The Bulletin

{For staff and volunteers at St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House} June 2017

Thank you to our volunteers!

Continued over...

During this month we have held several thank you get togethers for both St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House, to recognise and celebrate the difference our wonderful volunteers make. From helping out with administration or manning the reception desk, to cheering on our runners at fundraising events, our volunteers provide an invaluable amount of dedication and support to our organisation and we wanted to show our enormous gratitude to them.

Volunteers from all areas of St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House attended, including hospice volunteers, community volunteers, fundraising volunteers and those who give their time in our retail shops. During these events, several staff members and Trustees shared updates with the volunteers who attended and spoke about the importance of each and every volunteer to the services that each hospice provides.

Volunteers getting together at Chestnut Tree House

Ruth Taylor, Trustee, presenting Chris Dell with her ten year Long Service badge

We held two volunteer thank you events at Chestnut Tree House on 12 June. It was a fantastic day, with over 150 volunteers attending and it was a great opportunity for staff and volunteers to get together across all areas of the hospices and meet other fellow volunteers. The volunteers were also able to walk around the beautiful grounds at Chestnut Tree House and visit the Woodland Walk area, and help themselves to a delicious spread of food, kindly made by our talented Catering Team.It was also a chance for us to recognise what volunteers do for us in so many ways and award fifteen different Long Service Awards, ranging from five years service to twenty years!Two of our thank you get togethers were organised for our Retail volunteers and you can read more about this in the Retail section of this bulletin.The last three events taking place on 28, 29 and 30 June hope to bring at least another 150 volunteers together at the Clapham and Patching Village hall and at St Barnabas House. Well done to the Voluntary Services Team for organising these wonderful events and a big thank you to all staff members who have given their time and worked hard to make them a huge success. And, of course, an even bigger thank you to all of our incredible volunteers who continue to give us their time and generously support us in what we do - we couldn’t run our services without you!

Some of our wonderful volunteers enjoying the food at Chestnut Tree

House

Director of Finance, Max Caunhye, speaking to Retail volunteers

Ruth Taylor, Trustee, presenting Mark Ward with his five year Long Service

Award.Anne Holness receiving her five year Long Service Award from

Patricia Woolgar, Trustee.Joan Chatwood receiving her ten year Long Service Award

Staff and Volunteer News...Hello and welcome...

Farewell and thank you...

• Ruth O’Connell - STB Nurse Specialist

• Susie Ford - CTH Staff Nurse

• Cheryl Tolladay - CTH Bank Staff Nurse

• Emma Page - Events Assistant and Administrator

• Neve Paolucci - STB Housekeeping

• Tina Halford - STB Staff Nurse

Congratulations!Maeve Tonner, Clinical Educator for

Chestnut Tree House completed her

Post Graduate Certificate of Education in

Professional Practice.

Well done Maeve!

Lisa Ford, another one of our Clinical Educators at

Chestnut Tree House will be starting a new post

as Children’s Nursing Lecturer at the University of

Brighton, alongside her role at Chestnut Tree House.

This will provide a great link for Chestnut with the

university and provide the opportunity for us to be

involved in research activities.

Well done Lisa!

Carina Jowett, Specialist Palliative Care

Nurse in CPCT at St Barnabas House

has just completed and passed her Nurse

Prescribing Training at Masters level!

Congratulations Carina!

Cycle to work day - save the date!On Friday 14 July there will be a mass cycle to work for St Barnabas House members of staff.

The plan is to meet at Worthing Pier at 8am with a view to heading off at 8.15am sharp. The team will head along the seafront then up and along to Goring via a couple of pick-up points for anyone wishing to join the ‘peloton’ en route.Once we reach St Barnabas House, the Catering Team will be offering a restorative bacon sandwich and a coffee to the riders. Hugh has kindly offered that all participants can leave 30 minutes early in the afternoon.If you are interested please could you confirm by emailing Steven.Williams@stbh.org.uk. Please also advise of any special dietary requirements.

Staff and Volunteer News...Stay cool at work

this summer!• Drink plenty of water

- especially alongside caffeinated drinks

which can actually dehydrate you.

• Make sure you are dressed comfortably - men (and women!) can wear tailored

shorts and polo shirts as long as it is

appropriate for your role at work.

• Wear sunscreen if you’re out and

about - you are susceptible to sunburn even if

you’re just in the sun for a half hour lunch

break!

• Don’t suffer in silence - if you are stuggling at work in the heat speak to your manager. Something as

simple as a fan may make your working environment more comfortable.

