THANK YOU

A Big THANK YOU to all our supporters and volunteers
who have played a huge part in supporting Palliative Care East
throughout the past year. We are extremely grateful for all the
help given. Looking ahead to 2015 there are many events already
planned so that we can continue to raise much needed funds for
the centre. WE WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Maxine and Helen

NEWS UPDATE   10TH DECEMBER 2014

The second charity ball for Palliative Care East was held recently at the Ocean Rooms, where the guests were entertained by Dave Salt, Max Bedford, Harmonique and Maria Sax. Estelle Clifton and her two groups of dancers Elite and Kix performed to the audiences delight. A fantastic evening was had by all and monies raised from the raffle and auction together with matched funding from Barclays Bank brought the total to in excess of £5000. A massive thank you to all who was involved in making the evening such a huge success.




The second Coastline Singers evening was held at the Centre on Wednesday 3rd December and the audience enjoyed the chosen songs that were sang. There was audience participation with the singing of the carols. A Christmas Fayre also took place at the same time with lots of unique gifts for sale. The whole evening raised over £600. Thank you to all who helped to make the evening a success.



Save a date for two events next year: Moveable Feast Tuesday 16th June and a Masquerade Ball on Saturday 17th October at the Ocean Rooms.

Everybody Loves Christmas

THE DOCK TAVERN

THANK YOU THE DOCK TAVERN

A HUGE THANK YOU TO AMANDA AND ADAM COLBOURN AND FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS OF THE DOCK TAVERN, GORLESTON FOR RAISING THE WONDERFUL SUM OF £2381.02 THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS CULMINATING IN THE PUBS 5TH CHARITY MUSIC DAY AT THE END OF JULY.  A CHEQUE WAS PRESENTED  FOR THIS AMOUNT TO ROBERTA LOVICK - AMBASSADOR OF THE LOUISE HAMILTON CENTRE.  YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PICTURES ON THE DOCK TAVERN WEBSITE.

Merry Christmas !

Print this poster off and get your friends and colleagues to sign in aid of  Palliative Care East

A Big Thank You !

Just to say amazing second charity ball held last Saturday night at Ocean Rooms Gorleston. Fantastic evening cabaret put together by the main man Dave Salt which included Maria Sax, Max Bedford and his band, and Dave Salt himself . Ladies of Harmonique entertained over the meal together with Maria. 
Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
Part of the caberet was a spectacle of dances from Estelle Clifton dance school. The audience was entertained by Elite and Kix who were fantastic and you could have been watching a West End show well done to all of you!
Paul was his usual self on the disco dance floor full!
Big thank you to Peter and all the team at the Rooms food fab thank you Tyrone.
Any photos from the evening please post here for all to see.
Lastly but in no means least thank you to my team and the sponsors and donors who made the night special and the guests who without there would not have been a night.

Christmas Fayre 2014

Are you ready for a challenge in 2015 ?

The Ben Nevis Charity Challenge is an exciting team challenge set in the stunning Scottish Highlands. Teams of four are challenged to climb Ben Nevis, cycle 25 miles (on road) and canoe Loch Lochy.The Ben Nevis Charity Challenge is an Open Challenge so teams can raise funds for the charity of their choice. So why not raise for the Louise Hamilton Centre in 2015 ? 

Click here to register ! 

1920's Evening

LAST FEW TICKETS REMAINING

  CONTACT MAXINE OR HELEN ON 01493 453348

CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT

DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE QUIZ THIS SATURDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NEW DATE WILL BE 18^TH OCTOBER 2014.

CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT

FOR THE

LOUISE HAMILTON CENTRE

Palliative care east

On Saturday 20^TH September

At the boulevard

Oulton broad

Time 7.30 for 8.00 start

Ticket prices are £8.50 inc food

Chilli or Curry with Rice/Chips or Jacket Potato

Or

£4.00  just for a ticket

 We Thank you for your support

FOR TICKETS contact LINDA at

(small L)  lrcollins35@hotmail.com

THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE

New Dates for Your Diary

Win a 1 Year Membership at BWell !

Help raise money for The Louise Hamilton Centre with BWell Gym

Can you guess how many balloons are in Spencer’s car?? If you guess correctly you will be entered into a prize draw for 1 years membership at BWell Gym worth £245 ! 

