#ThankYouThursday – 28th May
Andrew Taylor Thank you to Andy who has cycled the length of the country, all from his stationery bike in sunny ...
Here you can find all the latest fundraising news from amazing feats and challenges from our supporters so exciting new events organised by the hospice. If you would like to plan a fundraising event or challenge call our Fundraising Team on 01524 382538.
Andrew Taylor Thank you to Andy who has cycled the length of the country, all from his stationery bike in sunny ...
As you are aware the impact of Covid-19 is a cause for concern for individuals, families, businesses and the charity ...
Thank you to the 15 people who have been successful in securing a St John’s Hospice Great North Run place. If ...
St John’s Hospice are delighted to have been shortlisted in the 2019/2020 Westmorland Shopping Centre Charity Partnership in Kendal. We need ...
Lancaster On Ice – it’s coming to Dalton Square on Sunday 25th November and St John’s Hospice is the headline ...
Brave duo Louise Barker & Viki Sutton recently set out from Garstang and Lancaster to make the epic climb up ...
Earlier this month, the team at Lancaster-based software house, accessplanit donated a generous collection of clothing, books and other items ...
This April Jo took part in the VMLM for St John’s Hospice. We were so lucky to have had Jo ...
How thousands could be raised for St John’s Hospice, through MyCumbria card buy your mycumbria card The MyCumbria card for St John’s Hospice ...
20 year old Bryony Smissen has completed the 1 mile open water swim for St John’s Hospice, raising over £1,300 ...
On Sunday 1st July Ryelands Park was filled with bubbles as the first ever Bubble Rush arrived in Lancaster, brought ...
Over 200 people gathered in a big green barn in Gatebeck for a night of music and dancing to help ...
We are very proud to know and work with Dr Simon Edgecombe, Medical Director at St John’s Hospice. He is ...
An 88-year old Oxenholme man has helped to raise more than £16,000 for St John’s Hospice in less than six ...
We are very proud and delighted for our Peru Trekking team who have been nominated for the Sunshine Award for ...
Lancaster resident Mick Freeman, and 8 members of his family, will be taking on the Three Peaks this summer, with ...
On Saturday 24th March, over 110 guests arrived on the red carpet at The Castle Green Hotel in Kendal to ...
Saturday 24th March saw St Johns Hospice holding their 3rd skydive at Black Knights Parachute Centre in Cockerham. 12 brave ...
19 year old Bryony Simssen will take part in the Great North Swim in June, swimming 1 mile in open ...
What a difference a decade can make. In 2008, the top movie of the year was The Dark Knight and ...
LFS (Lottery Fundraising Services) have worked in partnership with St John’s Hospice for years helping to promote our lottery and ...
Four Booths stores have raised a whopping £4000 for St John’s Hospice. These funds have been raised by the tax ...
“My Mother had just under 2 weeks palliative care at St John’s Hospice. I try to support the hospice whenever ...
We are delighted to announce that Display Wizard in Garstang have chosen to support us throughout 2018 and beyond. Their ...
**UPDATE 11/01/18** Ian has now completed his year long project. Read all about it in the Westmorland Gazette HERE. Thank ...
The fifth annual Bingo Night took place on Friday 17th November at Cockerham Village Hall. It was a superb evening ...
The Thompsons, a local family from Lancaster, have raised over £5,000 in 2017 for St John’s Hospice after John Frank ...
As part of Choirs With Purpose, the St John’s Hospice choir has been involved in recording a single that is ...
A group of young people taking part in the National Citizen Service spent 4 weeks earlier this year learning about ...
We met up with Ryan and Daniel from Fitness Formation to chat about their awesome fundraising and find out what ...
St John’s Hospice Light up a Life campaign is now live, allowing you to dedicate a light in memory of ...
Earlier this month St John’s Hospice hosted a wonderful evening of music, in partnership with the Hydro Hotel in Bowness, ...
Four friends are taking part in a Great Wall of China trek to raise money for St John’s Hospice. Dianne Farrell, ...
St John’s Hospice has held its annual charity golf day, raising a staggering £16,625. More than 35 teams comprising 140 ...
The owners of Morecambe’s Little Shop of Hobbies, along with the help of people far and wide, have knitted over ...
