AUGUST 2021 - The Prince of Wales Hospice
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AUGUST 2021 On Friday 23rd July, the fundraising team held our annual Golf Day – and it was the perfect day for it! The sun was shining, and everyone was excited to step onto the fairway in support of the Hospice. The day was a roaring success! All team spots sold out, and over £7,000 was raised. Our supporters provided some incredible prizes for the competing teams, including a set of brand new golf clubs, box seats at a Castleford Tigers match, and a luxury hotel stay! S2S were the champions of the day, despite being two team members short, with The Thorpedoes and MTS Carryway hot on their heels in second and third place. O Thank you to Pickerings of Pontefract, Cryer and Stott, Goodworth Brothers, Brake Brothers and Asda on Halfpenny Lane for providing refreshments on the day! A huge thank you also goes out to Joanne Schofield, who gave the most heart-warming speech, and our wonderful volunteers June, Elaine, Chris and Claire. Jill, Becki and Aggie Fundraising
JULY 2021
It’s your birthday!
The lovely Linda in Housekeeping celebrated her
70th birthday on 3rd July.
Here she is at her belated Hospice celebrations
where she received her gifts (baileys, earrings, and
a necklace) and enjoyed tea and scones with her
colleagues.
We hope you had an amazing birthday, Linda, and
we hope you enjoyed the delicious scones!
Ackworth Pram Race
The Ackworth Pram Race is back on Sunday 29th August, starting at 1pm. We are delighted to
annouce that 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Hospice this year.
The pram race has always been a huge success, raising over £28,000 for our Hospice in total.
The Ackworth Pram Race Commitee urgently require marshalls, bucket collection volunteers and
raffle prizes. If you feel that you might be able to help, please get in touch with Becki using the details
below.
email: rtaylor@pwh.org.uk
mobile: 07341 099252
telephone: 01977 781487
Thank you!
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NYC chocolate chip Recipe of
cookies the month
You’ll have everyone drooling with these soft in the middle, NYC
style cookies!
Ingredients:
125g unsalted butter
100g light brown sugar
75g white sugar
1 large egg
250g plain flour
35g cocoa powder
1tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
300g of chocolate chips
Method
1. Beat together your butter and sugars.
2. Add in your egg, and beat again.
3. Add in your flour, cocoa, baking powder, and
bicarbonate of soda. Mix until a cookie dough
is formed.
4. Fold in your chocolate chips.
5. Seperate the dough into eight equally sized
balls, and freeze for 30 minutes.
6. Bake for 12-14 minutes on 180C fan. Leave
to cool, and enjoy!
Unsung Heroes
Sam Johnson nominated... The nurses on Incare have nominated...
Lyndsay and Amanda from Incare after her day All of their regular bank staff on the ward - Marilyn
shadowing on the ward in July. Sam said: Worrill, Andrea Calvert, Anne Gill, Elizabeth
Mhlanga, Elaine Palmer, Hazel White, Peter
‘I got a taste of the care we provide and what Drifill, Jenny Hutton, Jackie Higgins. The nurses
it entails and got questions answered. I saw would like you all to know how appreciated and
some of the medicines, equipment and beds valued you all are!
and paperwork and saw patients being admitted,
using the gardens, having meals, I also saw Michael King nominated...
visitors. Julie Tuke after our fabulous Summer Fair!
Julie helped a great deal at the Summer Fair by
‘I am really grateful for the opportunity to observe offering to help out on the tea and coffee stall.
and shadow and learnt a lot from the experience. She worked non-stop for the entirety of the event.
My greater understanding of the environment Thank you, Julie!
and a few real life examples will inform my
fundraising. Thank you!’
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Caring Kitchen Kick-Off!
The Prince of Wales Hospice is excited to Derry, a spokesperson for the rugby club told us
announce its new partnership with Lock Lane what this collaboration means to their team;
Rugby Club!
‘We see this as the start of a great partnership
We will be working together to raise money for and we are proud to be working with and helping
the Hospice by providing quality catering for local such a worthwhile and much appreciated charity,
rugby teams and fans, with all proceeds made it’s something close to our hearts. We see it as
going towards funding our care. helping each other to help others.’
The Caring Kitchen, will set up shop in the We wish Lock Lane and our Caring Kitchen the
sports centre’s function room during match days. best of luck for their first opening, and hope
Spectators will be able to satiate their game everyone enjoys the delicious, homemade treats!
day hunger with classic, café style goodies – all
homemade by our Hospice catering staff.
Additionally, the Caring Kitchen will be the caterer
for guest and fundraising events held in the Lock
Lane function room, and will be available for the
public to book for any other events.
Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Estates
and Facilities, Amanda Darley, explains why this
partnership is so important for the Hospice;
‘The Caring Kitchen will provide the Hospice with
an additional revenue stream to help towards
the funds it needs to raise each year and make it
more sustainable.
We hope it will extend our reach, and raise
awareness of the Hospice more widely across the
community.’
Both the Hospice and Lock Lane Rugby Club
hope that this new venture will be the start of
many to come.
Tigers on display!
Castleford Tigers played in the Champion Cup
Final in July at Wembley. While they may have
been defeated this time, our Castleford store still
celebrated the team for all to see.
Castleford Tigers store kindly donated lots of
team merchandise in store, so our amazing
team in the shop created this incredible display
in their window.
Well done to the Castleford store!
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Challenge Complete!
Between Thursday 15th and Friday 16th July, six determined cyclists from TotalEnergies in
Ferrybridge tackled a 160 mile cycling challenge in aid of our Hospice! Enduring ten hours in the
saddle each day, Team Total endured steep hills and hot weather on their journey to their plant in
Preston and back.
With lots of encouragement, plenty of water and a supply of bananas, all six riders managed to
complete the challenge – with only a few scrapes and bruises – taking in some fantastic scenery
along the way! Riding along sedate canals and paths over the beautiful Pennines, Team Total took
this gruelling challenge in their stride.
The team showed great team spirit, boosting each other all the way. Patrick, a Team Total rider,
isn’t too sure how much saying “this is the last hill today lads” really helped, but enjoyed their Friday
morning ice-cream stop! The cyclists were met at both Preston and Ferrybridge with cold drinks
and snacks to recover from the tiring trip.
Although their journey was tough, Patrick still recommends others to do their own fitness
fundraisers, and has some tips for those considering a cycling challenge;
‘Make sure you are slightly mad and have a few cycling miles in your legs before taking on the
challenge, and always have a domestique!
‘Challenges like this are great for raising
money for worthwhile causes such as
The Prince of Wales Hospice, they get
you out and about and keep you fit and
healthy. The camaraderie of the event
was fantastic and you learn things about
people you never knew!’
It’s not too late to donate to
TotalEnergies’ Just Giving page in aid
of the Hospice! Just visit
justgiving.com/fundraising/totaluk
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JULY 2021
Updated policies
The following policies and associated documents have been updated and approved in recent times.
• Fundraising Gambling Policy
• Restricted Fundraising Management Policy
• Donation Solicitation Policy
• Fundraising Third Party (Subcontracted Events) Policy
• Fundraising Management Policy
• Fundraising Event Management Policy
• Retail Management Policy
• Sickness Absence Policy
• Special Leave Policy
• Corporate Credit Card Policy
• Spiritual Care Guidelines
• Statement of Purpose
• Automated External Defibrillator SOP
• Guidelines for Corneal Donation
• Guidelines for the Management of Hypoglycaemia
• Management of Test Results
• Supporting Doctors with Continuing Professional Development
• Treatment and Management of Superior Mediastinal Obstruction Syndrome, including SVCO
• Clinical Supervision Policy
• Care of Death Policy
Associated Documents
• 9116 Credit Card Payment Requisition Form
• 9169 Authorised Cardholder Declaration Form
• 9134 Restricted Funding Management Plan Form
They can be found within the usual locations, including the Policies and Guidelines folder on the
Shared Drive and the Document Management Server. Please familiarise yourself with the policies and
documents if it is appropriate to assist you in your work.
Jane Howard
Clinical Services Administrator
Retail Update Make a
One of our long-standing and cherished volunteers, Lorna
Will Week
Adamson, sadly passed away recently. Lorna was loved in This month we held our ‘Make a
our retail community. Our Deputy Retail Manager, Natasha Will Week’, hosted by Switalskis
Morosini, spoke fondly of Lorna; Solicitors in Pontefract.
‘Lorna was such a sweet caring person. I met her four We had several responses from
years ago while I was pregnant, and she fell in love with my the event, with six people in
bump, she wouldn’t let go of me. After this, on shop visits total completing the will writing
to Castleford and Knottingley, she would take the time to process.
ask me how Giovanni was doing and always asked to see
pictures of him. Her advice was to treasure him because We’d like to thank Switalskis
soon he’d be taller than me, just like her grandson. for their time and professional
will writing services, and Anne
‘She was kind to all she met and didn’t have a bad word to Giblin for organising the event.
say about anyone. Lorna was such a wonderful lady and
an amazing supporter of the Hospice for years, through her
work as assistant manager of Castleford and then through
her retail volunteering.’