Bwell Gyms are running a competition for The Louise Hamilton Centre where it costs £2 to enter by personally popping in to Bwell at Bessemer Way, Great Yarmouth, and adding your guess to the list that is running on the reception desk.  You have to  guess how many balloons are in Spencers car (see picture).  The winner will be announced on the 1^st October and notified on the 2^nd October.

Special thanks to  Spencer, Paul, Andy and the team for supporting the Louise Hamilton Centre.

New Dates for Your Diary

Circus Starr is Coming to Town !

James Paget Hospital and Louise Hamilton Centre is delighted to be the Circus Starr’s local nominated Charity of the Year for their Big Top Autumn Tour 2014.

Circus Starr is a world class, touring circus featuring acrobats, dancers and entertainers from across the globe. It is also an independent, charitable organisation that supports disabled, underprivileged and vulnerable children across the UK through a 75 venue tour held three times a year.

For more details please visit :  Circus Starr Great Yarmouth Show

Following a very successful Moveable Feast on the 17^th June, we raised £2000 on the night with the hope that we will get some matched funding from Barclays as well.

The event had two clusters one in the town and one on the seafront.  The guests met at the Town Hall and this is where they started their evening, they then went by the train to the seafront eateries which were the Imperial, Furzedown and Burlington.  The town cluster went to Friends Bistro, Quayside Plaza and The Star. 

Each cluster had three groups and they changed eatery for each course.  The guests then returned to the Town Hall for the raffle and drinks to finish the evening off.

A massive Thank You to those who supported the event !  

New Dates For Your Diary

Let's do the Zumba !

Holiday Raffle Winners

The Great Yarmouth Mayor picked the winner of our holiday raffle, and the 2^nd and 3^rd places.    Also pictured are the main ticket sellers of the raffle so a big thank you to Barbara, Robert and Tony for their help and support.  The holiday was won by  K Devine, fantastic as she has never won anything before in her life.  The hampers were won by D Howlett and G Ramster.  Well done to the winners and a big thank you to all those that supported the raffle and helped with selling the tickets.  The charity raised £650 from the raffle.

Please don't forget about the Embrace run on the 27^th July.  Entry packs are now available from the Louise Hamilton Centre and Bwell gym. Also this is the last week to book places for the Moveable Feast  event.

Thank you all for your support !  

iPad & Fortnum and Mason Hamper Raffle Winners !

We would like to announce  that Ticket 445, pink, Mr  Bob Campbell was the lucky winner of the iPad, and ticket 564, yellow Mr Andy Halsteinn was the winner of the Fortnum and Mason hamper.  Maxine would like to thank all those delegates and proprietors who supported the raffle, this raised in excess of £1200. The raffle was held during the EEEGR conference at the Showground. 

Win £ 1,000 Holiday Voucher !

Dock Tavern Events for the Louise Hamilton Centre

The Dock Tavern will be holding numerous fundraising events for The Louise Hamilton Centre. Wristbands will be on sale from this Friday 21st of Feb. evening minimum suggested donation £1.00 so the centre gets at least 50p for every band sold. 

Saturday May 10^th - Coffee, Cakes and Bacon Rolls – 10am  to 12 Noon

Sunday May 18^th – Walking Family Treasure Hunt around Gorleston –  from 10.30am

Sunday July 20^th – Charity Music Day ‘5’

All events on The Dock Tavern Facebook page

Successful Evening at Potters Holiday Resort

The bowling evening that was held at Potters Holiday Resort on the 4th February was a sell out and all that participated had a fantastic evening and the food was superb. So a big thank you to all who supported the event and to Potters Holiday Resort for hosting the evening.

KALVIN REACHES HIS TARGET FOR NATALIE

“Local fundraiser Kalvin Scott reached his milestone target for Palliative Care East.  Kalvin had set himself the target of running 500 miles and swimming 50 miles over the course of last year and achieved this on the 20th December.  This achievement was for his girlfriend, Natalie Wilson, who lost her life at the early age of 26 to bowel cancer.    The 20th December would have been Natalie’s 28th birthday so was a very poignant date for Kalvin to complete the task.

Kalvin’s journey saw him overcome many challenges not least the fact that before he started this he could not swim the length of a swimming pool, so to then undertake to swim 50 miles is a feat in its self.  Kalvin was also knocked back in the middle of the year as he developed shingles, setting the challenge back for a few weeks while he recovered.  Throughout the challenge the love and memories of the time he and Natalie spent together inspired him with the strength to go on.

