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Ollie takes on the Manchester Marathon for his Auntie Rita

February 4, 2020 | 3:01pm

Rita Joyce with (from left) Dominic Wynn, Sean and Sarah Heneghan, Matt O’Brien and Ollie Wynn

Ollie, from Monton, has joined the St Ann’s Hospice team for the event as a thank you for caring for Rita (78) before she died of cancer 18 months ago.

It will be Ollie’s first marathon after he ran a 10k in his home city and a 5k race in New York.

I’m running for St Ann’s because I want to help them continue their amazing work. The hospice looked after my auntie and supported our family so brilliantly in her final weeks.
She was a fabulous woman as anyone who knew her would agree and was loved by everyone. She was a huge character and had a cheeky sense of humour that could light up any room.
The hospice relies on charitable donations to keep its doors open and St Ann’s needs to raise £20,000 a day to continue to provide the care and support so many patients and families need.

Ollie Wynn

To sponsor Ollie visit justgiving.com/fundraising/olliewynn

The 2020 course has a new route with a three-mile city centre loop with the finish line at the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground.

Entry is free for runners pledging to raise £300 for St Ann’s – the amount which could pay for a patient to attend a day therapy session at the hospice.

Perks as a Team St Ann’s member include a #TeamStAnns running vest; fundraising pack; training and nutrition advice; a cheer point along the route; regular meet-ups; post-race reception and an events team supporting runners every step of the way.

Runners with their own place have no minimum sponsorship. For more details or to join Team St Ann’s for another challenge this year, email events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3631.

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Maria trains for her Arctic trek

February 4, 2020 | 2:37pm

But the Didsbury-based event organiser will do whatever it takes to build her strength for her three-day expedition in March.

An 80-kilometre walk in temperatures below minus 30 degrees Celsius, pulling her belongings on a sled, wearing snow shoes, will be the ultimate test of endurance.

I prefer warmth to be honest and don’t cope very well with the cold. I get circulation problems even on a mild summer’s day but it’ll be an inspiring personal challenge.

It’ll be a tough, emotional and physical experience and a journey to remember friends who’ve passed.

Maria Stripling

Maria is hoping the organised trek will generate a quarter of the £16,000 she wants to raise for St Ann’s.

Other fundraising plans reflect her love of gardens. Maria is organiser of Didsbury Open Gardens and is hoping the next event on Sunday, June 21, will boost her total.

She is also offering garden makeovers for home owners by using her creative gardening skills to suggest plant ideas and designs.

For a garden consultation email maria.stripling@zen.co.uk and to donate visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mariastriplingstannstrek

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Krisna takes on the Manchester Marathon

January 21, 2020 | 4:26pm

Krisna, from Swinton, was at the bedside of Sean Archer almost every day during his stay at St Ann’s Hospice.

Sean, from Ancoats, spent 11 months as an inpatient at the Little Hulton hospice before he died of cancer in August 2017, aged just 29.

Krisna is raising funds for St Ann’s, MIND and The Christie, where Sean was also treated, when he undertakes his first marathon.

Sean had one of the longest stays of any inpatients at the hospice which showed how brave he was battling his illness.
I was there all the time to support him and the staff there were amazing, lifting his spirits and providing comfort in his time of need.

Krisna Lakhani , A regional officer for financial services trade union Accord

After completing the Manchester half marathon in a personal best time, Krisna runs the same distance in Bath in March before his marathon attempt.

* To sponsor him visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com/KrisnaLakhani

The 2020 course has a new route with a three-mile city centre loop with the finish line at the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground.

Entry is free for runners pledging to raise £300 for St Ann’s – the amount which could pay for a patient to attend a day therapy session.

Runners with their own place have no minimum sponsorship. For more details email events@sah.org.uk or call 0161 498 3628.

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Noddy Holder entertains at charity lunch

January 14, 2020 | 12:55pm

The one-time lead singer with Slade entertained an audience of 260 at The Mere Golf Resort and Spa with tales from his music career.

Fellow guest speaker Martin Murray, from St Helens, told how he turned his back on a life of crime to become a successful boxer and family man.

The event was organised by Pat and Paula Loftus, from High Legh, who have raised around £65,000 for St Ann’s from their Christmas lunches.

St Ann’s Hospice is almost 50 years old and does incredible work caring for those with life-limiting illnesses. We’d like to thank everyone for their generous support, especially the north west business community.

