Bike scheme raises over £100k
A local bike recycling scheme run by volunteers has now raised over £100,000 for local charities, including us.
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Our new drop-in in Derby city centre
Our new weekly drop-in service is for people affected by serious illness or bereavement.
Mount Everest climb raises £5000 for hospice
David Winsbury was just five years old when he vowed to climb Mount Everest one day. Despite twice being delayed due to Covid, he has finally realised his dream, raising more than £5,000.
Mechanical whizz raises thousands
Margaret Gregory is putting her passion for fixing things into a bike-recycling scheme which is helping raise thousands of pounds for us.
Our exercise classes help patient ‘feel good again’
Our exercise programmes have helped patient Kate ‘feel good again’ after she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2018.
Talking about death and dying: Tracey’s story
Tracey was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in 2020. She is sharing her story during Dying Matters Awareness Week, to encourage people to have conversations about death, dying and bereavement.
Grieving children supported through group therapy
When Rebecca’s older brother died tragically, she struggled to express her devastating loss. Thanks to our peer group therapy programme, Rebecca and many other children have learned how to express their grief.
Take the plunge for us!
An intrepid wild swimmer, who raised more than £1,400 for us, is encouraging others to take the plunge and enter the Great North Swim.
Supporting the Derby Cathedral Peace Doves Project
We are proud to be supporting Derby Cathedral’s large-scale Peace Doves art installation, which will see 8,000 paper doves suspended above the nave in Derby Cathedral.
Tackling Derby 10k in memory of childhood sweetheart
79-year-old Edward Porter, who married his long-lost childhood sweetheart, is completing the Derby 10k in her memory this weekend and raising money for us.