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Featured Fundraiser
Willen
Hospice offers specialist physical, emotional, spiritual and
practical support to people with life limiting conditions, at differing
stages of the illness.
 The personal circumstances, beliefs, dignity, choices, needs
and privacy of patients is always respected
Support is also offered to families, friends and
carers.
The hospice is committed to continuously reviewing and improving its
services.
Willen Hospice is a registered charity that provides specialist care
for people whose illness no longer responds to curative treatment
(also known as specialist palliative
care).
We work in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas and are based at a
quiet lakeside area close to the City Centre. We provide care for
people from the age of 18 years upwards and care focuses on four key
areas --
Specialist symptom
control
Working
for you
 Our approach to care is multi-disciplinary, all working as a
team to benefit those for whom we care. Many of our patients have
cancer but we also offer care to people with other life limiting
conditions.
Peters story
"The treatment that Peter
received at Willen was wonderful. The care and respect shown
towards
him was amazing. It does not feel like a
hospital but rather as
though you are in someone's home."
When Peter French was diagnosed with an
inoperable brain tumour it turned his family upside down, it felt like
there was no hope for the last months of his life. That was until his
partner, Chris, was recommended the Hospice by their doctor.
Peter French was just like any other hardworking, determined 54 year
old when he was diagnosed with Anaplastic Astrocytoma, which is a type
of brain tumour. Always a healthy person, Peter played golf on a weekly
basis so the news came as a massive shock to his family and friends.
His partner Chris became his main support and was with him until the
very last day. She describes his illness;
“It was located in the right frontal lobe and because of its size and
position was inoperable and incurable.”
It was some time after that Chris looked into Willen Hospice, she like
many others saw the Hospice as a final place, effectively where one
goes to die.
“As Peter’s condition deteriorated our GP recommended that Peter be
admitted to the Hospice. Although we were initially against the idea,
his doctor convinced us that it was the best place to go for all round
care.
Peter stayed at Willen Hospice as an in-patient for four weeks, until
his condition was stabilised enough for him to return home where he
received on-going treatment and care from the Community Care team.
Chris became actively involved in Peter’s care and says
that:
“The staff were more than happy for me to do this and involved me in
all aspects of his care. They even taught me to test his blood sugar
levels and inject him with the correct dose of insulin… as he’d become
a diabetic. Willen Hospice gave me the ability to care for
Peter in the final few weeks of his life. They enabled me to draw on
strengths I did not even know I had. With their help I was able to give
Peter his final wish to die peacefully at home. I will be eternally
grateful to them.”
As enough time has passed, Chris is to become a volunteer at the
Hospice - which she is very much looking forward
to.
Fundraising- Running costs for
Willen Hospice are
over £3.4 million.
- We have to raise all but 25% of
this amount ourselves.
- We have 9 Willen Hospice
shops (7 general, 1 bookshop and 1 furniture store)
- Our weekly lottery raised over £130,000 last year
Willen
Hospice is pleased to be associated with eSay-uk.com and welcomes
opportunities to receive referral commissions and direct donations from
eSay customers during the course of transactions.
Please add Willen Hospice as a Favored Fund raiser
in the Charitable Links area of your eSay members back
office.
Featured event - The Midnight Moo 2009
 On Saturday
18th July 2009 1,000 ladies walked 10 miles at night as part of Milton
Keynes’ first ever midnight walk – the MK Midnight
Moo. The event was organised by Willen
Hospice and raised over
£100,000.
AskMK TV were on hand to capture the magic of the event:
Register for 2010 Midnight Moo, Click here
Click here to visit the Willen Hospice forthcoming events
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