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Local heroes<br />
St Joseph's<br />
Hospice makes a<br />
real difference to<br />
people with lifelimiting<br />
illnesses.<br />
You can, too, by<br />
signing up to Run<br />
Hackney<br />
Judith Cam with her son, Ian<br />
Judith Cam was 62 when<br />
she was diagnosed with an<br />
aggressive brain tumour. She<br />
wanted to be cared for at home<br />
so her husband, Ian Senior,<br />
gave up his job to look after<br />
her, and her daughter, Molly,<br />
took a year out of university<br />
to be at home. Her son Ian, a<br />
PE teacher, worked round the<br />
corner at Stoke Newington<br />
School so he was also on hand<br />
to help out.<br />
The family were happy to<br />
ensure that Judith remained<br />
comfortable at home but they<br />
also realised they needed some<br />
help. They were put in touch<br />
with St Joseph’s Hospice, where<br />
Judith received complementary<br />
therapies, massage and<br />
emotional support, while still<br />
being able to stay at home as<br />
she wanted. They knew that<br />
someone was always on the<br />
end of the phone if they needed<br />
help or a visit from one of the<br />
Community Palliative Care<br />
Team. They regularly called the<br />
24/7 line for advice and they<br />
knew if they needed help they<br />
only had to ask.<br />
Ian would bring his mum to St<br />
Joseph’s for her complementary<br />
therapy appointments, and on<br />
one visit he saw an advert for<br />
Run Hackney. He decided to<br />
run it for the hospice as he was<br />
really happy with the care his<br />
mum was getting. He did lots<br />
of training and finished in less<br />
than two hours, raising almost<br />
£2,000.<br />
Judith sadly passed away a year<br />
later but Ian said they were<br />
able to make the last year of<br />
her life special, although they<br />
couldn’t have done it without<br />
the support of St Joseph’s<br />
Hospice. He ran again last year,<br />
raising another £2,000 and with<br />
St Joseph’s Hospice being a<br />
local partner for Run Hackney in<br />
<strong>2016</strong>, Ian decided to challenge<br />
himself and run it a third time in<br />
Judith’s memory.<br />
"St Joseph’s Hospice is a magical<br />
place," Ian said. "I only visited<br />
a handful of times with my<br />
mum, but each time I felt such<br />
lovely energy there. When you<br />
step through the main doors,<br />
wherever you are going in the<br />
hospice, it is so accommodating.<br />
It really is a special place.<br />
“I know that there are families<br />
who will need help and support<br />
like we did and I will continue<br />
to do Run Hackney, I reckon for<br />
another 40 years, until my legs<br />
give up.”<br />
If you would like to take part in<br />
Run Hackney, contact Anna Lee at<br />
a.lee@stjh.org.uk<br />
Visit Ian's Just Giving page, here:<br />
justgiving.com/Ian-Bruce9<br />
Ian, running for St Joseph's Hospice<br />
LOVEEAST MARCH <strong>2016</strong> 27
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