Events - Rotherham Hospice

Christmas Fair with Rotherham Hospice coming soon!

Christmas Fair with Rotherham Hospice

Christmas Fair for Rotherham Hospice

You are invited to come along to our Christmas Fair, kindly sponsored by Henry Boot Construction.

Join us at Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club for fun, food, games and more, including the return of Santa Dash!

Santa’s Grotto – due to high demand this is by reservation only. Book your Santa visit here.

Santa Dash is back – join us for a Festive Fun Run. Find out more here.

Delicious food & drink

Christmas crafts & activities

Gifts galore

Games & raffles

When

3rd December 2023, 12-4pm

Where

Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club

Price

FREE entry for the Christmas Fair!

Also happening at the Christmas Fair:

Santa Dash

3rd Dec - 12.30pm

Run or jog round our festive course and raise money for Rotherham Hospice.

Santa's Grotto

3rd Dec - 12-4pm

Meet Santa at our Christmas Fair

Pre-booking is essential!

Volunteer

Could you spare a few hours to help make the Christmas Fair a great success?

As a charity, Rotherham Hospice relies on amazing volunteers to help to make all our events run smoothly.

You could volunteer to:

don your best festive fancy dress to cheer on our Santa Dashers
help register our Santa Dash runners before the run begins
be Santa’s elf assisant
help with event promotion

If you would like to help the Hospice, please call 01709 308 700 and ask for fundraising, or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Midnight Memory Walk 2024 – Early Bird Sign Up – OPEN

Early Bird registration now open for Midnight Memory Walk 2024

Midnight Memory Walk 2024 is coming!

Sign up by 31st March for the early bird price of just £12.50!

Enjoy a memorable night by taking part in the Midnight Memory Walk 2024 around Rotherham with lots of love and laughter.

Midnight Memory Walk 2024 is a fun and exciting experience where you can get together with old friends and make new ones while raising money in remembrance of your loved ones for Rotherham Hospice.

Get dressed up as bright and colourful as you wish – we have lots of glitter to make you sparkle.

With your help, the Midnight Memory Walk will be our biggest event ever. By walking 10K through Rotherham in the middle of the night, you’ll be supporting people affected by end-of-life illnesses across Rotherham. Who will you walk for?

When

Saturday 22nd June 2024, starting midnight (ending Sunday 23rd June)

Where

10K through the streets of Rotherham, starting and ending at Magna, Rotherham.

Early bird sign-up

Sign up by 31st March for the early bird price of just £12.50!

Your early bird Midnight Memory Walk registration includes:

Midnight Memory Walk T-Shirt
Refreshments midway on the walk
A celebratory cuppa and a butty at the end

Volunteer

Are you interested in being part of our biggest event of the year, but don’t fancy walking 10 or 15K?

As a charity, Rotherham Hospice relies on amazing volunteers to help to make the Midnight Memory Walk a fun and safe event.

You could volunteer to:

be a midnight marshall to ensure walkers stay on the course
help register our walkers before the event begins
distribute Midnight Memory Walk T-shirts in the days before

If you would like to help the Hospice, please call 01709 308 700 and ask for fundraising, or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Join the 100km Challenge for Rotherham Hospice

Run 100km for Rotherham Hospice in November

Join the 100km Challenge this November for Rotherham Hospice

We’re challenging you to run 100km in November whilst raising money for vital end-of-life care in Rotherham.

Get your FREE Rotherham Hospice running vest and 100km challenge Fundraising Pack when you sign up.

After you’re all signed up, join the 100km Challenge Facebook Group where you can:

Share updates and photos with other participants

Find exclusive running and fundraising tips

♥ Get help and advice on your fundraising from the Rotherham Hospice team!

How it works

Join the Facebook group

Join the official 100km for Rotherham Hospice Facebook Group. Get help setting up your fundraising page, daily encouragement, and share updates and tips with other runners!

Set up your fundraiser

Set up your online fundraising page on Enthuse so people can sponsor you for your 100km challenge.

Don’t forget to tell people why you’re taking part!

Get running

Donate as you reach milestones, or let your friends & family know they can sponsor you.

Anything you can raise will help Rotherham Hospice care for families going through an end-of-life illness. Thank you!

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services. We can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

Once you’ve completed your 100km challenge, we’ll send you a virtual medal to thank you for your hard work, and for supporting Rotherham Hospice!

Find out more about how your support impacts Rotherham families here.

