Ride to the Sun
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraising Officer
The Ayrshire Hospice Clinical team met with a fundraiser this summer who handed over a cheque for £1,490 after they completed their Ride to the Sun challenge. In December 2022, Allan’s mother- in-law, Joan, was admitted to the In-Patient Unit and he subsequently learned that the Hospice relied on public donations to support the services they were receiving.
This was all the motivation he needed to sign up for the 100-mile cycle, Ride to the Sun. Having only started road cycling in September 2022, this was a massive challenge for Allan but after the care and support the whole family received, he was more determined than ever to cross that finish line. Allan told us that setting off at Bitts Park Carlisle, and then heading the 100 miles to make it to Crammond, Edinburgh for the sunset, was just
such an amazing experience. In July, Allan visited the IPU to spend some time with the nursing staff to talk about the work they do every day and to say thank you for the wonderful care his family received. Having fully caught the cycling bug, Allan is already making plans for his next fundraising challenge to support the Hospice – good luck, Allan!
From Hampden to Irvine Meadow with the Tartan Army
The Tartan Army friends of the late Mark Torrance honoured their friend by walking from Hampden to Irvine Meadow on Saturday 6th May. Walking over 23 miles, 17 of Mark’s friends took on the challenge and raised over £10,000 Ian, along with Mark’s wife Alison, organised the route with pitstops Craig’s Merry Band complete the River Ayr Walk A massive congratulations and thank you to Craig Burns and his 38 walking buddies who walked the 44-mile River Ayr Walk for the Ayrshire Hospice. Although they didn’t all manage to finish, they banded together to raise a whopping £15,907 in aid of the Hospice.
and support from Irvine Meadow Football Club. Alison and her two daughters, Annie and Eilidh, accompanied by their friends, walked the final miles with the Tartan Army as they approached Meadow Park ahead of the match against Auchinleck Talbot. It was a fantastic day in Mark’s memory with friends and family sharing their favourite memories of him along with his love for both Irvine Meadow and the Scotland
team, and his travels across the world with the Tartan Army. They raised a phenomenal £10,085! It was a great way to honour their friend and loved one. They have been planning this since Mark’s passing and were delighted to finally accomplish this amazing achievement. Thank you Ian, Alison, Irvine Meadow FC and everyone involved for their efforts.
Improving patient goals in the community
The Ayrshire Hospice has been working to improve its recording of patients’ goals in the community through a partnership between the Respite and Response service and the Clinical Governance and Practice Development team. In April 2023, after noticing not all patients had up-to-date, personalised goals recorded, Maria Wan of the Respite and Response team had an idea about a quality improvement project and worked with the Clinical Governance Practice Development team to develop an aim of better-recording patient goals from their caseload.
At the outset, Maria delivered a presentation to her team
The results show a great improvement, with compliance going from 60% at the outset, to 100% of patients having goals documented in the final week, exceeding the aim of 95%. Moving forward, these results have been shared with the Care and Quality Governance Group, and consideration is being given as to how the learning from this work can be shared across other settings in the Hospice. Monthly audits of the Respite and Respite caseload will continue to ensure these high standards are maintained.
highlighting the importance of goal setting and recording at each visit. A baseline audit was then completed, which found that 40% of the Respite and Response caseload did not have up-to-date or person- centred goals documented. Since then, a random selection of case notes has been audited fortnightly, with results plotted on a run chart to track progress and look for any trends in the data. When audits showed a dip in compliance, Maria did some work with the team to ensure a consistent approach was being taken.
They faced various challenges throughout the walk from soaring temperatures to some nasty blisters - rumour has it they are still recovering! Everyone who took part in the walk put their heart and soul into this challenge and the Ayrshire
Hospice is extremely grateful for their support.
They completely smashed it and what a phenomenal amount raised, everyone who took part should be so proud of themselves. Thank you from everyone at the Hospice and well done!
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