Remember a loved one on Father’s Day - local Charity LOROS invites members of the local community to celebrate the lives of those close to them at their annual summer event.
The annual Colour of Ribbons event is to be held at the LOROS Hospice on Groby Road on Sunday 16th June. Visitors will have the chance to remember a loved one – a family member, friend or a colleague, by tying a ribbon to a tree. Ribbons are available in different colours to suit the person being remembered and there are three time allocations available on the day (prior arrangement is necessary); 10.00am, 11.30am and 1.00pm. There will be no official service as part of the Colour of Ribbons event, but access will still be available to the Chapel/Prayer Room during the day.
Mike Howitt, who recently completed a 10,642 mile overland journey from LOROS to TableMountain in Cape Town, South Africa will be tying the first ribbon on the day. Mike’s wife of 55 years, Diana, spent her last days and hours at LOROS and Mike, as a consequence has an ongoing and deep appreciation of all that was done for her at that time.
Light refreshments will be available, and there will be the opportunity to purchase cakes entered into a cake bake off which will have taken place in the Hospice on 14th June - an opportunity for staff at LOROS to challenge one another and demonstrate their cooking skills!
All funds raised from both the bake off and the Colour of Ribbons events will be for the benefit of LOROS Hospice, a local charity providing free palliative care to 2,500 patients and their families every year.
Jane Pickard, Head of Inpatient Services said “Your support at this event will help us to provide our patients and their families with the continuing care and compassion they need during a very difficult time in their lives.”
The Hospice provides holistic care to patients, aiming to help with physical, psychological, spiritual and social issues. Patients are cared for based on their medical illness, regardless of their background or ability to pay. LOROS offers a range of services including being admitted to our 31 bedded ward, specialist palliative care nursing support in patients’ own homes and our day care service.
Support and advice is also available to patients, carers & healthcare professionals 24 hours a day from our ward nursing team and medical staff. Whilst our services are free to patients and their families, they cost £7.5 million a year and we rely on the generosity of our local community to raise two thirds of this amount.
The Colour of Ribbons is by booking only. For any further information please contact the Fundraising Department on 0116 231 8431.