We are very fortunate to have so many wonderful supporters who think of raising money for us when they undertake ...
Local lady Helen Soutar has organised a very special tribute to her late husband Phil, an evening at Finney’s at ...
Hospice supporter and Garstang dentist, Paul Winstanley, has cycled 480 miles from John O’Groats to St John’s Hospice in June ...
St John’s Hospice benefit to the tune of £30,000 as a lucky lady from Warrington has won a country house ...
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Judith Sugden and her family and friends who recently organised and took ...
Moto have been our Community Charity Partners since May 2016, in that time they have helped us enormously. To date, ...
We had the pleasure of meeting John Lupton (and his gorgeous dogs Rio and Levi!) who organised a Charity Gundog ...
The Highwayman, near Kirkby Lonsdale, has been a huge supporter of St John’s Hospice over recent years and have been ...
Thank you to everyone who currently plays the St John’s Hospice Lottery. Did you know that in 5 years you ...
Over 800 ladies walked through the night raising money for St John’s Hospice in the 11th annual Moonlight Walk. The event ...
By Danielle Beck On Saturday 22nd April 2017, people came together to participate in a charity cricket match held in memory ...
Pat and Tammie Marshall organised a live music charity night at the Royal Station Hotel in Carnforth on 6th May ...
**UPDATE 11/08/17** Dunstan and Natasha are delighted to announce that they have hit their target of 500,000 tickets and have ...
On Sunday 7th May, over 1,400 people gathered in Kendal to take part in St John’s Hospice’s 3rd annual Kendal ...
We were very proud and honoured to receive a cheque from the staff and pupils at Torrisholme Primary school for ...
A ‘Great Gatsby’ themed ball, organised by St John’s Hospice, has raised more than £9,000 for the charity. The fundraising ...
The auction is now over and the dress sold for £860. This money will go directly towards helping patients and ...
Masquerade is a picture book, written and illustrated by Kit Williams, published in August 1979, that sparked a treasure hunt ...
This weekend sees the 28th Lancaster Beer Festival, hosted by Lancaster Round Table 160. It is one of the most ...
We are very proud to announce the arrival of a very special auction prize, to be sold to the highest ...
We recently met up with our wonderful supporter Yvette Price. For the last 6 years she has worked tirelessly on putting ...
Local fish and chip extraordinaire, Nigel Hodgson, had a very busy 2016 fundraising for the Great North Run. It was ...
Last September more than 50 of you were extremely generous in donating your first fivers to the hospice. You raised ...
You have just one week to register for the entry ballot for the Great North Run. Could you rise to ...
The St John’s Hospice Choir has announced that it raised over £3,900 for St John’s Hospice last year. The 40 ...
A whopping 1361 Christmas trees were collected & recycled over the weekend 7/8th January 2017 as part pf St John’s ...
As part of our Charity Partnership with Moto Services at Forton Services we were invited to go along to raise ...
A house on Calder Way in Morecambe was lit up this Christmas in aid of St John’s Hospice. David Miller ...
Donation to St Johns Hospice in memory of Colin Baxter. A generous donation of £1,166 has been given to St John ...
The lucky winner of our luxury hamper is Linda Holmes! She was thrilled with her win – just in time ...
More than 120 people attended our Machu Picchu Trek information evening, and we are excited to announce that 56 people ...
Standfast & Barracks generously donated to St John’s for a second year running – they have decided to donate to ...
The annual St John’s Hospice Christmas Fair has raised an incredible £8,130 for the local charity. On Saturday 3rd December they ...
This week we have seen one of our most unique challenges take place by a St John’s supporter, as part ...
On the 4th June, Danny, Ellis and Jack spent 14 days travelling 4,500 miles from Edinburgh to Rome and back in a ...
On Monday 4th July 2016 all the children from Arkholme Primary School took part in a sponsored Rotakids Charity Marathon ...
When Gemma’s mum, Maz, passed away a few months ago she set her mind to doing a challenge and raising ...
Every year this group of very close friends, Team Munchkin, set themselves various challenges to raise funds for St John’s Hospice ...
In the very early hours of 24th September Simon Brookes, Andrew Garnett & Kevin Wilkinson set off from Morecambe to Bridlington along ...
