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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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5 Hospice Funding Myths

Myth busting Hospice Funding

Hospice Funding: 5 Myths Busted

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about hospices and hospice care, whether that be who can receive hospice care, the services we offer, or who pays for hospices. Let’s explore what’s a myth, and what’s a truth about hospice funding!

Myth: Hospices are funded by the NHS

Some hospices are run as part of NHS, but many aren’t. Rotherham Hospice is a charity, and not an NHS hospice, although we work closely with NHS partners and meet the same high standards of care.

Rotherham Hospice costs £6 million a year to run, with around half our funding coming from an independent regulator of health and social care.

Even with this funding, we still need to fundraise an incredible £3 million a year to cover basic needs such as professional nurses and energy costs.

It is only thanks to our incredible community of supporters that we can bridge this gap and keep providing vital end-of-life care to the people of Rotherham. To see how you can help, please visit the Fundraising page on our website.

Myth: Hospices are immune from the rising cost of living

Just like everyone else, Rotherham Hospice’s costs have risen in recent times. While we do what we can to save energy, the Hospice’s electricity bill alone has more than doubled in the past year, going up by 104%.

Although Rotherham Hospice is a charity, we don’t get free electricity or other utilities. And unlike businesses, we can’t pass on our costs to customers, and rely on communities to fundraise for our services.

This is why, more than ever, support from our local community is so important.

Myth: Hospices are run by volunteers

We are incredibly grateful to our wonderful volunteers and trustees for giving their time and skills to Rotherham Hospice – they do an amazing job!

However, providing consistent, good quality care means investing in professional staff.

There are areas of palliative care and Hospice management that need paid expertise to ensure Rotherham Hospice can keep supporting our local community.

Myth: I can’t make a difference

Anything you can give makes a massive difference.

If everyone in Rotherham gave just £5, we would have raised almost half of our fundraising goal for the year.

If you aren’t in a position to donate money, you could support the Hospice through word of mouth, by sharing our posts on social media, volunteering your time at events.

You could even take on a challenge and raise money by asking your friends and family to sponsor you. It all helps towards meeting our £3 million yearly goal!

Myth: Putting money in a bucket is the only way to raise money

Putting money in a Rotherham Hospice collection bucket is an important way you can help the Hospice… but it isn’t the only way!

You can support the Hospice in many ways including:

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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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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Midnight Memory Walk 2024

Midnight Memory Walk 2024

Midnight Memory Walk 2024 is coming!

In 2023 Midnight Memory Walk came back to Rotherham for the first time in 7 years. It was an amazing success, bringing hundreds of people together to walk the streets of Rotherham at night, in memory of their loved ones.

Be the first to find out when registration opens for Midnight Memory Walk 2024 , by filling in the form below.

By filling in this form, you give Rotherham Hospice permission to contact you by email, to let you know when Midnight Memory Walk 2024 registration has opened. This form does not register you for Midnight Memory Walk, and is not confirmation of attendance.

When

Provisional date: Saturday 22nd June at midnight (finishing Sunday 23rd June).

Where

Starting and finishing outside Rotherham United FC’s Aesseal New York Stadium, the 10K or 15K route goes around Rotherham, passing the Hospice on the way.

Price

£5 entry fee per person (this does not include T-Shirts)

With your help, the Midnight Memory Walk 2024 will be our biggest event ever. By walking 10K or 15K through Rotherham in the middle of the night, you’ll be supporting people affected by end-of-life illnesses across Rotherham.

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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Rotherham United FC proudly support the Hospice

Rotherham United proudly supports local Hospice

In an inspiring act of community spirit, Rotherham United Football Club has unveiled its new 23/24 season official football kit, with Rotherham Hospice taking centre stage!

Rotherham United Commercial Director Steve Coakley explains:

“For the forthcoming 2023/24 Sky Bet Championship campaign we were determined to look at doing something different, innovative and community-based because we felt that best represented what Rotherham United is all about.”

Several local businesses came together to form the Diamond Partnership, which funded the sponsorship deal, allowing Rotherham Hospice to reach thousands more people at no cost to the Hospice. Read more about the Diamond Partnership here.

Rotherham Hospice Director of Income Generation Stephen King adds:

“What makes this even more special is the support of the local businesses who have made this possible. Their generosity means that it will be the Rotherham Hospice sunflower logo sitting proudly on that famous red shirt. The exposure Rotherham Hospice will receive next season is incredible.

Everyone connected to Rotherham Hospice would like to thank Rotherham United for their unbelievable support.

This partnership will not only have a huge impact on our patients, families, volunteers, and staff, it will bring the people of Rotherham together in support of their Hospice.”