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Light Up A Life 2023

Light Up A Life 2023

Light Up A Life with Rotherham Hospice

We know that Christmas can be a difficult time for those who have lost a loved one.

Our Light up a Life memorial services are an opportunity to join together and remember those that are no longer with us this Winter.

To dedicate a Light Up A Life Star in memory of your loved one, please click the button below. For a donation of your choice, you will receive two beautiful stars – one to keep at home and one to hang from the Rotherham Hospice Christmas Tree.

You are also welcome to attend one of our Light Up A Life memorial services:

Thursday 7th Dec – Rotherham Hospice Gardens
Saturday 9th Dec – Rotherham Hospice Gardens
Sunday 10th Dec – Rotherham Minster

If you cannot attend a service, please send us your Star of Dedication, and we will be happy to hang it on the Rotherham Hospice Christmas Tree on your behalf.

Your loved ones do not have to have been cared for by Rotherham Hospice to come and celebrate their life. All are welcome

What's on this Christmas

Christmas Fair

3rd Dec - 12-4pm

Christmas crafts, entertainment, festive food & drink, games, unique gift shopping and more.

Santa Dash

3rd Dec - 12.30pm

Run, jog or roll round our festive course and raise money for Rotherham Hospice.

Santa's Grotto

3rd Dec - 12-4pm

Meet Santa at our Christmas Fair

Pre-booking is essential!

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Santa’s Grotto at the Rotherham Hospice Christmas Fair

Santa's Grotto at the Rotherham Hospice Christmas Fair

Visit Santa's Grotto at the Rotherham Hospice Christmas Fair

Bring the magic of Christmas to life with the chance to meet Santa at the Christmas Fair for Rotherham Hospice.

Meet Santa

Special gift

Festive refreshments

When

3rd December 2023, 12-4pm

Where

Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club, as part of the Christmas Fair

Price

£15 per child

Booking is essential to visit Santa’s Grotto – it’s a busy time of year for him!

Also happening at the Christmas Fair:

Christmas Fair

3rd Dec - 12-4pm

Christmas crafts, entertainment, festive food & drink, games, unique gift shopping and more.

Santa Dash

3rd Dec - 12.30pm

Run, jog or roll round our festive course and raise money for Rotherham Hospice.

Volunteer

Could you spare a few hours to help make the Christmas Fair a great success?

As a charity, Rotherham Hospice relies on amazing volunteers to help to make all our events run smoothly.

You could volunteer to:

run a stall for the Hospice
help register our Santa Dash runners before the run begins
help with event promotion

If you would like to help the Hospice, please call 01709 308 700 and ask for fundraising, or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Christmas Fair with Rotherham Hospice

Christmas Fair with Rotherham Hospice

Christmas Fair for Rotherham Hospice

You are invited to come along to our Christmas Fair, kindly sponsored by Henry Boot Construction.

Join us at Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club for fun, food, games and more, including the return of Santa Dash!

Santa’s Grotto – due to high demand this is by reservation only. Book your Santa visit here.

Santa Dash is back – join us for a Festive Fun Run. Find out more here.

Delicious food & drink

Christmas crafts & activities

Gifts galore

Games & raffles

When

3rd December 2023, 12-4pm

Where

Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club

Price

FREE entry for the Christmas Fair!

Also happening at the Christmas Fair:

Santa Dash

3rd Dec - 12.30pm

Run or jog round our festive course and raise money for Rotherham Hospice.

Santa's Grotto

3rd Dec - 12-4pm

Meet Santa at our Christmas Fair

Pre-booking is essential!

Volunteer

Could you spare a few hours to help make the Christmas Fair a great success?

As a charity, Rotherham Hospice relies on amazing volunteers to help to make all our events run smoothly.

You could volunteer to:

don your best festive fancy dress to cheer on our Santa Dashers
help register our Santa Dash runners before the run begins
be Santa’s elf assisant
help with event promotion

If you would like to help the Hospice, please call 01709 308 700 and ask for fundraising, or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Midnight Memory Walk 2024 – Really Early Bird Sign-Up OPEN

Midnight Memory Walk 2024 really early bird sign up open

Midnight Memory Walk 2024 is coming!

Sign up by 30th September for the really early bird price of just £8!

Enjoy a memorable night by taking part in the Midnight Memory Walk 2024 around Rotherham with lots of love and laughter.

Midnight Memory Walk 2024 is a fun and exciting experience where you can get together with old friends and make new ones while raising money in remembrance of your loved ones for Rotherham Hospice.

Get dressed up as bright and colourful as you wish – we have lots of glitter to make you sparkle.

