Contents:
- Editor's welcome
- Paul Waugh: From Rochdale to Westminster
- Rachel Winnard: One in Two Million
- Rochdale Sixth Form College wins at prestigious Further Education awards
- Rev Mark Coleman
- Baillie Street Quarter
- Touchstones reopens with new exhibitions
- Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum
- Highlights of a Mayoral Year
- Fancy dress posties raise £1,700 for MIND
- John Swinden’s Captain Tom 100 challenge
- Littleborough’s Tackling Minds to become first organisation to work with NHS in prescribing angling
- Keith Hicks retires after 33 years of service at RAFC
- Bid for local digital radio signal
- Carpet Creations celebrates 25 years in business
- Help fill Springhill’s gardens with sunflowers in memory of your loved ones »
- Local author reminisces about Rochdale high streets in the 80s and 90s in new book
- After the storm, the healthy hazy days of summer
- Rochdale Heartbeat honoured with Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
- Ian Jenkins: Forty Years of Making Music
- Hairdressing Trend - Babylights
- Lasting Power of Attorney
- Cupcakes recipe
- Brown’s Cakes celebrates 10 years
- Beauty Feature: Coming back strong after lockdown
- Take a walk at Ealees
Summer 2021Help fill Springhill’s gardens with sunflowers in memory of your loved ones
Springhill invites you to take part in their Sunflower Appeal by dedicating a Sunflower in memory of your loved ones, filling the hospice gardens with a ‘bloom’ of sunflower plaques as a tribute to the special people who have brought love and joy to your lives.
You are invited to Springhill’s Summer Garden celebration on Sunday 8 August, where you can view and collect your sunflower plaque from our gardens. You can then display your personalised, keepsake sunflower plaque in your own meaningful place, whether this be your own garden or somewhere special inside your home.
Every donation received towards Springhill Hospice’s Sunflower Appeal will help to provide care, comfort and support for patients and their families.
Jean's story
My journey with Springhill Hospice began in 2013 after my husband Roy was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in October 2012.
At the end of April 2013 Roy started to go to the Day Hospice at Springhill. On his first visit I went with him and was allowed to stay and have lunch with him. On the third Monday, I received a call from the hospice saying that Roy wanted to come home, so our son Mark and I went to pick him up. Later that day he started to get a lot of pain.
We later returned to Springhill. His room was so homely. He had all clean bedding and a fresh jug of iced water on his table.
Unfortunately, Roy’s condition deteriorated quite quickly and he passed away with me by his side.
We had been married for 52 years; I can’t express enough, the love and care everyone at the hospice shows to the patients and their families.
I choose to support the Sunflower Appeal because it is a different way to support the hospice. Each sunflower plaque has the name of the person who it is dedicated to and it looks really pretty in the garden. It doesn’t cost too much money to support these fundraisers and if we all did our little bit, it would make such a difference.
The hospice is a big asset to Rochdale and surrounding areas. Each patient is treated with great dignity and all the doctors, nurses, and staff are fantastic. It is not a frightening place; it’s beautiful, happy, and I am so grateful that both my husband, and my sister died peacefully in such a wonderful place.
Please join me and dedicate a sunflower plaque to your loved one.
There is no minimum donation to make a dedication to Springhill’s Sunflower Appeal.
To find out more about Springhill’s Sunflower Appeal and make your dedication visit www.springhill.org.uk/sunflower-appeal or call the Fundraising Team on 01706 641790.