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A word from our Your compassion powers ours

Chief Executive Thanks to your support, we’re able to close the £5m funding gap

Join us for the

Year of the Butterfly

“This year marks a Our vision and purpose Raised by
significant milestone remains clear: we want £121k Gift Aid from
for St Catherine’s Hospice everyone to have quality hospice
– our 40th anniversary. of life to the end of life. donations,
To celebrate four decades Pays for pharmacy funded by the
of compassion from our But to continue this costs and government
wonderful community, essential work, we need medication when supporters
we’re launching the Year to raise over £5 million sign up for
of the Butterfly. We have every year. NHS core Gift Aid
a whole year of activities funding covers £2.42m
planned, and we’d love of our hospice costs –
for you to join us. spread across the year,
that’s only enough
Over the past 40 years, to keep us running
thanks to support from until March.
people like you, we’ve £58k Raised by
provided comfort, quality That’s why your continued supporters
of life, and the space to support is so important, who make
make precious memories and so valued. So please Pays for hospice regular
for thousands of patients join us to celebrate 40 electricity for donations
and their loved ones. We years of compassionate the year
call this the Butterfly care – and help us
Effect – a wave of continue to care for
compassion that starts patients and loved ones
with you. when it matters most.”

As we look to our past Lynn Kelly
with pride, we also look
to the future with hope. £24k Raised by our

Chief Executive Christmas raffle
St Catherine’s Hospice Pays for 615 patient
sessions with our
physiotherapists

£7.7m This is just a snapshot of some costs involved
annual in providing vital hospice care to our local
running community in the 2024/25 financial year, and
costs
how much we aim to raise through fundraising
activities.

January April Costs are increasing and more people need
to March to December our care. We are so grateful for your support.

Funded by NHS Funded by our community
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