Voluntary Services Assistant, Ben Hall and Marketing Coordinator, Sam Skilton

Staff and Volunteer News

Please complete our staff survey!

We launched our staff survey on

Monday 19 June and to date we

have had a response rate of 46%.

Thank you to all of you who have

completed the survey so far.

For those of you who have been

away, please take 10 minutes to

follow the link and take the survey.

We really need to hear from as

many staff as possible.

We know there are lots of things

we need to address or improve

and that there are other things

we all do pretty well. This survey

will help highlight our areas for

development as well as what our

strengths are. Please get involved

and let us know what you think.

Please also make good use of the

free text boxes for any extra comments.

Deadline to complete this survey is Monday 10 July 2017.

The survey results will come back to us by the end of August and we will

be able to feed back to you by mid-September and once again ask you to

get involved to assist with any plans on what we need to do to address the

lower scores. We will also be celebrating some successes and with the benchmarking

against other charities, we will get a clear picture of how we are performing

against similar organisations.

You can find the link to the survey in your emails - if you are reading this

Bulletin electronically you can follow the link by clicking here.

If you have any queries please email Gillian.Brennan@stbh.org.uk.

We’re having a health check!

Thank you!

What’s this?

It’s a staff survey to check the ‘temperature’ of our organisation!

We want to know what the ‘hot’ topics of concern are and where we are ‘all cool’ and doing well.Please take part - it will take you 10 minutes and will really help us get a complete diagnosis.

You can take the survey from 19 June 2017.

The deadline for ‘health checks’ will be 10 July 2017. Please complete the survey before this date!

Look out for an email to you with a link to the survey. If you have any queries please email Gillian.Brennan@stbh.org.uk.

St Barnabas House News

On Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June, we held two times of dedication to bless the sunflowers planted at the front of St Barnabas House, led by our Chaplain, Stephen Gurr.

Families and friends joined together to remember their loved ones at each service. Each sunflower has the name of the person to whom it has been dedicated. Thank you so much to everyone who supported this year’s Sunflower Memories Appeal, which has raised an amazing £25,417.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the times of dedication a success, including Lesley Leng who wrote the names of the loved ones on the sunflowers and then along with her husband Robert planted them. Dennis Say and Graham Wingfield who assisted visitors with car parking. Ann Rimmer, Sue Bartle, Avril Pizzey, Brien Howard, our volunteer counsellors, were there to support family members if needed. Jenny Davis who looked after reception at the 6pm service. Iris Hanney, Cora Gillies, Pam Symington, Melanie Staunton, Jean Hornby and June Rudman for helping to staff the coffee shop.

On Saturday 10 June we also held a children’s bereavement event at the hospice, alongside the Sunflower Memories blessings. Seventeen children and twenty five adults participated in some fun activities, to remember and celebrate the lives of their loved ones.

The Education room was buzzing with people decorating flower pots, planting sunflower seeds, making paper sunflowers to go on our memory wall, and writing and drawing at our memories table. Everyone joined in and comments included:

‘It was good to be with other children who are in the same situation. And see that life goes on.’

‘Engaging and helped us to remember. Nice to be here together as a family.’

‘Craft making and activities is great fun.’

‘In our busy lives, it gave us the chance to stop and remember Grandma and talk about her.’

The event enabled families to come together and talk to each other, to meet other families in the same situation, as well as an opportunity to remember a loved one. We hope to hold this event again next year as we continue to develop our service for bereaved children.

Sunf lower Memories services of dedication

St Barnabas House News

Carers Week was 12 - 18 June and to celebrate we held a lovely vintage tea party in the Day Hospice at St Barnabas House. We invited patients, carers, friends and family members to come and socialise and have some tea and cakes.The event was a huge success and the cakes were delicious!

Vintage Tea in Day Hospice

Di and John Clinton, along with their Aunty Ivy, organised a garden party and managed to raise an incredible £440 for St Barnabas House through selling raffle tickets. Well done for their brilliant efforts!

Our volunteer drivers with some of the Day Hospice visitors

A few of the Day Hospice visitors Our wonderful Day Hospice team enjoying the delicious cakes!

Raffle Success!

Head of Family Services ordainedCongratulations to Steve Everard, Head of our Family Services Team at St Barnabas House, who, in a special service on 10 June in East Grinstead, was ordained a priest in the Church of England. Steve will continue in his role as Head of Family services and social worker while continuing to serve as a part time curate in the parishes of North Mundham, Merston and Hunston, just south of Chichester.

