Tag Archive for: St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth

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BLOG: The culture of Dying Matters: Exploring death across cultures in Plymouth

For many, death is a taboo subject, avoided and dodged until it happens to you. This week is Dying Matters Awareness week (5-11 May), an opportunity to open up conversations about death and dying and break down the taboos surrounding it.

The theme this year is ‘The Culture of Dying Matters’, focusing on how different communities and cultures in the UK feel, talk about, and deal with death and dying – and what brings them together. Our Digital Communications Specialist Gabby Nott has been exploring the idea of death across cultures in our local community.

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BLOG: Lacing up for St Luke’s

Runners across Plymouth will be lacing up for St Luke’s on Sunday 11 May as they get ready to take to the streets of Plymouth for Run Plymouth’s half marathon, 10km and 5km at Britain’s Ocean City Running Festival. We will be meeting some of the runners who will be taking on the challenge in aid of St Luke’s as they share their stories.

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BLOG: How your old spare change can transform into cash for our care

They hide down the backs of sofas, long forgotten in an old wallet or purse, or are tucked away in a box in the attic…we have all rediscovered spare currency – whether British or foreign – hidden somewhere in our homes.
One of our volunteers had a great surprise last week when a few kindly donated old banknotes made over £700 in profit for St Luke’s care after listing them on our ebay store. He is now asking everyone to consider donating any unneeded or old currency to St Luke’s.
Ian Anderson has been volunteering for St Luke’s for the last 12 years and has been putting his unique skills to the test helping out with our ebay department based at our Western Approach store.

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BLOG: Making milestone moments thanks to St Luke’s

Getting married and giving birth are milestones in our lives that we always imagine our parents will be around to witness.
For Emma Fleming-Cooney, it was thanks to the comforting care of St Luke’s that enabled her mum Trisha Hilton to be able to watch her as she said I do to her now husband Thomas and meet her baby boy.
This summer Emma is embarking on an epic challenge of walking 300 miles in memory of her mum and as a way of saying thank you to St Luke’s for the care the family received.

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BLOG: Megan’s mighty challenge for Nanny Pearl

For many of us, holidays such as Easter and Christmas are when many of our memories with family are made, so they can be particularly poignant when you are missing a loved one.

It will be family memories spurring on one supporter as she takes on the Swansea 70.3 Ironman this summer in memory of her grandmother.

Megan Williams will be taking on the epic challenge in memory of her Nanny Pearl, who was cared for by St Luke’s before sadly, she died in December 2022.

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BLOG: Affordable, stylish and sustainable: our new Plympton charity shop has opened its doors!

With spring heralding new beginnings, what better time to open our newest charity shop? Featuring rails and shelves filled with carefully curated stock, our new Plympton shop welcomed its first customers this week, eager to see beyond the beautiful window display singing with the colours of the season.
Located just a step away from Iceland on the Ridgeway, the new store is full of affordable, sustainable, pre-loved treasures to profit hospice care for the local community. In this case, good-quality second-hand clothes and accessories artfully arranged by colour, plus items of homeware and bric-a-brac.

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BLOG: Remember together at St Luke’s Midnight Walk 2025

Let’s remember together, as St Luke’s iconic Midnight Walk returns on Friday 11 July.
Midnight Walk is our family-friendly event, with a heart full of hope, kindly sponsored once again by Michael Spiers. It’s a chance to shine a light on all those very special people who are no longer with us, while striding forward to secure the future of our hospice services at home and in our specialist unit.
From young children to teenagers, and from strollers to seasoned, long-distance striders, everyone is welcome to be part of the action. And this year, for the first time, there’s a choice of four routes rather than the traditional three.

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BLOG: How Taimur aced his final Men’s Day Out in spirit

Taimur Huq was a man who lived life to the full and inspired countless people to do the same. Not even a terminal diagnosis and being reliant on an oxygen tank 24 hours a day stopped him setting and achieving new goals.
An enthusiastic and loyal champion of St Luke’s Men’s Day Out for the past ten years, the former Maths teacher and outdoor education mentor was determined to take part in last weekend’s charity walk through the city, even though he would need to ride on his mobility scooter.
Sadly, Tay died just six days before the flagship annual event, but the success of his mission to raise funds so that others can experience the compassionate care St Luke’s offered him and his family during the last months of his life has now gone way beyond his wildest dreams.

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BLOG: Record-breaking 2,500 put their best foot forward for hospice care

An incredible 2,500 men took to the streets of Plymouth on Saturday, striding out to honour their much-missed loved ones and show their support for the independent charity that provides specialist end of life care for local families.
Sunny skies made an unexpected appearance as the biggest gathering yet of big-hearted chaps of all ages turned out for St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth’s Men’s Day Out, setting off from Plymouth Albion rugby ground at Devonport to walk 12km along the waterfront and through the city – a reversal of the route to ring the changes for regular participants.

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BLOG: Like father, like son: London to Paris for St Luke’s

A father and son duo will be pushing the pedals in aid of St Luke’s this summer as they take on a 250 mile cycling challenge from London to Paris.

Luke Clement and his 10-year-old son James, from Horrabridge are no strangers to two-wheeled escapades, so their chosen mode of transport for their upcoming challenge comes as no surprise.

This summer the pair will be cycling from London to Paris while raising money for St Luke’s. The challenge will be over the course of 5 days and will see them cycling 250 miles, starting at The Tower of London and finishing at The Eiffel Tower.

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