Pat, Retired vice chair of Deloitte

Guests included footballers stars Paul Dickov, Dennis Tueart, Brian Horton and Kevin Moran, ex-cricketer Neil Fairbrother, Rugby League’s Paul Sculthorpe and Emmerdale actor Chris Bisson.

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New Year New Challenge

January 14, 2020 | 11:28am

Whatever your fitness level, we have a challenge to suit you, from a full-on marathon to a 5km run or walk complete with four amazing bubble stations. As well as giving those who want to get active a specific event to train for, those taking part will have an even bigger sense of achievement when they cross the finish line knowing that they have also raised valuable funds to look after local people living with life-limiting illnesses.

Greater Manchester residents wanting to support St Ann’s can take part in the Manchester Marathon, our Midnight Walk or even the London Marathon in April. These are followed by the Great Manchester Run and Tour De Manc in May and our Bubble Rush and Great North Swim in June. In September fundraisers can reach new peaks with a Snowden Trek or take a gentler approach with our month long Step Up challenge. Manchester’s half marathon takes place in October then to round off the year there’s the popular Christmas Pudding Dash run in partnership with the hospice in December.

Looking ahead to October 2021, the hospice’s adventurous supporters will have the once in a lifetime chance to take part in St Ann’s sponsored Great Wall of China Trek. During the trek people will have the amazing opportunity to lay a brick in the Great Wall in memory of a loved one or to celebrate their achievement. Local residents interested in signing up are being invited to come along to St Ann’s in Heald Green on 5^th February to find out more.

I took part in our Step Up challenge last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. It really gave me a great incentive to get active and because I could walk or run I could push myself as much or as little as a felt I could. With the range of events we have lined up for next year people can choose what’s best for them based on their own fitness level and how much training they can do, so they can raise money for a great cause and keep their New Year’s resolution at the same time.

Eamonn O’Neal , Chief Executive of St Ann’s

Signing up to a sporting event is a fantastic way to challenge yourself and improve your fitness. Whether you’re new to exercise and looking for the motivation to get started or if you’re a seasoned exerciser looking for a new challenge, there is an event for you. You’re guaranteed an amazing atmosphere with your fellow participants and supporters who’ll be with you every step of the way and being able to remind yourself that you’re raising funds for St Ann’s will also be a great incentive to keep going.

Emma Cooke, Personal Trainer and Online Coach at the Wellbeing-Project in Manchester

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Get ready to buzz with excitement for the Manchester Midnight Walk 2020!

January 7, 2020 | 4:22pm

The event’s popular bee theme will be back this year and another familiar presence will be local company Betfred, which is sponsoring the 10km moonlit walk around some of Manchester’s most iconic landmarks for the sixth year.

Our Manchester Midnight Walk is a key date in our diary, and with the number of supporters joining us increasing every year, it’s clearly a highlight for our wonderful supporters across Greater Manchester too.

The walk has raised more than £2million since it began, and the money raised helps St Ann’s to continue providing their specialist care to local patients and their families.

This year we’re hoping that Manchester city centre will be a bigger hive of activity than ever on the night. It really is wonderful to see so many people coming together to have fun and show their pride for our great city and support for Manchester’s hospice.

Eamonn O’Neal, Chief Executive of St Ann’s Hospice

It’s an honour for Betfred to be sponsoring this fantastic event for the sixth year. The hospice is very close to Fred’s heart and his support has been a huge benefit to the hospice. The St Ann’s Team work endlessly to ensure that this event delivers on its fundraising goals. I look forward to attending and seeing the seas of yellow and black! Good luck to all the walkers taking part on Friday 24th April.

Gemma Strath-Billington, Group Head of Marketing at Betfred

The walk starts at midnight, and participants will take on a 10km loop which starts and ends at Manchester Cathedral. Warm up entertainment starts at 9pm, with music, disco and refreshments available before the walk begins.

The Midnight Walk has been incredibly popular since we launched it 14 years ago, and as those who have taken part in the past know, there’s a real party atmosphere. Many walkers take part in memory of lost loved ones, whilst others join in simply for a night of fun and fundraising.

I’m looking forward to seeing lots of bees buzzing around on the route this year but anyone who isn’t a fan of dressing up shouldn’t worry, please still come along, everyone’s support is very much appreciated.

