The Grampound Times

Christmas 2009 (Edition 52)
Our community in Cornwall

I am pleased that the “Grampound Times is able to help publicise the excellent work of Cornwall Hospice Care, which incorporates Mount Edgcumbe Hospice in St Austell and St Julia’s Hospice in Hayle, and is the charity which provides the only adult hospice care within the county. Every year thousands of people are touched by the work of the two hospices as their loved ones are given specialist palliative care to help them cope with life limiting illnesses.

Remembering a Loved One at Christmas

With Christmas fast approaching many people’s thoughts turn to celebrations and family and friends coming together. For others Christmas can be a time of reflection, remembering loved ones who may no longer be with us.

Cornwall Hospice Care’s Light Up A Life campaign not only gives people the chance to remember their loved ones and celebrate their lives, but also helps to raise some of the £5.3 million needed annually to provide adult hospice care to the people of Cornwall.

Those who take part in Light Up A Life are invited to one of the special services either at Truro Cathedral; The Humphry Davy Stature, Penzance; St Julia’s Hospice or Mount Edgcumbe Hospice. At the end of the service lights symbolising the lives of people being remembered are lit and each name is recorded in the special Book of Lights.

Retired St Julia’s Hospice nurse, Cathy Davey, has taken part in Light Up A Life for several years to personally remember loved ones lost, and to show her support for the work of Cornwall Hospice Care. “Having worked at the hospice for a number of years you see how deeply people feel when they lose a loved one.  Light Up A Life brings people together who share similar experiences and it can be a very important part of the healing process.  It helps people to remember loved ones at such a special time of the year,” said Cathy.

Cathy, who was a nurse at St Julia’s for fourteen years, is now retired but continues to remain as a member of the bank nursing staff. “The service itself is wonderful, such a warm and moving experience. It can be so meaningful for people who have lost a loved one and not just at one of the hospices. It is also very symbolic to see the names of those you are remembering written so beautifully in the Book of Lights,” she added.

The Light Up A Life services will be held at Penzance, at the Humphrey Davey statue on Saturday 28th November at 4:30pm, and at Truro Cathedral on Wednesday 2nd December at 6:30pm. There will also be services at St Julia’s Hospice on Sunday 6th December at 4:30pm and Mount Edgcumbe Hospice on Sunday 13th December at 4:30pm. The Books of Lights will be available to view at the end of each service.

If you would like to remember a loved one this Christmas through the Light Up A Life campaign please call Clare Bray on 01726 66869 or email cbray@cornwallhospice.co.uk.

For further information contact
Clare Bray, Events Officer, on 01726 66869.

 

 

 

 


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