Steve with the Bishop of Horsham and fellow ordinands

Steve with his wife, daughter and members of his church family

More St Barnabas House News

Spotted at St Barnabas...Welcome to our new seagull friend...

Mr Seagull has become a regular visitor to the roof window situated in the corridor between Finance, Voluntary Services and the Maintenance Team at St Barnabas House. On one of the sunnier days we’ve had recently he happily posed for this photograph, taken by our Head of Estates, Steve Williams.

Fundraising photoshoot funIn an attempt to gather more St Barnabas House fundraising images for the photo library, Caroline Smith, Marketing Officer for St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House, organised a small photoshoot at the hospice.

Several staff members kindly volunteered their time to be a part of the photoshoot and we managed to get quite a few images that we can now use on our websites, fundraising literature and social media posts. (Plus a few that didn’t make the cut but provided entertainment nonetheless - Exhibit A pictured above...)

A big thank you to all who came outside and joined in!

They grow up so fast!Two of our biggest supporters, Connor and Bradley Baker paid St Barnabas House a visit this month and we marvelled at how much they’d grown since we last saw them!

They have a bit of a way before they catch up with our Marketing Coordinator, Sam Skilton, who stands at an impressive 6’7”. However, we discovered they are fast catching up with our Donor Marketing Officer, James Millen at 5’2.5”!

We couldn’t resist the photo opportunity here!

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Chestnut Tree House News

Darts champions!Chestnut Tree House staff and volunteers were crowned Ladies champions of the Cuckfield and Lindfield Rotary Club darts marathon last week. The competition has been running for 18 years and has raised an incredible £26,717 for Chestnut Tree House over the past 11 years!

Teams taking part in the marathon choose their own venue - generally a good pub with a dart board! Members of the Rotary Club attend to keep score, and the teams take turns to throw darts for one hour, to score as many points as they can. It’s fast, it’s furious, and it’s ever so very slightly dangerous! The Chestnut Tree House ladies team this year consisted of Paula Canning from Admin, volunteer and Southern Water employee Nicky Emery, and Jayne Todd, Jo Smith and Caroline Roberts-Quigley from Community Fundraising. The winning score was 25,101 beating the previous winners (of 3 years in a row) by over 2,000 points!

The team had a fun-filled evening, although noted that it was harder work than an aerobics class! Thanks to the team for taking part, thanks to the George and Dragon in Tarring for hosting the competition and laying on sandwiches, and most of all, big thanks to the Rotary Club of Cuckfield and Lindfield for their amazing support.

Next year we are hoping to enter a ladies and a men’s team, so watch out for recruitment emails in the New Year!

Micro pigs and donkeys!The Fun and Friendship youth group had a visit from White Rock Farm last month, bringing along a selection of their baby animals. The young people said that their favourites were Rosie the donkey and the micro pig who was only a few days old - and of course watching the greedy lambs and Pig-sheep being fed.A big thank you to Emma and her team from White Rock Farm for coming to visit the Fun and Friendship youth group - everyone had a great time!

Paula Canning, Nicky Emery, Jayne Todd, Jo

Smith and Caroline Roberts-Quigley

Lyra petting the Micro Pig! The lambs

Rosie the donkey

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Chestnut Tree House News

Afternoon tea in the sun at Chestnut Tree House It was a beautiful sunny day on Tuesday 13 June, and the Community Fundraising Team were delighted to welcome 36 visitors to Chestnut Tree House for afternoon tea.

These visitors were invited along because they all perform some kind of role where they provide pastoral or spiritual care in their community. The group were welcomed by Hugh Lowson who spoke about some facts and figures, and some of his own experiences at the hospice. Following Hugh was Linda Perry, who gave a very moving speech about some of the things that were happening in the house and with our Community Team. Finally we all enjoyed a talk from the hospice Chaplain, Stephen Gurr, who spoke about his vital role at the hospice and in the community, with the families in our care.

Guests were treated to delicious sandwiches and scones, and then enjoyed a tour of the Woodland Walk and Memory Garden. Feedback from all the guests was that they thoroughly enjoyed their visit, and that they all learnt a lot about the services we provide. All our guests were very enthusiastic about how they can support the hospice in the future, with one vicar already keen to sign up for a sky dive!

Thank you to all the volunteers and staff at Chestnut Tree House who helped on the day and made it such a successful event.

