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June 2019
Coast to Coast Tractor Run
Coast to Coast Tractor Run - In memory of Bill Carroll Departing from St John's Hospice on Saturday 8th June at 6am and arriving in Scarborough on Sunday 9th June. Donations can be made here: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/VAL-CARROLL For more information: Mick Briggs 07850 805134 Val Carroll 07946 453362
Find out more »The Cross Bay Walk
We are delighted to announce the return of the magnificent Cross Bay Walk for St John’s Hospice which takes place at 10am on Sunday June 9th 2019. Our new guide Michael Wilson will lead the walk across glorious Morecambe Bay, finishing up at the renamed Lambert Manor Hotel in Kent’s Bank for a delightful cream scone and refreshments. Setting off from Arnside Promenade and arriving at Kent’s Bank, the walk is approximately 8.5 miles and takes around 3-4 hours. Please…
Find out more »Moonlight Walk 2019
Ladies... back to June by popular demand The Moonlight Walk returns on Saturday 15th June 2019! This year we have themed the event PYJAMA PARTY so please feel free to come in your pyjamas and be ready for your Midnight Feast when you return back to the hospice!! Walk or run 14km for your local hospice. This flagship event is now in its 13th year and has raised over £1 million for St John's Hospice.... and that is all down…
Find out more »→Staveley Coffee Morning
Join us at the Village Hall in Staveley on Saturday 22nd June from 10am to 12 noon for our St John's Hospice coffee morning. There will be cakes, books, bric a brac, tombola and a raffle. Please come along and support your local hospice. Entry is £1 including refreshments.
Find out more »A Midsummer Night’s Dream Charity Ball
“Oh… What visions have I seen!” Be entranced into our enchanted forest by the dreamy tones of live harpists. Enjoy your welcome “love potion” and gaze at the buzzing of fairies throughout our forest themed décor. Drink in the heady evening sun on the balcony as the fairy queen and fairy king wisp around on the summer breeze. Take up your throne and be enthralled in the spell-working of close up magic and be charmed by The Bard as Shakespeare…
Find out more »July 2019
→Annual Dragon Bay Race
Are you looking for an opportunity to get together with friends, colleagues, or family, to work as a team in a fabulously fun day? Maybe a stag or hen weekend activity? Then the annual Dragon Bay race may be for you – a fabulous regatta at beautiful Low Wood Bay on Lake Windermere with every penny raised going to charity! Enter a team of up to 18 people who will take part in two qualifying races, before the fastest three…
Find out more »→Kendal Coffee Morning
Join us for our summer coffee morning in Kendal where we will have delicious cakes, books, tombola, raffle, and a warm welcome for you at Kendal Town Hall. Entry includes refreshments, hope to see you there!
Find out more »Bubble Rush
Sunday 14th July 2019 Ryelands Park Join Lancaster’s Bubbliest Fun Run! Bubble Rush is a family friendly fun run with a difference….as you run, dance, walk or skip around the 2.5k course you’ll head through 4 coloured Bubble stations. On each bubble station there will be one of our high powered foam cannons pumping out coloured bubbles to create 4ft deep bubble bath to ensure that you get completely covered in coloured frothy foam! To complete the 5k run the…
Find out more »August 2019
→St John’s Hospice Golf Day 2019
We are very excited to present the St John’s Hospice Golf Day 2019 that will take place on Friday 30th August at Windermere Golf Club. This event has raised more than £55,000 over the last 5 years – money that goes directly to funding the expert care that we provide to the South Lakes Community each and every day – both in the hospice itself and in people’s homes, from Kendal up to Grasmere. It promises to be another fun-fuelled…
Find out more »September 2019
Jump for St John’s 2019
Sunday 1st September 2019 Welcome to our fifth Jump event, in partnership with Black Knights Parachute Centre! To date almost 100 people have jumped and raised over £40,000 profit for our hospice! So if you have missed out in the past, but would like to be in the next group, read on!!! Book Your Seat on the plane! The video below shows our Head of Fundraising, Catherine Butterworth, jumping out of a plane! Well, we wouldn't expect you to do it if…
Find out more »→Lancaster University Triathlon
Following the success of the first event in 2016, the sprint distance triathlon at Lancaster University is back for a fourth year! If you have ever felt the urge to Try-a-Tri now is your chance. If all three sports seem a bit much you can enter as a team of three and choose the sport you like best. You can enter and see all the information here
Find out more »November 2019
Clubland Night
Join us for a night of Clubland Classix on Saturday 23rd November in memory of Emma Gilhespy. Tickets cost £5 and all proceeds to St John's Hospice. For more information and tickets please see https://www.facebook.com/events/1986784984947676/permalink/2114798212146352/
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