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Car dealership gives Hospice a helping hand

A local car dealership has offered a helping hand to local charity St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth to enable them to care for more patients at home.

Murray Skoda Plymouth, located in Valley Road Plympton has supplied a brand new Skoda Octavia Tour de France to be used by St Luke’s specialist nurses.

The nurses form part of St Luke’s new Crisis Team who provide terminally ill...

St Luke’s Hospice invests in Crisis Team

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth has invested £600,000 into a new Crisis Team to provide terminally ill patients a 72 hour window of specialist care at home.

The new service will complement existing care provisions currently provided to over 3,000 patients by St Luke’s at home; in hospital and in the hospice. The Crisis Team is another major milestone in the hospice’s core aim to reach out...

City College Plymouth Opens St Luke’s Retail Outlet

City College Plymouth, in partnership with St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth has recently opened a new retail outlet in the main reception area at the College’s Kings Road site.

The shop is open to the public and is selling a range of clothes and accessories in order to raise funds for the local charity. All the profits from the shops go directly to the Hospice and is open Monday to Wednesday...

Award winning treatment for St Luke's

The area outside the reception building at St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth looks stunning after local gardener Sam Ovens worked his green fingered magic and transformed the bare patches of earth in to a fantastic natural garden.

25 year old Sam, from Pelynt near Looe in Cornwall, recently won the Young Designer of the Year Award at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society’s Flower Show...

Still time to sign up for Tour de Moor 2014

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth are reminding cyclists that you only have a couple of weeks left to register the Tour de Moor 2014.

The ‘off road’ cycling event will return to Harrowbeer Airfield at Yelverton on Sunday 14 September, a month earlier than last year.

An estimated 1,500 cyclists will tackle the rugged and challenging Dartmoor terrain on a choice of a 15 or 35 mile...

Make a will and support St Luke's Hospice

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth is inviting you to sign up to their Make a Will Week in partnership with several kind hearted solicitors across Plymouth and the surrounding area.

Make a Will Week will run from until Friday 23 May 2014.

Local solicitors will give their time free of charge to update or write wills, in return for a donation to the Hospice.

This is an excellent...

Charity football in aid of St Luke's Hospice

The Range have organised for a charity football match in aid of St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth which will take place this Sunday (18 May).

Two teams have been made, one with employees from our Plymouth based Head Office and the other made from employees from our Devon and Cornwall stores (Exeter, Plymouth and Truro). All money raised will be going to St Luke’s Hospice, a charity chosen by...

Rockfest 2014: 2 days of live music for St Luke's

Rockfest is back for 2014: 2 days of live music for St Luke's

Tickets are now on sale for the 12th annual Plymouth Rockfest on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April 2014 at the Voodoo Lounge, Plymouth.

24 of the best local live bands around will be performing in a two day charity event in aid of St Lukes Hospice Plymouth.

Local bands this year include Thunderstruck, Rudis Message, Black Friday and Rusty Angels.

Real music for real people who want to have a good time and make a difference.

Event details:

Voodoo Lounge, Plymouth Saturday 19 April 19...

St Luke's donation bins collect over 12,000 bags

With the fast pace of modern day life and many of us working shift patterns sometimes you can find yourself doing a spring clean in the middle of the evening only to be left with the problem of what to do with the items that are in great condition but you no longer need.

Now no matter what time of the day, St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth are now giving supporters the chance to donate 24/7...

Meet Comet, St Luke's Hospice's newest recruit

There is a new member to the team at St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, but this is no ordinary staff member, he’s furry, has big floppy ears and will do anything for his favourite treat. Meet St Luke’s latest recruit, Comet the hospice dog.

Comet was bred to be a Hearing Dog for Deaf People but failed to make the grade because he has a condition called Cerebellar Hypoplasia. This has made...

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