The new summer menu at Chestnut is out and looking as tasty as ever! Dishes include:• Jacket potatoes which are always a favourite• Lovely salads for those wanting something lighter• Chicken casserole with dumplings for something

comforting• Chilli with delicious garlic bread

An outrageous cake was also made to have a change from the usual fruit salad, which went down a storm with the children and families!

Look out for the new summer menu at Chestnut Tree House!

Dee Willmot, CTH Reception volunteer,

Jean Raymond and Iris Baker

Sheila Debono, Maureen Silk and Tessa

Richards of the Christian Friendship Group

from Billingshurst

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Chestnut Tree House NewsRock Steady sibling day The ‘Rock Steady’ Sibling day on 31 May 2017 was attended by six siblings; four girls and two boys between the ages of 6 and 11 years. It was a lovely sunny day and the children enjoyed playing together in the beautiful gardens at the beginning of the day and during the breaks. They had a lunch of pizza, sausages, cakes and fruit prepared by the kitchen and were enjoyed by all. They also talked about school, life and siblings between themselves and with the adults.

It was their growth into the band ‘The Cosmic Bananas’ that was the real thrill to observe and seeing their increasing confidence was lovely. At the end of the day they played two popular songs to an appreciative audience of parents, children and staff. One parent said about her child, “she has never wanted to perform before”. A member of staff also said, “it brought a tear to my eye”.

The siblings involved all had positive feedback, with one child stating, “everyone was kind and supportive and the volunteer was really kind!” and another saying, “it was really fun and amazing.”

The Health and Wellbeing day at Chestnut Tree House was a huge success! It was very well attended with all of the clinical staff on duty able to attend.

We had Health and Beauty Level 3 students there to offer back and leg massages, manicures and pedicures and were absolutely brilliant. Kate the Hypnotherapist was providing mind massage which was really beneficial to many of the staff members and she has agreed to return to Chestnut to hold a session for all the staff - more information and a date for this to follow.

The Nutritionist and oral hygiene facilitators provided really useful advice, as always.

The Catering Team were brilliant and even though there were only two staff on duty they produced a super lunch for all twenty facilitators so a huge thank you to them.

Ken and Fliss were most helpful helping set up for the day so a big thank you to them also.

There will definitely be another Health and Wellbeing day at Chestnut Tree House in the future once a date has been agreed with the team.

Thank you to everyone who attended and hopefully you all found it extremely beneficial!

Health and Wellbeing Day

Fundraising newsJean Humphreys raises £1,255 for St

Barnabas by doing a flight in Spitfire!Jean, 83, admitted it was a lifelong ambition of hers to fly in the famous World War Two fighter plane, and her dream became a reality on Wednesday 24 May. Jean lifted off from Goodwood Aerodrome on a half hour flight as far as the Needles on the Isle of Wight and over Littlehampton Golf Course, of which she is a member.

Jean said: “It was fabulous; quite noisy and smelly, but exhilarating. I did all the appropriate things. I did what they call a floppy loop and a barrel roll and we flew over my golf course at an enormous rate of knots and frightened them all to death!

“I’ve wanted to do it for a very long time. In fact, my very first sight of the Spitfire was in 1940 in the Battle of Britain. I was standing in our garden and dad said, ‘Look up there Jean, you can see the fighters dogfighting.’ That was the first time I saw a Spitfire and all through my life I’ve thought what a beautiful aeroplane it is. The countryside looked fabulous because it was such a lovely day. I’m glad to say we’ve raised quite a nice sum for the hospice.”

It was through her membership at Littlehampton Golf Club that Jean first came into contact with St Barnabas House. The current ladies captain, Janet Madell, has chosen the hospice as her charity of the year.

Jean, who previously did a wing walk to raise money for Mending Broken Hearts in 2015, said: “Because Janet’s charity is St Barnabas House I thought it would be a splendid idea to support the hospice.”

Jean also admitted that for a few seconds the pilot of the Spitfire let her take control as the modified two-seater planes have been designed in order to teach new pilots how to fly them.

Wendy Bardsley, St Barnabas House Community Fundraising Manager, said: “When we found out that Jean was doing the Spitfire flight we were all really excited as it’s such an unusual way to raise money for charity. Jean has raised a fantastic total of £1,255 which will make a huge difference. That amount is the equivalent of the cost of ten days of care for a patient using our Hospice at Home service. On behalf of us all at St Barnabas House I would like to say a big thank you to Jean for raising such a fantastic amount for the hospice.”