Kalvin would like to thank all his supporters with a total raised of over £3000.   He would also like to say a special thanks to his family and to Natalie’s family for all of their love and support throughout.

The picture shows fundraiser Kalvin and Maxine, Appeal Co-ordinator, with the butterfly in memory of Natalie on the butterfly wall in the Louise Hamilton Centre.  Also picture of Natalie and Kalvin.

Louise Hamilton is looking for Friends !

We all need friends and the Louise Hamilton Centre at the James Paget Hospital has just launched a Friends organisation to give local people a chance to feel even more involved in the work and fund raising for the centre which has seen over six and a half thousand people come through its doors since opening in March.

A gold badge has been designed for the new Friends which is in the distinctive butterfly shape, the now familiar symbol of the Louise Hamilton Centre.

The distinctive yellow £1.5 million eco-friendly building at the corner of the JPH was completed on time and on budget in December 2012 and was officially opened by the Princess Royal at the end of April, just over a month after it started welcoming those needing its services.

The building – the result of an architectural competition and fund raising from the community  – is intended as a place of peace and calm where those with cancer and other life threatening conditions, together with their carers and others who may be affected, can receive help and support. A team of over 50 volunteers helps to staff the centre which is open seven days a week and into the evenings. They work closely with the professionals, including the Macmillan nurses, who are based there.

As well as a whole range of advice and support other regular groups include two choirs, one for carers and the other for people with respiratory problems; a dementia cafe, bereavement group, art and complimentary therapies and benefits help. ‘The list is growing.’ says Palliative Care East Appeal Co-ordinator Maxine Taylor. PCE is the independent group which spearheaded the project and now maintains it.

‘There are so many ways that people need help, it may be specific advice or an activity or it may just be the chance to have a chat and cup of tea. Often people don’t realise they are carers, and they too need support to look after a loved one. We can provide all of this and more,’ she said.

‘The Centre was built thanks to the fantastic efforts of the community of Great Yarmouth and Waveney and it continues thanks to people’s fund raising and support. We are well on course to meet the annual running cost target of around £130,000.’ said Maxine, explaining that this money was entirely for the centre, not any other JPH facilities.

 Major fund raising includes the annual themed autumn ball, a moveable feast in June and regular auctions. The annual Embrace sponsored walk will this year be part of the Gorleston Clifftop Gala in July. Alongside that are the constant fund raisers organised by other individuals and organisations, including the Yarmouth Rotary Club Town Quiz which takes place at the end of February.

‘People are hugely supportive of what is being done here, and we’d like to give them the chance to feel even more closely associated by becoming Friends of the Louise Hamilton Centre. The idea is for people to feel they have an even more personal involvement and are part of what we do.

‘Friends membership will include the gold butterfly lapel badge,a car sticker, regular newsletters, information and events. It’s another way to support the work,’ said Maxine, explaining that the cost is £10 a year for individuals or £25 for a family of four.

‘It is estimated that something like 2,700 people in our area receive a diagnosis of cancer or similar life threatening conditions each year. We are here to try and help them in whatever way we can and launching a Friends organisation is another strong way of supporting what we can do for those who need us’ said Maxine.

To find out more about becoming a Friend of Louise call in or contact Maxine Taylor at the Louise Hamilton Centre on 01493 453100 . The Centre is open seven days a week from 8.30 am to 19:30 pm weekdays; Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 am to 15:30 pm.

Moveable Feast & 1920's Evening

Donations for December

Oak Tavern Lowestoft £57.29

Quiz night Robert Brown £250.00

Something to Saviour £210.00

Louise Hamilton Carol Concert £657.65

Coastline Singers £50.00

Avril Grimmer £62.00

Pagets Café £73.81

Joy Barnes £5.00

Shine a Light £15.00

Shell £350.00

T George – Xmas jumper day £129.05

Mr & Mrs A Mutimer £100.00

PCC Dunwich St James £157.00

Palliative Care Lunch at the Furzedown £266.00 B E Copeland £200.00 EEEGR Charity Ball £2077.90 Louise Hamilton cake auction and sale of handmade decorations £319.50 Gordon Barber re P E Cator £236.40 Jary’s in memory of Jean Goldsmith £115.00 Jary’s in memory of S Holder £105.00

Maxine Taylor Appeal Co-ordinator for Palliative Care East would like to thank all sponsors and donors for their kindness throughout 2013.