Sue Ryder Appeal: You can help a family spend a final Christmas together
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Hannah and her dad, Martin, only wanted one gift last Christmas – time together.
Martin was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, but with the help and support of Sue Ryder, he was able to spend his final Christmas at home with his loved ones.
Now, Sue Ryder – which runs Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire - has launched an appeal to help families spend their final Christmas together, surrounded by love.
By making a donation this festive period, you can help somebody just like Martin spend a final Christmas at home, in familiar surroundings with those closest to them.
“Without Sue Ryder we just wouldn’t have been able to have dad at home. We had the help of a Sue Ryder Nurse who was absolutely brilliant,” said Hannah.
“It was only ten weeks from his diagnosis that dad passed away, but we did get to have Christmas with him, and it was also my 21st in December so he was there for my birthday, too.”
The Covid pandemic has taken its toll and cruelly robbed so many families of valuable moments - the opportunity to laugh, cry, hug and share memories - so this Christmas, time together is more precious than ever.
Tragically, every four and a half minutes, somebody in the UK dies without the specialist care they need – your help will ensure Sue Ryder’s specially trained nurses, can continue to give people choice about where they spend their last days, as well as providing expert, compassionate care, pain relief and bereavement support to loved ones.
With a predicted increase in demand for palliative care of 55% over the next decade, combined with the pandemic, a shrinking workforce and under investment, the appeal launches at a critical time for the UK’s Hospice Movement – of which Sue Ryder is one of the leading providers. The immense pressure on the movement means your help is needed now more than ever.
To donate, go to www.sueryder.org/supportxmas - your support will positively impact people like Hannah, who cherishes the memory of spending her dad’s last Christmas with him at home:
“There’s no way that we can fully repay Sue Ryder for what they did for my dad and us as a family. Sue Ryder helped us to get it right and have dad at home with us as he wanted.”