Jean (far right) with pilot David Ratcliffe, Brenda Hamilton, Janet Madell and Janet’s husband John

Jean poses for a photo in front of the Spitfire before her flight from Goodwood

Jean prepares for take off in the Spitfire

Fundraising newsNight to Remember 10th anniversary!At midnight on Saturday 24 June over 750 ladies lit up the streets of Worthing for the tenth anniversary of St Barnabas House’s Night to Remember midnight walk, raising an incredible £116,049.22 for the hospice.

To mark the ten year anniversary of the event there were plenty of special additions, including a spectacular glow performance by Smoking Hot Promotions who performed at the start of the walk and at Worthing pier.

As in previous years, ladies had a choice of walking a 7, 13.1 (half marathon) or 20 mile route, taking in the iconic sights of Worthing and Shoreham.

The first walker to complete the 7 mile route was Suneeta Kambam, 35, from Worthing who was participating for the first time.

Kelly Earle, 30, from Littlehampton was the first walker to complete the 13.1 mile route. Kelly was taking part in Night to Remember for the sixth time.

She said: “The atmosphere was amazing. Everyone was in high spirits. The event was fantastically organised.”

The first walkers to complete the 20 mile route, walking as far as Shoreham’s state-of-the-art footbridge and back, were Ali Spear, 50, Ginny Cole, 51, and Lisa Oliver, 47, who all live in West Sussex.

Ali said: “We were walking to raise money for the Hospice at Home Team which I

work for. It’s amazing and the volunteers are incredible.”

Lucy Bone, Events Fundraiser at St Barnabas House, was delighted that the event continues to be such a great success, ten years after it first took place.

She said: “As this year was the tenth time we’ve held Night to Remember we wanted to make it an extra special occasion for everyone taking part.

“There were lots of new additions, including a photo booth with props for walkers to have their photo taken and male models mingling with the ladies before setting off, a glow performer and confetti cannons creating an explosive start to the walk. We also brought the memory wall out onto the route, where walkers could write messages about their loved ones.”

Over the past ten years, around 10,000 ladies have taken part in Night to Remember, and this year’s fundraising total of £116,049.22 means that the amount of money raised through sponsorship over the whole ten years is now nearly £1.5 million.

Ladies warming up

Kelly Earle, the first 13.1 miler across the finish line

Lisa Oliver, Ginny Cole and Ali Spear

Thank you to all the walkers, volunteers and staff who got involved!

Fundraising news

The St Barnabas House South Downs Trek is taking place on Saturday 7 October 2017.

Setting off from Devils Dyke, you’ll take in views across the South Downs and the stunning Sussex countryside, before finishing at St Barnabas Hous.

New for 2017 - you can now choose to walk or run the 21 mile route! An exciting prospect for those of you into your trail running!

Registration is open now:

To walk the route – www.stbh.org.uk/southdownstrekTo run the route – www.stbh.org.uk/southdownsrun

What challenge will you take on this October?

South Downs Trek returns for its third year!

The Littlehampton 10k is back again this year, taking place Sunday 10 September. A firm favourite in our running events line up, Littlehampton 10k is a fast, flat seaside route with chip timing and brilliant atmosphere.Sign up at www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk/10k If running’s not for you, we have over 100 volunteer roles available which include marshalling the route, manning the water stations and handing out medals at the finish.

For further information, please contact Angie Bacon, Fundraising Volunteer Officer on 01903 706326 or email fundraising-volunteers@stbh.org.uk.

Will you take on the Littlehampton 10k?

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 2017 21 MILES DEVIL’S DYKE TO ST BARNABAS HOUSEFOR ST BARNABAS HOUSE

DOWNSSOUTHTREK

2017

RUN IT OR WALK IT

REGISTER NOWwww.stbh.org.uk/southdownstrek 01903 706354Registered charity number: 256789

Fundraising news

High Sheriff, Maureen Chowen, with

More FM’s Millsy and Team Nancy and

Nora

Volunteer marshals

More FM’s Millsy and Kathryn

from MCKFitness with walkers

before the warm-upJoin our exclusive team of St Barnabas House India Trekkers as you journey through the spiritual heart of Northern India, home to the Dalai Lama and the centre of the Tibetan community in the foothills of the Himalayas.

As part of this spectacular challenge, participants will be invited to hang prayer fl ags at the highest point of our trek in Laka Got to celebrate the lives of loved ones and all those cared for by St Barnabas House.