Rotherham Hospice Deputy Clinical Director Jayne Lowe is keen to explain how having Rotherham Hospice so visible helps:

“Many people may not know what services are available to them when they find themselves or a relative or friend experiencing an end-of-life illness. By having Rotherham Hospice front & centre on the RUFC shirts, we can let people know we exist and are here to help!

The difference hospice care makes to people’s lives is amazing.

Hospice care is all about making the most of the time you have left. Our community nurses help people stay in their own homes wherever possible, and our In-Patient nurses help with symptom management and giving families a peaceful, calm place to spend time together. All of this we provide free of charge, but only with help from of our amazing supporters like Rotherham United FC!”

Rotherham Hospice would like to thank RUFC Chairman Tony Stewart & Honorary Life-Time President John Breckin for keeping the Hospice and the Rotherham people close to heart, Commercial Director Steve Coakley for all your hard work in getting this done, all the Diamond Partnership businesses who contributed financially to make it happen and every Miller fan who has helped the Hospice throughout the years.

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 2023

Midnight Memory Walk for Rotherham Hospice

Midnight Memory Walk for Rotherham Hospice is back!

Join us on Saturday 24th June 2023 for the Rotherham Hospice Midnight Memory Walk. Who will you walk for?

Rotherham Hospice Ambassador and RUFC honorary president John Breckin is on a mission to bring our whole community together to remember their loved ones and support a service close to so many people’s hearts – Rotherham Hospice. As John says:

The Hospice was there for my family when we needed them. Now’s our chance to come together, remember our loved ones, and be there for the Hospice!

With your help, the Midnight Memory Walk will be our biggest event ever. By walking 10K or 15K through Rotherham in the middle of the night, you’ll be supporting people affected by end-of-life illnesses across Rotherham.

Online sign up for the Midnight Memory Walk 2023 has now CLOSED.

You can sign up on the night at New York Stadium for £10.
Please arrive between 10pm and 11.15pm for registration.

When

Saturday 24th June at midnight (finishing Sunday 25th June).

Where

Starting and finishing outside Rotherham United FC’s Aesseal New York Stadium, the 10K or 15K route goes around Rotherham, passing the Hospice on the way.

10K route and directions here.

15K route and directions here.

Sponsorship

Getting sponsored is a wonderful way for your friends & family to show support, both for you and in memory of your loved one. And Rotherham Hospice is here to help.

You can quickly and easily set up an online Just Giving page here. Unsure how? We’ll send you a step by step guide once you’ve signed up.

We’ll also send you a printable sponsorship form, posters and more to help you smash your fundraising goal!

Midnight Memory Messages

A Midnight Memory Message is a sweet way to remember your loved one.

For a donation of your choice, Rotherham Hospice will send you a Midnight Memory Message tag for you to fill in.

This will then be part of our Midnight Memory Celebration Display, which will be viewable outside the Hospice on Broom Road during the Midnight Memory Walk.

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.

Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors

A huge thank you to our Corporate Sponsors who are backing the Midnight Memory Walk for Rotherham Hospice.

ASD Lighting

Burrows Motors

Elvin Automation Services

Skoda Rainsworth

If your business would like to get involved in making the Midnight Memory Walk a huge success, please email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk. Thank you.

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Gaming For Good – a fun way to show you care

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Gaming for Good: how to get started for Rotherham Hospice

Did you know, the gaming industry is one of the biggest in the world and streaming platforms such as Twitch get more views than YouTube videos. And gamers are making great things happen through Gaming for Good.

Gaming for Good is a movement where gamers dedicate a stream or complete a gaming challenge for a charity, encouraging those watching to donate as they enjoy the show. Most streamers complete a Gaming Marathon. This is where the streamer plays games for a set amount of time (often 24hrs), streaming the full event and raising money as they play.

Gaming for Good for Denise

Nic is one such gamer. When Nic’s honorary mum Denise became ill and needed hospice care, Rotherham Hospice was there to make sure Denise was comfortable during the end of her life.

In August 2022, Nic did a 24 hour live stream, as well as shaving his head live on the internet (that’s optional!).

Hundreds of people watched, joined in gaming and donated to Nic’s 24 hour live stream, ultimately raising £2K to help Rotherham Hospice keep caring for people like Denise.

In Nic’s own words:

I did it in memory of an amazing woman, and as a thank you to the Hospice who gave us some very important help and moments with her. I'd do it five more times given the chance!

Nic, fundraising in memory of Denise

If you love gaming, and Rotherham Hospice means something to you like it does for Nic, why not complete a Gaming for Good challenge and raise money for the Hospice!

Just Giving has written a detailed guide on how you can organise a charity gaming stream, but here’s a few tips to get you started.

If you’re interested in setting up a fundraiser and need more information or guidance, or a Rotherham Hospice T-shirt, please contact our Fundraising Team on 01709 308 900 or 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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