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18/07/2008
Hospice Welcomes End of Life Report
I am delighted that this long awaited report has now been published. For the first time in the history of the NHS, care at the end of life, will have the priority it deserves…
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17/07/2008
New Trustee for Hospice
The Martlets Hospice today announced that Julie Stanford has joined the Board of Trustees...
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15/07/2008
Soccer match nets £4,000
A football match has raised thousands of pounds for the Martlets Hospice…
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14/07/2008
New Carers Support Groups Funded
Plans to develop our carers services were given a major boost thanks to a grant of £2,900 from The Henry Smith Charity…
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18/06/2008
Carers enjoy a bit of pampering
To celebrate National Carers week that took place from 9th –13th June, the carers of Hospice patients were treated to an afternoon of pampering or a night out at the dogs…
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16/06/2008
Midnight Walk for Martlets
On Friday 13th June, just under 1200 women went on a 13mile sponsored walk to raise funds for the Martlets…
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10/06/2008
Marathon Effort
Congratulations to Richard Montgomerie, Aaran Morris, Nick and Jonny Smyth, Dex Whiteley, Karan Beard, Carol Feeney and Richard Felton…
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09/06/2008
Summer Ball boosts Hospice.
On Saturday 7th June, over 300 guests dined and danced into the early hours at the Martlets Summer Ball, which was held at the Grand Hotel, Brighton.
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06/06/2008
Are you man enough for the Noon Walk?
The success of the Martlets Hospice Ladies Midnight Walk has inspired a number of local businessmen to challenge all the men of the City to do their part in raising funds for patient care at the Hospice.
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27/05/2008
Sally’s plea to back Hike 4 Hospices
Olympic athlete, Sally Gunnell, today urged people to support a major fundraising event for the Martlets and three other Sussex hospices.
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14/05/2008
Celebrating huge success in our partnership with Legal & General
Staff from Legal & General in Hove were invited to the Hospice to mark the £25,000 raised by them so far for our work
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22/04/2008
Hospice Celebrates recent achievements
Hospice supporters gathered for an evening reception on 16 April to celebrate both the completion of the Better Gateways To Care refurbishment project and the culmination of the 10th Anniversary appeal.
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08/04/2008
Bringing Theatre to the Day Hospice
We were delighted to receive a donation of £450 from The Concertina Charitable Trust in April 2008
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29/02/2008
Hospice launches ‘A Change for the Better’ Campaign with local schools.
From 19th to 23rd May, local school children are being encouraged to donate as much change as possible to the Martlets Hospice.
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29/02/2008
Big Band Night – a real belter!
Over 400 enjoyed a night of Big Band Music held in February at Hove Town Hall. After a buffet supper, guests danced to the music of the Alex Bondonno Big Band.
The event, which was sponsored by Graves Jenkins and organized by Robert and Corrine Blass, raised over £8 ,000 for Hospice funds.
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28/02/2008
Rottingdean Supporters Raise nearly £10,000 for a Specialist Bath
Patients at the Martlets Hospice will now be able to make use of a specialist bath thanks to the fundraising efforts of Hospice supporters in Rottingdean. The bath, which comes with a stretcher to move people safely and comfortably from their bed and to lower them into and out of the bath, also has a shower function, spa function and safe temperature controls.
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28/02/2008
Martlets Midnight Walk 2008
Over 850 ladies have already registered for the Martlets Midnight Walk, which will take place on Friday 13th June 2008.
“New registrations are arriving every day and we are delighted with the response”, said Antonia Shepherd, Events Manager at the Martlets Hospice.
For more information about the Walk and to register online, click here
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22/01/2008
Local Business to Support the Martlets
The staff of Sigmer Technologies Ltd have recently voted to support the Martlets Hospice as their charity of the year in 2008.
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16/01/2008
Support for Carers
In a specially funded project, the Hospice is extending its support and advice to carers helping them to cope in caring for a loved one suffering from an end-of-life illness.
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16/01/2008
Refurbishment Underway
Work is well underway on the improvements to the hospice building which are being funded in full by a grant from the Department of Health.
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