Big Give delivers £40k boost for palliative care
A Match-funding campaign to fund a new palliative nurse for a year reached its £40,000 Christmas target.
Nottinghamshire companies and national organisations pledged funds totalling £20,000 after online donations received from hospice supporters through the Big Give platform during the first week of December.
Severn Trent Water awarded a grant of £5,500 from its £1m Emergency Fund. Nottingham-based finance company Capital One pledged £7,500, and law firm Eversheds Sutherland contributed £2,000.
Paul Jackson, Group Chief Executive at the Hospital Saturday Fund said: “We’ve supported Nottinghamshire Hospice with grants since 2010 and we are very much aware of the important work they do so we were pleased to be able to support them again through the Big Give.
“We’re delighted to hear they now have the funds for a new palliative nurse at the hospice. We know what a great help this will be to their work supporting those in need and their families.”
The money will fund a palliative nurse in the Hospice Outreach and Discharge Support service, introduced during the pandemic to fast-track patients out of hospital so they could be cared for at home, freeing up beds for Covid-19 patients.
The Big Give campaign formed part of a fundraising drive at the hospice to counter a projected shortfall of up to £400,000 caused by shop closures and event cancellations in the wake of the pandemic. To donate, go to www.nottshospice.org/ light.