With peaceful and stunning views guaranteed, the team will pass through the Kingdom of Gaddi - a semi-nomadic race who spend months wandering the high passes with their cattle, rhododendron forests, Hindu settlements and Buddhist monasteries. The excursion will round off with an unmissable trip to explore the incomparable Taj Mahal - one the greatest monuments to love ever built.

Limited places

Registered charity number: 256789

Together we can reach everyone who needs hospice care

18 – 28 October 2018

To request a brochurewww.stbh.org.uk/india

01903 706346Registered charity number: 256789

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TitleNews from RetailOur retail business is one of our most important income streams, selling quality second-hand goods from 22 shops across Sussex!

Our St Barnabas shop in Henfield celebrates its 10th birthday

Staff, volunteers and supporters at our St Barnabas House charity shop in Henfield celebrated the shop’s 10th birthday in May with a party. The shop was decorated by shop manager, Kylie Yates and her volunteers, with a floral theme and there was a beautiful hand-made St Barnabas birthday cake, made as usual by our ‘cake maker’ and Retail Area Manager, Karen

Bentley.

Amongst the guests was local resident, Lily Stubbs, who has been a regular customer at the shop since it first opened and Lily cut the cake with Hugh Lowson to mark the occasion. We were also delighted that Major Tom Wye, Patron of St Barnabas House attended to help us celebrate.

Hugh Lowson presented some of the shop volunteers with their five and ten year Long Service badges. A five year badge was presented to Peggy England and ten year badges to Melanie Garrett, Janet Nickolson and Susan Swan.

Hugh also presented Kylie Yates, with her ten year Long Service staff badge as she has worked

at the shop since it first opened ten years ago.

Last year alone, the Henfield shop team processed and sold over 20,000 items, raising enough funds to support over eighty full days of care for a patient at the hospice.

The shop sells an excellent range of ‘boutique’ clothes and accessories and we are always looking for good quality donations to help raise funds for the hospice. As one of our furniture shops, we can arrange to collect and deliver larger items. The shop is situated at 3 Elm Lodge, High Street, Henfield, BN5 9DQ.

Hugh and Janet Nickolson with her ten year badge

Hugh and Kylie Yates with her ten year staff badge

Hugh and Susan Swan with her ten year badge

Hugh and Melanie Garrett with her ten year badge

Hugh and Peggy England with her five year badge

Hugh and Lily

TitleNews from RetailOur retail business is one of our most important income streams, selling quality second-hand goods from 22 shops across Sussex!

We held the first of our two retail volunteer celebrations this month on 12 June. These events enable us to give a special thank you to more than five hundred and thirty of our retail volunteers in the shops, and at our Retail Distribution Warehouse.

The first was held at Chestnut Tree House which gave the chance for volunteers to experience what a beautiful and peaceful place it is. They were able to walk around the beautiful grounds in the sunshine, and visit the Woodland Walk, popular with the children and families visiting the House.

Retail is celebrating a milestone, after making a profit of over £1million for the hospice with the help of our wonderful volunteers. There were presentations from various staff members reflecting different areas of our work and how our work at retail makes a difference. There was also a moving talk from Ian Jaggard, recalling how his wife was helped by St Barnabas.

We were also able to acknowledge the long service achievements of volunteers and staff. Hugh Lowson and Trustee, David Bunce, presented the following badges:

Five year Long Service Awards were given to Chris Blaydon from our Lancing shop, Linda Doe from Rustington, Sandra Richards from Seaford and Venetta Chipchase who volunteers at both our Uckfield and Seaford shops. A twenty year badge was awarded to Jetta White, who was manager of the Arundel shop when it first opened twenty years ago, and who now volunteers there.

Nicky Matthews, manager at our Seaford shop received her five year staff badge.

We’d like to thank every one of our volunteers and also those who attended to make the events so special.

The second celebration event is being held on Wednesday 28 June and we will be reporting on this in the next staff bulletin.

Retail celebrates its volunteers

Jetta White receiving her twenty year badge

Nicky Matthews receving her five year staff badge

Venetta Chipchase receiving her five year badge

Ian Jaggard

Sandra Richards receiving her five year badge

Chris Blaydon receiving her five year badge

Linda Doe receiving her five year badge

TitleNews from RetailOur retail business is one of our most important income streams, selling quality second-hand goods from 22 shops across Sussex!

The Havant shop turned five this month and lots of volunteers and customers came to celebrate. It was birthdays all round as Pauline, one of the shop volunteers, celebrated her own birthday and cut the cake with Hugh.

