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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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Santa’s Grotto at the Christmas Fair

Santa's Grotto at Rotherham Hospice Christmas Fair

Santa’s Grotto at the Rotherham Hospice Christmas Fair

Santa is coming to the Christmas Fair for Rotherham Hospice and he’s looking forward to meeting children on his nice list!

Booking is essential to meet Santa -it’s a busy time of year for him.

Call 01709 308 900 and ask for Fundraising to book your Santa visit now.

When

3rd December 2023, 12-4pm

Where

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

Price

More information coming soon!

FREE entry for the Christmas Fair!

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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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RUFC vs Leeds United Charity Ticket Auction

RUFC vs Leeds United Charity Blind Ticket Auction

RUFC vs Leeds United Charity Ticket Auction

Rotherham Hospice has one set of 4 lounge tickets available for Rotherham United vs Leeds United on Friday 24th November.

Hospitality tickets for this game are SOLD OUT so this could be your only chance to get your hands on such an amazing experience! These tickets have a value of £720.

These are available by blind auction to the highest bidder.

To place your bid

Email marketing@rotherhamhospice.org.uk with your:

Name
Phone number
Sealed bid amount

The deadline for auction entries is: Sunday 5th November by Midnight (GMT)

Thank you to Diamond Partner AESSEAL for kindly donating these match tickets. All proceeds from the auction go to Rotherham Hospice.

Terms & Conditions

Entries via comments or DMs will not count and will not be monitored. Only entries made to marketing@rotherhamhospice.org.uk will be counted.
Winning bidders must make payment to Rotherham Hospice by Tuesday 7th November at 3pm. If after this time payment has not been received, your bid will be cancelled and we will offer the tickets to the next highest bidder.
Please pay by BACS or cash into the Hospice. No cheques will be accepted.
Lounge tickets include a 3-course meal, waitress service, seats to watch the match, a match programme, entertainment before and after the game & 1 car parking space.
Children are permitted to use the tickets, but they must be accompanied by an adult.
These tickets are non-refundable and cannot be re-sold.
After completing your purchase, your name will be sent to Rotherham United as the main contact for the table of 4. You may be asked for ID before entry is granted.
If you have purchased your tickets and wish to give them as a gift or have purchased them on behalf of someone, please email marketing@rotherhamhospice.org.uk to confirm the name of the person that will be attending the hospitality.
All hospitality guests are asked to dress appropriately and adhere to a smart casual dress code. The dress code is relaxed for under 16’s. Please note that away colours are NOT permitted within the hospitality areas.
Away supporters are permitted to purchase tickets, however, the hospitality facilities are located within the Home Areas of Rotherham United, and therefore visiting supporters are advised to always act with discretion. Rotherham United will not tolerate any disruptive behaviour and may be asked to leave.
Both Rotherham Hospice & Rotherham United do not accept any liability and can withdraw the tickets at any time.
All tickets are subject to Rotherham United FC T&Cs.
No bidder’s identity will be made public, unless the winning bidder agrees to do so.

Please be aware of scammers! We will contact the winners directly to the provided email and phone number, never via social media.

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.

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

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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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Light up a Life 2023

Light Up A Life 2023

Light Up A Life 2023 is a time to remember the special people in your life who are no longer with us.

This December, Rotherham Hospice invites you to dedicate a Star of Remembrance to your loved one, and come along to one of our Services of Remembrance.

More details coming soon on how to dedicate your Star of Remembrance.

Services of Remembrance

The Light Up a Life 2023 Services of Remembrance are open to anyone who wishes to remember somebody, not just those whose loved one was cared for by the Hospice.

There will be three services, two at Rotherham Hospice and one at Rotherham Minster. These services are an opportunity to come together and reflect on memories of loved ones through music, readings and lighting of candles.

If you wish to attend a Service of Remembrance, please confirm which date & how many people. You can call us on 01709 308 919 or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

When & Where

7th December, 4-5pm, Rotherham Hospice Garden

9th December, 4-5pm, Rotherham Hospice Garden

10th December, 4-5pm, Rotherham Minster

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice is here to care 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’t do it without amazing supporters like you.

Everyone at Rotherham Hospice thanks you for your support.

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Light up a Life 2023

Light Up A Life 2023

Light Up A Life 2023 is a time to remember the special people in your life who are no longer with us.

This December, Rotherham Hospice invites you to dedicate a Star of Remembrance to your loved one, and come along to one of our Services of Remembrance.

More details coming soon on how to dedicate your Star of Remembrance.

Services of Remembrance

The Light Up a Life 2023 Services of Remembrance are open to anyone who wishes to remember somebody, not just those whose loved one was cared for by the Hospice.

There will be three services, two at Rotherham Hospice and one at Rotherham Minster. These services are an opportunity to come together and reflect on memories of loved ones through music, readings and lighting of candles.

If you wish to attend a Service of Remembrance, please confirm which date & how many people. You can call us on 01709 308 919 or email fundraising@rotherhamhospice.org.uk.

When & Where

7th December, 4-5pm, Rotherham Hospice Garden

9th December, 4-5pm, Rotherham Hospice Garden

10th December, 4-5pm, Rotherham Minster

Why your support matters

Rotherham Hospice is here to care 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’t do it without amazing supporters like you.

Everyone at Rotherham Hospice thanks you for your support.

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