A Year of Fundraising for Weston Hospicecare

At the beginning of September 2023, we decided we would like to choose a charity of the year to concentrate all our fundraising efforts on. After putting out a vote to our Care Pros, the charity we decided on was Weston Hospicecare. This charity means a lot to so many of us who have personal experience with their amazing service, so we were happy to help do our bit. We held various fundraising events and activities in the twelve months that followed, including: Cake sales, raffles, a walk along the sea front, staff drop-in days and a big summer fundraising event with fashion show held at Worle Community Centre.

September 2024 marked the end of our fundraising year, so we tallied up the totals. We are delighted to announce we raised a fantastic £2,016.19! This was donated to Weston Hospicecare’s fundraising team, and they even came to our office for a cheque presentation! Esther and Zoe from Weston Hospicecare were full of praise for our efforts and said “Weston Hospicecare is profoundly grateful to Home Instead for their outstanding fundraising efforts. Your generosity directly supports the compassionate care we provide, helping us meet the £5.9 million it takes each year to keep our services running. We cannot thank you enough for your kindness and commitment, which make a real difference to the lives of those we care for.”

We were delighted, a week later, to see we had been featured on the front page of our local newspaper, the Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury. What an amazing achievement!