Shop Manager, Jacquie Neale, and her team, have been determined to raise the profile of Chestnut Tree House in South East

Hampshire, so they used the day to launch their ‘Links to Chestnut Tree House’. They are encouraging everyone to write a birthday message on their Chestnut Tree House paper chain to send to the children, young people and families who use the hospice. Made up of colourful sunshine yellow links, the paper chain will be on display at the shop during the birthday celebrations and then presented to Chestnut Tree House. It will be on view in the hospice reception for children, families, staff and volunteers to read and enjoy the lovely messages of support from the local community.

Thank you to Jacquie and all the team at Havant for a lovely day and for such an innovative way to promote the hospice and the Havant shop into the local community.

Our Head of Retail, Jan Harper also celebrated her five year Long Service Award. She joined as Shop Manager at Havant when it first opened in 2012. In Jan’s words, what followed were “the most amazingly funny three

years, surrounded and supported by the most incredible volunteers” at Havant. Jan then accepted the role of Head of Retail, two years ago. Jan is a very loyal hard-working and talented member of staff. Congratulations and well done for the work she has put in over the last five years.

Havant celebrates 5th birthday

Staff and volunteers outside Havant shop

Hugh and Pauline cut the birthday cake

Linda & Jacquie with paperchain

Hugh wrote the first of many

messages to be added to the chain

Hugh and Jan with her five year Long Service staff Award

Meet June Nolan, who has been volunteering for five years in our Eastbourne shop.

June said, ‘I wanted to give something back to the community after retiring and moving to Eastbourne. You meet some really nice people, and I enjoy the banter with the customers and other volunteers.’

If you would like to feature on our Facebook ‘Photo-Friday’ please contact our Digital Team - digital@stbh.org.uk / Tel: 01903 706344

Meet Christine Hawkins who has been a Community Staff Nurse at Chestnut Tree House since October 2016.

Christine said: “My favourite part of working for Chestnut Tree House is spending time with the children and their families. They go through so much and it’s an absolute privilege to work with them.”

Meet Charlotte Wilson who has been a Nursing Assistant in our In-patient Unit for two years.

Charlotte said: “The most important part of my job is looking after everybody involved. It’s about looking after the patients and their families. I think it’s really important to be very holistic in the approach of looking after everybody.”

Meet Tracy Burrows who is a Staff Nurse in our In-patient Unit.

Tracy said: “It’s a completely new role for me which involves looking after the patients and trying to make people’s experiences here as comfortable as possible for them and their relatives.”

Photo Friday for non-FacebookersHere are some of the staff and volunteers who have featured on Facebook in the last few weeks

Meet John Phipps who has been a maintenance and garden volunteer for five years.

John said: “When I took early retirement I knew I wanted to continue mixing with all kinds of people and this gives me the opportunity to do that. I am rich in time, so I am happy to give my free time to help.”

Meet Shelley Day who joined us on a one-year apprenticeship via Chichester College.

Shelley, who is part of the Voluntary Services Team, said: “Getting the opportunity to do my apprenticeship at St Barnabas House has really proven just how much of a wonderful organisation this is. Every member of staff I have met has been so friendly, caring and giving, and I feel that reflects the hospice as a whole.”

Education Course InformationEducation Department Courses for July/August 2017

All of the courses below are held in the Education Rooms at St Barnabas House.

All the above courses are open to all employees at St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House. More information about the courses can be seen on the Education noticeboards near to our office and also on the W/Drive/Group Information/Education – booking forms are here, too. Alternatively, to book your place or to find out more, please email education@stbh.org.uk or call the Education Team on 01903 706356.

August

July3 July Compassion Awareness4 July Advanced Care Planning4 July Sage & Thyme Level 2 (ACP)5 July Looking After Yourself (no need to book, just come along)5 July Caring for People with Renal Disease at the End of Life NEW11 & 12 July Advanced Communication Skills Training13 July Pearls for Practice for HCAs18 July We are part of the Team Too19 July Overview of End of Life Care for RNs – Day 421 July Looking After Yourself (no need to book, just come along)

31 July – 4 August Summer School for 16 – 19s

Volunteers we need you...Fundraising opportunities

Operation:MUD Military style mud run

Sun 9 JulyRegistration volunteers, cheer

team, giving out medalsTimes TBC (daytime)

