Fundraising

All St Helena’s services are free to patients and their families. As a registered charity, we have to rely upon the generosity of our community to provide financial support for the work to continue.

It costs over £4.6 million a year to provide Hospice services, which are available to over 380,000 people in our region. Funding comes from a range of sources including; legacies, funds raised by our shops, events, our own lottery, donations from individuals as well as local businesses and support provided by grant making bodies. We are not part of the NHS but we do receive a grant from our local primary care trust (PCT) which contributes towards some of the services we provide to the community.

Every penny donated to St Helena Hospice really can make a difference. We would like to be in the position of not just maintaining current services but to help more people in the future by expanding our services. For this to happen we need more donors. We also need to constantly improve our facilities and equipment for patients and families, ensuring that we provide the best clinical standards and care. Some of these improvements are expensive but are also vital. Can you help us with these costs?

If you would like to support St Helena Hospice or would like further information, please contact the fundraising team.

 

How do you handle specific donations?

Sometimes donors have very specific views as to how they would like their money spent. When this is the case we receive the donation into a Restricted Fund and monitor it to ensure that it is only spent in line with the donor’s wishes. Sometimes we receive money that we are unable to spend because of the restrictions applied to the donation. In that situation, rather than holding the money in our bank accounts, we will contact the donor and discuss with them the possibility of using the money for a slightly different purpose, more in line with our current requirements.

 

Why is Gift Aid so important to St Helena?

If you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid offers a simple way to increase the value of your gift to Hospice by allowing us to reclaim the tax on your gift.