With your help, the Midnight Memory Walk will be our biggest event ever. By walking 10K through Rotherham in the middle of the night, you’ll be supporting people affected by end-of-life illnesses across Rotherham. Who will you walk for?

When

Saturday 22nd June 2024, starting midnight (ending Sunday 23rd June)

Where

10K through the streets of Rotherham, starting and ending outside the AESSEAL New York Stadium

Really early bird sign-up

Sign up by 30th September for just £8!

Your really early bird Midnight Memory Walk registration includes:

Midnight Memory Walk T-Shirt
Refreshments midway on the walk
A celebratory cuppa and a butty at the end

Volunteer

Are you interested in being part of our biggest event of the year, but don’t fancy walking 10 or 15K?

As a charity, Rotherham Hospice relies on amazing volunteers to help to make the Midnight Memory Walk a fun and safe event.

You could volunteer to:

be a midnight marshall to ensure walkers stay on the course
help register our walkers before the event begins
distribute Midnight Memory Walk T-shirts in the days before

If you would like to help the Hospice, please call 01709 308 700 and ask for fundraising, or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Summer Fair CANCELLED

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Summer Fair Cancelled

Unfortunately we have had to cancel today’s summer fair due to the terrible weather.

Rotherham Hospice truly appreciates the contribution and effort our supporters had put into this, especially our amazing volunteers. Sadly Mother Nature was against us today, but we hope to be back soon bigger & better!

Please let any one you know who planned on attending this afternoon not to come. Thank you for your understanding!

Virtual Challenges with Rotherham Hospice

Virtual Challenges with Rotherham Hospice

Run a virtual marathon from your treadmill!

Want to complete a marathon but haven’t managed to get a spot or want to split the distance over a few ways or between friends? Always wanted to climb Everest but can’t afford the trip? A virtual challenge is for you!

Virtual Challenges are challenges you can complete in your hometown, around your neighbourhood or on a treadmill!

Rotherham Hospice has teamed up with Run for Charity who offer a variety of Virtual Challenges throughout the year that you can get medals for and raise some money for Rotherham Hospice. Here are just a few:

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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Thank you for making Midnight Memory Walk 2023 a night to remember!

Midnight Memory Walk 2023

Thank you for making Midnight Memory Walk a night to remember!

Nearly 700 amazing people joined us for the Midnight Memory Walk – the first one in 7 years!

Together we walked the streets of Rotherham through the night, remembering our loved ones, sharing memories and raising vital funds for Rotherham Hospice.

The Midnight Memory Walk has raised nearly £50,000 for patient care in Rotherham, with cash donations still coming in!

Thank you!

When Rotherham Hospice called, the people of Rotherham do not disappoint. So many people came together to make the Midnight Memory Walk possible it’s impossible to name everyone, but we would like to thank the following:

All our wonderful volunteers who helped in the run up and on the night

Event sponsors ASD Lighting, Burrows Motors, Elvin Automation Services & Skoda Rainsworth

Rotherham United Football Club & RU Community Sports Trust

PA Entertainment

Raynet – the volunteer communications team

I-motion Gym who got everyone warmed up

Photographers Ben Saxton & Jim Brailsford

Brecks Beefeater & The Homestead who provided toilet stops on the route

Sarah the facepainter

Charlie Nunn – mind reader extraordinaire

Spar Thurcroft who donated much needed water on such a warm evening

Really Awesome Coffee, Broadway Diner, Get Loos, First+ Medical

And of course Rotherham Hospice Ambassador John Breckin, who has been a driving force behind bringing back the Midnight Memory Walk!

Your sponsorship

Even though Midnight Memory Walk 2023 is over, there’s still time for your friends & family to show support, both for you and in memory of your loved one.

The online Just Giving page here will remain open for a few more weeks, so please add your photos to your page and keep sharing! You can donate to a specific person’s fundraiser or in general.

If you are collecting cash or cheques as sponsorship, please try to get these into the Hospice by 31st July, 2023.

Please bring cash collections to the Rotherham Hospice main entrance between 8am-4pm, Mon-Fri.

Get ready for Midnight Memory Walk 2024!

Loved taking part, or sad you missed out? Pre-register HERE and be the first to know when registration opens for Midnight Memory Walk 2024.

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice cares for families experiencing an end-of-life illness, both physically and emotionally. As a charity, Rotherham Hospice needs to raise £3 million each year to fund vital end-of-life services and we can only do it thanks to our amazing supporters like you.

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