Our Christmas Card range is now available in shops and online, so don’t miss the chance to grab your favourite design as they are selling quickly This year, we offer three Ayrshire scenes for you to share with your loved ones: Burns Cottage, Ailsa Craig , and Culzean Castle . These designs are unique to the Ayrshire Hospice. In addition to our popular diaries and notebooks, we also present our Annual Calendar featuring stunning Ayrshire landscapes that can double as postcards. This year, these breathtaking photographs were captured by our talented facilities team who have truly captured Ayrshire at its most beautiful. Yule love it... Ayrshire Hospice’s Christmas range!
Café Ginger cycle to the Beatson!
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraising Officer
Friends, family and local businesses rallied around Café Ginger owner, Eddie Ecrepont, on his latest fundraising challenge and raised an incredible £5000! Eddie created the “Ginger Cycle” challenge, cycling the equivalent distance on a stationary bike from Café Ginger in Ayr to the Beatson
Centre in Glasgow and back. He undertook this journey to raise funds for Ayrshire Cancer Support and the Ayrshire Hospice after his wife, Fiona, received treatment at the Beatson Centre. Eddie cycled the distance with the help of friends and family outside of Café Ginger on Friday 29th September and took around five hours to complete the challenge.
Hope, Ayrshire Cancer Support’s mascot, as well as the Hospice mascot, Agent H, came along to cheer the team on and even got a few kilometres on the bike themselves! Eddie and Fiona were delighted to hand over the £5,000, split equally between both charities.
Available in our shops, our Fundraising Office at 29 Miller Road, Ayr or scan the QR code to shop online at ayrshirehospice.org
Ayrshire Hospice supporter Martin Boyle pushed himself to the limits by taking on the River Ayr Ultramarathon in August to raise £5,846. Martin’s ULTRA MARATHON raises over £5k By Claire Stuart-Paulin, Senior Fundraiser
Linking up with local businesses
By Ron Swanson, Fundraising Manager
What benefits could you and your business derive from partnering with the Ayrshire Hospice? Does your company have the potential to provide support? The Ayrshire Hospice collaborates with local businesses in various ways, including employee engagement, volunteering, fundraising activities, sponsorship, and establishing long-term partnerships.
In August this year, a squad of volunteers from British Gas were welcomed to the Hospice shop in Kilmarnock to work in the warehouse. As part of their ‘The Big Difference’ initiative, British Gas teams can choose a local charity to volunteer with. The team had a great day as they helped to tidy and organise the storage area above the Kilmarnock shop - just in time for Autumn buys to hit the shelves!
If you think that your colleagues or company may have an interest in supporting the Hospice, please reach out to Ron at 01292 288488 or email donate@ayrshirehospice. org and let’s explore how you can collaborate with the Ayrshire Hospice.
Starting bright and early on Friday 4th August, Martin first swam a 10k in Loch Doon before hot- footing it over to Glenbuck to run the 65 kilometres to the Ayrshire Hospice building on Racecourse Road in Ayr.
Martin, a fitness fanatic who has taken part in Ultramarathons previously, completed this phenomenal challenge by 10pm and wowed his family, friends and Hospice staff with a sprint at the finish line!
Thank you, Martin, for your incredible efforts in raising money for the Ayrshire Hospice.
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