Henfold Lakes, Dorking, RH5 4RW

Saltdean GalaSat 15 July

Fundraising/awareness stand9am - 1pm1pm - 5pm

Saltdean Oval Park

Broadwater CarnivalSat 22 July

Fundraising/awareness stand, volunteer recruitment10am - 1pm1pm - 4pm

Broadwater, Worthing

Hickstead DressageSat 29 - Sun 30 July

Daytime roles: Fundraising/awareness stand, bucket collections

9am - 1pm 1pm - 5pm

Evening roles (Sat 29 July): Set up, selling raffle tickets, auction spotting

(Dress code, evening dress)5pm - 7pm

7pm - 11pmHickstead Show Ground

South Downs Trek promotional stands Encouraging people to participateFri 14 July12pm - 4pmHaskins, FerringFri 28 July2pm - 5pmMorrisons, Littlehampton

Garden Party/Family Fun DaySun 16 JulyAwareness stand, serving refreshments, running children’s games, car parking marshal, qualified lifeguardsShifts available 11am - 5pmA private house, Angmering

Seafront FairSat 29 July Sun 30 JulyFundraising/awareness stand9am - 11am, 11am - 1pm, 1pm - 4pmThe promenade, Worthing seafront

Dalai Lama India Trek promotional standFri 11 AugustEncouraging people to participate12pm - 4pmSouth Street, Worthing

Hospices Trail Walk (4th leg)Sat 23 SeptemberCheer team, handing out medalsMorning and afternoon shifts availableGoring Railway station and Shoreham Railway station

If you can help, please contact Angie Bacon on 01903 706326 or email fundraising-volunteers@stbh.org.uk

Thank you!

people

HOUSE HELPERS (21+) Lend a hand with various duties around

the House, from the kitchen to reception, to keep it running well.

All opportunities are a regular involvement unless stated otherwise. For more information or to request an application form, please contact Voluntary Services on 01903 706315 or email volunteers@stbh.org.uk

VEHICLE UPKEEP (18+) Carry out vehicle safety checks and help

keep them in a good condition.

VEHICLE UPKEEP

We are looking for some

people who can help us

carry out vehicle safety checks

and also help us keep our

vehicles clean. ACTIVITIES (18+) Help the Activities Leaders with a range of activities including play and creative

arts.

CARE ASSISTANTS (21+) Assist the In-house Team with looking

after children and young people.

DRIVERS (18 +) Provide transport to our children, young people and their families.

BUDDIES (15 – 30 years) Befriend young patients at the hospice and take part in activities and day trips.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS Ensure our fundraising events run

smoothly and are a success. (Ad-hoc)

CATERERS (18 +) Support the Catering Team with

preparing meals and refreshments.

in their own homes.

St Barnabas House Current Volunteering

Opportunities

All opportunities are a regular involvement unless otherwise stated. For more information or

to request an application form,

please contact Voluntary Services

on 01903 706315 or email volunteers@stbh.org.uk

OUTPATIENT CLINIC DRIVERS

Safe drivers needed to provide comfortable transport to help patients attend appointments

at the hospice.

OUTPATIENT CLINIC DRIVERS

Safe drivers needed to provide comfortable transport to help patients attend appointments

at the hospice.

SUPPER ASSISTANTS (16+) Give our Catering Team in the

evenings a hand distributing meals and preparing for the next day.

SHOPS (16+ or 15+ for D of E) Support our fundraising by sorting and selling the many generous donations.

RECEPTIONISTS (16+) Be the friendly first point of contact for those contacting and visiting the

hospice.

OUTPATIENT CLINIC SUPPORT

Caring and capable individuals are being sought to provide assistance

during outpatient clinics.

OUTPATIENT CLINIC SUPPORT

Caring and capable individuals are being sought to provide assistance

during outpatient clinics.

OUTPATIENT CLINIC SUPPORT

Caring and capable individuals are being sought to provide assistance

during outpatient clinics.

MAINTENANCE (16+) Help ensure the hospice is kept in

good working order.

DRIVERS (18+) Provide a vital transport link between

the hospice and the people we support.

GARDENERS (16+) Keep the hospice grounds looking

beautiful.

PHYSIO ASSISTANT (16+) Lend a hand to our Therapy Team

on Mondays.

COMMUNITY COMPANIONS (18+) Befriend and give practical support

to patients at their homes.

ART ASSISTANT (16+) Assist our Artist-In-Residence by

leading group sessions with patients.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Ensure our fundraising events run smoothly and are a success (Ad-hoc).

SCHOOLS PROJECT VOLUNTEER

Welcome school groups that visit the Day Hospice to meet patients.