Monthly Archives: July 2011

The first time the voluntary sector has responsibility for an area’s entire palliative services

Palliative care outsourced to voluntary sector at two trusts

The wholesale transfer of end-of-life care to charities at two health trusts puts them at the vanguard of the government’s NHS reform plans

     

People attending the Sue Ryder daycare units get nursing care, physiotherapy and dietary advice.
Richard Pither has heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He has had seven heart attacks and three strokes, which has left him unable to walk more than five to 10 yards. He has an intensive daily medication regime, must sleep upright and is unable to speak for long periods without his oxygen mask. For the last three months, Pither, 60, has been attending a day therapy unit for patients with life- limiting illnesses at the Duchess of Kent hospice on the outskirts of Reading.

Two young men walking to raise money for young carers

Duo show they care for Carers

 

Matthew, left, and Alistair.Picture: Derek Pelling 180711p07. To buy call 01296 619700

 

Published on Tuesday 26 July 2011 09:00

TWO former Lord Williams’s pupils are taking on a 200 mile coast-to-coast challenge to give something back to the school.

 

Alistair Box and Matthew Randall, both from Thame, are looking to raise money for the Lord Willaims’s Young Carers – a group set up to aid children and young adults who support ill or disabled members of their family.

Ashover Car and Bike Show

Ashover Car and Bike Show raising money for local charities

 
Ashover classic car show

Published on Monday 25 July 2011 16:23
Local charities are set to benefit after hundreds of classic cars and bikes turned up at the picturesque Ashover Show Ground, near Chesterfield, on Sunday for a new all-day rally.
Organised jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Chesterfield, Chesterfield Scarsdale, Clay Cross and Matlock the local charities to benefit will be McMillan Nurses, Derbyshire Young Carers, Pathways of Chesterfield for homeless people, Kidney Research and other Rotary charities.