Eamonn O’Neal , Chief Executive of St Ann’s Hospice

We’re asking participants to support our patients by pledging to raise £100 in Midnight Walk sponsorship this year. This amount could fund its ambulance for a day or provide a two-hour specialist rehabilitation session for one of its patients.

A special early bird rate is available for keen walkers who book their place by 29^th February 2020.

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Happy New Year to all of our supporters

January 7, 2020 | 11:42am

I can’t believe another 12 months has passed and we’re looking back at 2019.

The last year has been a bit of a whirlwind at St Ann’s, with so much going on as we launched new services for patients and their families, and developed new and innovative ways to raise the money we need to continue providing our specialist care.

This year we’ll be entering our 50^th year of caring for local patients, and as we lead up to our 50^th birthday in May 2021, it’s amazing to reflect on the fact that St Ann’s has been providing care for generations of people across Greater Manchester for almost half a century. But, what’s even more amazing, is the fantastic communities who have supported us and enabled us to provide that care – we simply wouldn’t still be here without you.

Local people have been so supportive over the years, whether that’s by choosing to come to our events, make donations, remember us in their Will, play our lottery, or grab a bargain in one of our 14 hospice shops. And with £20,000 a day to fundraise to keep our services running for local patients, we couldn’t be more grateful for your help.

We’ve exciting plans for the coming year, which we’re hoping will make a real difference to the lives of future generations of patients with life-limiting illnesses in our local communities. We need to ensure that specialist hospice care provision is still here in fifty years’ time, that the hospice care of the future remains fit for purpose, and that it’s suitable for meeting the ever-changing needs of patients, right when they need it most. I’ve absolutely no doubt that, as we share plans and look ahead to the next half-century of care in Greater Manchester, our amazing supporters will rally round to help us to ensure that we can continue to do just that.

I’d, therefore, like to wish a very Happy New Year to you all and send a sincere thank you for all your kind and unending support for our work.

Whether you’re one of more than 700 fantastic volunteers who give your valuable time to help us, someone who has been to one of our events, or made a donation, or you’re a health professional who has helped us to provide the very best care for local patients, I can’t thank you enough.

Time does fly by so quickly but you really do enable us to make every minute, hour and day count for our patients and their loved ones.

We’re extremely grateful, and I wish you all the best for what I’m sure will be an exciting and prosperous new year.

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Why I’m taking part in the Manchester Marathon

December 20, 2019 | 3:16pm

Sometimes I still find it weird to say I’m a runner, I’m not the fastest in the world – but I’m still a runner. I started running as a hobby back in 2010 when I ran the Manchester 10k. Since then I have ran two more 10k’s, 15 half marathons and one marathon. So I guess I really am a runner!

Time has never really been important to me, but for my next run… it really is. I am taking part in the Manchester Marathon on Sunday 5^th April and I’m determined to beat my time from London Marathon 2017 … of 5 hours, 17 minutes. I don’t even care if it’s 2 minutes faster, as long as I beat my time.

I told myself after the London Marathon that I would never run a marathon again. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, not just on the day itself – but all the training. It took over my life for a few months. But it was 100% worth it. I learnt massively that unless your legs physically break – you can carry on running. It’s definitely mind over matter, which I think I am an expert in now! Running a marathon is emotional, hard work but such a personal achievement.

I would say the main reason for me taking part in the Manchester Marathon is to raise money for St Ann’s Hospice. I started working for St Ann’s as the Fundraising Manager back in October 2018 and cannot begin to explain how proud I am to work for such a wonderful organisation. I meet incredible patients and families, volunteers, staff and fundraisers every single day. St Ann’s believes that everyone deserves the best, high quality care, which I agree with too and I honestly don’t know where we would be without our hospices.

I think one thing that will keep me going on the day is remembering the work we do and the difference we make to patients, their families, and loved ones. I remember when I was helping at the Manchester Half Marathon cheer point in October, a lady came over to me and gave me a huge hug and she said “thank you for the work you do, you looked after my brother and I’ll never forget it” – this meant so much to me and I’ll never forget that she did that. In fact, I am pretty sure her hug and words were what sealed the deal –because I signed up the following day because of it!

I am so excited to be part of Team St Ann’s at the Manchester Marathon in April. I can’t wait for the atmosphere, to run past the hospice cheer point and meet the other hospice runners.

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