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Swaffham & Litcham Home Hospice<br />
Swaffham & Litcham Home Hospice Support held their<br />
Charity Golf Day at the Swaffham Golf Club on Friday 19th<br />
August, which attracted sixteen teams to a day of golf and fun.<br />
The day was very well supported by businesses, namely<br />
Barclays, Carscene of Norwich, Adrian Flux of East Winch,<br />
Su-Bridge of Saham Toney,Barefoot Retreat of Thornham,<br />
BSA Mouldings of King’s Lynn, and others who generously<br />
donated auction and raffle prizes to make the day the<br />
success it was.<br />
The charity auction which took place raised £1,000,<br />
including a racing bicycle donated by one of our patients,<br />
which alone raised £200.00. The grand total of monies<br />
raised from the day, came to a fantastic £6000 an amount<br />
way beyond our expectations.<br />
Event organiser and Home Hospice Fundraising<br />
Chairman, David Gulliver, said “Our congratulations go to<br />
the winning golf team of the day ‘Team Tesco’, and we<br />
would like to take this opportunity to give our sincere<br />
thanks to everyone who took part.”<br />
Two kind people celebrated mile stones recently namely<br />
Joe Matthews who was ninety and Pearl Ramsey who<br />
was eighty. Instead of receiving gifts they decided to<br />
support our cause by donating money, Joe £105.00 and<br />
Pearl £150.00; a big thank you to their family and friends.<br />
There are two reminders of events happening in <strong>October</strong>,<br />
the first is the Concert of Choirs at the Assembly Rooms<br />
on the 1st Oct 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets are priced<br />
at £10.00 and for those who wish to attend, then please<br />
contact us immediately you receive this edition of the<br />
Newsletter and secondly the Autumn Dance 50’s, 60’s,<br />
and 70’s music from Kenny and the Motives, there is a<br />
Bar and Raffle 15th Oct 8pm to Midnight, again £10.00<br />
a ticket. Contact the Office on Swaffham 01760 722 937.<br />
Wissey U3A<br />
The University Of The Third Age or ‘U3A’ is an<br />
organisation in the United Kingdom which aims<br />
to encourage the further education of those in<br />
their ‘Third Age’. ‘Third Agers’ help each other by<br />
sharing their knowledge, skills, interests and lifetime<br />
experiences. The Wissey U3A has over 320 members<br />
and more than 30 activity groups which range from<br />
Bridge to Spanish and Croquet to Table Tennis.<br />
John McNair, Wendy Martin (Home Hospice Co-ordinator) Simon Joplin<br />
Following on from last month’s statistics reference to our<br />
year 2015 we had Day Care total attendance’s 263, Art<br />
and Craft attendance’s numbering 313, Bereavement<br />
Group total attendance’s 634, Bereavement Visits<br />
Individual 329. We offer one to one bereavement<br />
support and our counselling service is available for<br />
anyone who is touched by cancer as a patient or family<br />
member. Reflexology/Reiki total treatments 495, Carer<br />
Group attendance’s 68 and Equipment Usage Occasions<br />
80. As you can see the Home hospice is indeed a very<br />
busy Support Unit and as the majority of you are aware<br />
we rely heavily on volunteers who give their time in<br />
one way or another ensuring that the Unit continues to<br />
support those patients we presently look after. We hope<br />
this information gives you some idea of the work we<br />
carry out during the course of our financial year. If you<br />
have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us<br />
through the office on Swaffham 01760 722937.<br />
The Charity would like to convey their thanks to Wendy Askew<br />
who so kindly donated half of the proceeds from her table top<br />
sale held in Castle Acre, in recognition of all the work we carry<br />
out. We received the remarkable sum of £250.00 and thank<br />
those who supported the sale so generously.<br />
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Some members recently took part in a Clay Shoot and<br />
there is to be an Archery event later in September.<br />
As this Newsletter goes to print U3A members will<br />
be enjoying a coach trip to the pretty market town<br />
of Stamford. There will be an outing to see the<br />
hilarious German comedian, Henning Wehn at Kings<br />
Lynn’s Corn Exchange and other members will enjoy<br />
the fabulous Christmas Spectacular at Thursford<br />
in December. The Wissey U3A meets on the first<br />
Thursday of every month at the Holme Hale Playing<br />
Field Pavilion. On <strong>October</strong> 6th the Speaker will give a<br />
presentation about ‘Prisoners of War in East Anglia’.<br />
More information about the Wissey U3A can be<br />
found by visiting the Wissey U3A Homepage on www.<br />
u3asites.org.uk/wissey. To enquire about Wissey U3A<br />
membership, either contact the Chairman, Ian Clews<br />
on 01760 721247 or the Membership Secretary, Stan<br />
Roberts on 01366 328086. Also look out for leaflets in<br />
the Community Centre, Library and the Green Britain<br />
Centre. Annual membership of the Wissey U3A costs<br />
£10. If you are a ‘Third Ager’, come along and give the<br />
Wissey U3A a try.
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