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Good Luck, Michelle!
The fabulous Michelle Grainger, local florist and Hospice
Patron has added another award nomination to her belt! We
are thrilled to announce that Michelle has been short-listed
for the Community Foundation’s Unsung Heroes Awards
after raising a massive £96,855 for our Hospice.
The Unsung Heroes Awards, which take place at Cedar
Court Hotel on 1st October, will celebrate members of the
local community who have made remarkable contributions
through their charitable work.
All of the nominated Unsung Heroes will be awarded with a
certificate and trophy in recognition of their achievement, as
well as two complimentary tickets for an evening out. Out
of those nominated, three will be selected for a category Fundraising totals!
award, which include the ‘People’s Choice Award’ and
‘Overall Winner Award’.
Our fundraising team have done
The Hospice’s fundraising team nominated Michelle this amazingly over the past couple of
year in recognition of ten years of unwavering support, in months. We had a record breaking
memory of her dad, who sadly died at the Hospice in 2005. Summer Fair, and our supporters have
Talking about her experience, Michelle said; raised some fantastic amounts.
‘I first wanted to support the Hospice because of our Summer Fair
experience, and the help we received caring for my Dad. Our Summer Fair raised a massive
We wanted to give something back. I wanted to help £6,612 this year! This is no surprise after
everyone else to see it how we see it; A place for everyone seeing queues out to Halfpenny lane.
and their families, who need support with terminal illness. Thanks again to everyone who took part.
Somewhere that is dignified, peaceful and friendly.’
Michelle’s fundraising achievements include creating much Three Peaks and Family Challenge
loved events such as Festive Florals and Ponte Dance, and Over the past couple of months, our
of course her ‘Nifty at Fifty’ fundraising campaign. incredible supporters have taken on
Pen-y-Ghent and The Yorkshire Three
Back in 2019, Michelle dedicated an entire year to Peaks to fundraise for the Hospice. we
fundraising for the Hospice in celebration of her 50th are extremely happy to announce that the
birthday. Her ‘Nifty at fifty’ campaign saw her complete total raised is £19,720!
50 weird and wonderful challenges, to celebrate her fifty
years, in a bid to raise £30,000 for the Hospice. Challenges
included shaving her head, getting a tattoo and taking on Forget me nots
the world’s longest zip wire! Michelle excels in everything Our beautiful forget me not flowers raised
she does, and managed to exceed her target, raising an incredible £15,500! Well done to our
£45,844. Legacy and In Memory Fundraiser, Anne
Giblin, for all your hard work.
We have everything crossed for Michelle and we’re sure
you do too! Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for more
details on how to vote for Michelle in the next edition of
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Data and Security Protecion We have been completing both the old version of the Information Governance Toolkit and more recently the Data Security and Protection Toolkit on an annual basis for a number of years now. Once again, I am pleased to let you all know that we have successfully submitted the annual submission for 2020-21. Data Security and Protection Standards for health and care sets out the National Data Guardian’s (NDG) data security standards. Completing this Toolkit self-assessment, achieved by providing evidence and confirming where we meet the assertions, demonstrates that the Hospice is working towards or meeting the NDG standards. The 10 key areas covered are: 1 Personal Confidential Data 2 Staff Responsibilities 3 Training 4 Managing Data Access 5 Process Reviews 6 Responding to Incidents 7 Continuity Planning 8 Unsupported Systems 9 IT Protection 10 Accountable Suppliers It is also excellent to see every year we continue to improve in a number of areas, including adopting/ following best practices, which then become engrained within everyday activities and often aren’t even realised until completing the Toolkit submission. However, like everything else due to time/resources there is always more we can do and this will continue to prove challenging, especially in light of recent circumstances. To try and assist in this, we are now speaking to external consultants to aid us with this and will involve some additional training and onsite guidance. We are hopeful this will be of benefit across all areas of the Hospice and I look forward to providing details in the near future. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or needs any further information about the Toolkit or data, please let me know and I will endeavour to assist. Thanks to everyone across the whole Hospice for your continued support and cooperation with this. Martin Ward IT Manager / Data Protection Officer. Garden Project We’re excited to announce that our grant application to improve access to the Hospice garden has been accepted by the Morrisons Foundation. The foundation has generously granted £25,000 towards a ‘Garden Project’, which will see the gardens outside the patients rooms and the Haven redeveloped to provide semi- private patio areas and larger shared space and general improvements to the accessibility. Initial concept designs have been drawn up and costed to assist in approaching funders, however there is still a long way to go in raising the remainder of funds required. We are hopeful of achieving this, and that work may start sometime next year.
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