A nurse whose grandad, mum and dad all died at LOROS Hospice is raising money to thank the staff for their care.
After seven highly successful years, LOROS CEO John Knight has taken the decision to step down from the role to take up a leadership position with a charity in the North East.
Thirty-nine 8ft Rockets from Leicester’s biggest art trail, Rocket Round Leicester, were auctioned off yesterday/last night raising a massive £153,095 for LOROS Hospice.
See the totals for all of out lots at our Rocket Round Leicester Auction.
Monday 4th October marks the start of national Hospice Care Week (4th-10th October 2021), an annual awareness-raising week to help raise the profile of hospice care across the UK.
A galaxy of spectacular Rockets will be touching down at Leicester’s National Space Centre on 9th-10th October for a final weekend of space-tastic fun!
One of the highlights of the Rocket Round Leicester art trail has been Moondance, a giant juke box shaped sculpture featuring the names of space-related songs. Organised by local charity LOROS Hospice, together with leading art event producers Wild in Art, Moondance is just one of 40 giant Rockets which are weaving their way across the city this summer.
"My mum, Ros Sherwin, was a district nurse. In May 2020, when she was 61, she went for a scan at Glenfield Hospital, and out of the blue she was told she had stage 4 lung cancer. It was a terrible shock."
