Hospice of the Valleys -

30^th Anniversary Summer Raffle 2021!

Our 30th Anniversary Summer Raffle has been drawn!

3^rd Prize – 10x £30 cash

Here are the winning numbers

First prize and the lucky winner of £1000 – ticket number 035347
Second prize of £300 – ticket number 027064
10x £30 prizes – ticket numbers 067962 035561 , 023461, 107201 , 000863 , 057879 , 100503 , 100758, 036932 and 036867 .

Congratulations to all our winners!

It’s wonderful to be celebrating our 30^th Anniversary and with your help over the last thirty years we have been able to support over 10,000 patients and those who matter most to them. Making sure everyone within our local community gets the care and support they deserve when they need it the most.

Without your help we wouldn’t be here and for that we are truly grateful. We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and for being part of our 30th Anniversary Celebrations by purchasing a ticket for our Summer Raffle.

Every £1 ticket you purchased or sold, will help us continue our work now and in the future.

Here Lynsey Wheeler shares how the hospice helped her mum and family and the difference this support made.

Terms and Conditions

Restrictions: Entry is only open to residents of Great Britain. Tickets are not for sale to or by anyone under 16 years of age. If anyone is found to be under 16 they will automatically forfeit their right to a prize. The raffle is not open to employees of Hospice of the Valleys. Any tickets returned after the closing date will be treated as a donation to Hospice of the Valleys.

Prizes:

1^st Prize – £1,000 cash

2^nd Prize – £300 cash

3^rd Prize – 10 x £30 Cash

Draw date: The draw takes place on Friday 10^th September 2021, all tickets and money needs to be returned by Monday 6^th September 2021.

Notification of winners: The hospice will notify the winners by telephone. A list of winning ticket numbers will be available on our website www.hospiceofthevalleys.org.uk.

Whilst every effort will be made to contact winners, if we are unable to make contact within 90 days of the draw, excess prize funds will be used to fund Hospice of the Valleys work.

Winners will be asked if they are prepared to provide a photograph or to be photographed, and provide a quote about winning a prize to help Hospice of the Valleys to promote future fundraising draws. However, there is no obligation to do so.

Late entries: Any money received after the draw close date will be treated as a donation to help fund our work – thank you.

Responsible person: Alison Stallard Head of Income Generation and Marketing, Hospice of the Valleys, Festival Drive, Ebbw Vale, NP23 8XF

About the promoter: Hospice of the Valleys is a registered charity in England and Wales No. 517724. License is registered with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (License number 004).

Lynsey’s Story

‘You treated us like Family’

“Kindness is having the ability to speak with love, listen with patience and act with compassion” RAKtivist.

Whoever spoke these words is a stranger to me. For what reason they were spoken no one can say. But I find myself grateful to a stranger for giving me the words to express how I feel about the staff and volunteers at Hospice of the Valleys.

They came to us at our most difficult time when my mother had been diagnosed with cancer.

Kindness, patience and compassion was in abundance along with an expert duty of care and a gentle and professional demeanour towards tasks that needed to be done.

They came to us at all hours of the day and night giving us the help and support we needed and putting our minds at rest knowing my mother was in good hands.

Jonathan, from the Family Support team, supported me in a way that no one else has ever done, and our chats together helped me overcome some anxieties and come to terms with my mother’s passing. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions we spoke outside under a shelter at the Hospice and his calming words seemed to blend with the scenery. The hills, the trees, and the leaves seemed to rustle and speak in calming whispers.

The Hospice refused to let the pandemic hinder either treatment or care and whenever new restrictions or regulations threatened them in carrying out their duties, they found a way around it. Nurses and carers still came, and we slept at night because they continued to provide the support we needed.

The staff and volunteers at the Hospice were once strangers to us, but they treated us like their family.

Written by Lynsey Wheeler on behalf of her late mother Ann Wheeler, her father Brian Wheeler and sister Catherine Wheeler