supports 16 in-patient beds at the Macmillan Unit Christchurch, a virtual Day Centre, 12 Community Clinical Nurse Specialists who look after up to 400 patients living at home in our local community, and a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists who support patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Every year there are more than 1,600 referrals to the Macmillan Unit.
Macmillan Caring Locally also funds the multi-disciplinary teams at the Macmillan Unit which include the Family Support Team, Rehabilitation Team, Hospice at Home Team, Complementary Therapy, Welfare benefits advice and Chaplaincy. Macmillan Caring Locally is very proud that the Macmillan Unit is a ‘Centre of Excellence’; a standard achieved due to the dedication of their team of professionals and volunteers.
For more information please go to www.macmillanlocal.org