On your marks, get set… Grow those Tenners! This year St John’s Hospice is taking part in Grow Your Tenner, an ...
A huge thank you to Rosie and Benjamin Pollitt who made lots of lovely cakes to sell at their local ...
Retired Windermere solicitor Len Hayton is set to release “Rhymes & Recollections of a Lakeland Lad” which is a light-hearted ...
ON TRACK FOR CHARITY FUNDRAISER Morecambe man David Chandler is celebrating the completion of a journey like no other. David has travelled ...
Massive congratulations and thanks to Kerry Blacow who did the amazing Lakeland 50 challenge in aid of the hospice. Kerry ...
Well done to our two fantastic swimmers Rachel Mercer and Emma Irwin who both completed the Great North Swim in ...
Welcome to The Great China Trek 17th to 27th September 2016 Departure is nearly upon us when our amazing team of 30 ...
Sedbergh Sheep Fest 2016 Every September since 2014 the town of Sedbergh comes alive with Sheep Fest, when more than a ...
A huge thank you to RAL Display who have provided us with a pull up banner totally free of charge. These ...
What a fantastic day we had on Sunday 17th July! The Winter Gardens theatre, two amazing shows starring 5 wonderful ...
Here he is – Jonny Shaw is back after almost 18 weeks! I had the absolute pleasure of meeting him ...
Huge thanks and congratulations to Mark Mulryan who has completed the incredibly difficult Ultra Marathon in 9 hours 58 mins. ...
Cheryl Pattison took part in the 10k Great Manchester Run raising £218.10 after completing the distance with a fab time of ...
Junior Manchester Run – Here is 11 year old Alex Blessington a student at Dallam High School who has raised ...
Zoë Demery – Well done and thank you to Zoë Demery who completed the Edinburgh Half Marathon for St John’s ...
Meet our lovely newly wed’s Dave and Louise who very kindly asked all their guests to make a donation to St ...
Have you always wanted to TRY a TRI??? Maybe you love doing triathlons and you are looking for a local ...
This summer the pupils from Torrisholme primary school are doing a half term of fundraising for 3 charities, St John’s ...
Thank you so much to our supporters Jo Wilson and the Munchkins Marathon Heroes, who completed the Blackpool half Marathon ...
TAKING a few minutes to strip out valuable metal from potential scrap has raised £1300 for St John’s hospice, Lancaster. Heysham ...
We had the pleasure of meeting our lovely supporter Emily Hilliard at the Hospice recently, when she came into present ...
Thanks to Caton WI who raised £580 when Steve Halliwell attended to give a presentation on the local award winning ...
Every Christmas we have a dedicated army of knitters who kindly giver their time, knitting skill and wool to make ...
Over the past year the Masonic Lodges of the Lancaster & District Group have donated almost £22,000 to local and ...
The Great China Trek 17th to 27th September 2016 Our first ever overseas fundraising challenge, which is part of our 30th Anniversary ...
We were recently contacted by Ann Blackburn, daughter of Ken Blackburn who sadly passed away at St John’s earlier this ...
On Monday 4th April, a team of accountants from local firm Scott & Wilkinson Chartered Accountants came to St John’s ...
BRINGING LANCASTER’S LOST RAILWAY BACK TO LIFE A two day event at Lancaster Library marks 50 years since the closure of ...
You and a friend could meet and greet the guys backstage on Sunday 1st May where they are due to ...
Click on the links below to read about our fabulous 30th anniversary ball at The Castle Green Hotel in Kendal ...
The St John’s Hospice Lottery jackpot has passed the £4,000 mark and now stands at £4,100. The maximum rollover prize ...
In partnership with Ibex creative in Kendal, St John’s Hospice have today launched a new website. The previous website had been ...
THE GREAT NORTH RUN… WE HAVE CHARITY PLACES AVAILABLE FOR THE MOST FAMOUS HALF MARATHON IN THE WORLD! For the first ...
Super supporter Mark Houghton to run 3 marathons in 3 days for St John’s. Mark Houghton is undertaking the incredible challenge ...
Setting off in March to June 2016 Jonny will be cycling across Australia to raise money for St Johns Hospice. This ...
Frock Swap Sisters Louise Eden and Emma Bland, along with their Mum, Janet Bland have, for the last seven years, organised ...
