Within our shops team, we have over 500 incredible volunteers that are key to the day-to-day operations of our 29 shops across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. It goes without saying that we couldn’t do what we do without them! Here's Faizal's LOROS volunteering story.
Ellie, a member of our Marketing team at LOROS, will be taking the leap of a lifetime on Sunday 11th September for LOROS Hospice in memory of her Grandad, Harry Thornton. Harry was a patient at LOROS following a mesothelioma cancer diagnosis in late 2005. The cancer was aggressive and Harry died in August 2006. Here is Ellie’s story about her family’s fond memories of her Grandad.
LOROS Hospice has shared the impact of their 2021 flagship fundraising event, Rocket Round Leicester. Throughout the summer of 2021, LOROS presented the city’s biggest art trail and today have announced that a total profit of £317,141 was raised for specialist patient care.
We had a tee-riffic day Friday 13th May with our annual LOROS Golf Day, hosted at the beautiful Rothley Park Golf Club. As a result, we are thrilled to announce that together, we have raised over £25,000 making it our most successful Golf Day yet - incredible!
Thursday 12th May marks Nurses’ Day, a day to celebrate these hard-working heroes of the NHS.
It’s the biggest taboo of all but one we all face sooner or later. Death, dying and bereavement are still difficult subjects for many people to talk about, despite award-winning TV series, best-selling books and celebrity-fronted podcasts on the topic.
Amy Craig’s dad, John Mills, was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in January 2021. The cancer was aggressive and John died just three months later, in March 2021 at the age of 60. On Saturday 28th May, Amy, her husband Stuart and their little boy Arthur will be walking in our Twilight Walk in memory of John.
Everyone knows that having your hair done makes you feel good. That’s why when volunteer hairdressers visit our patients on the Ward it cheers everyone up! Here we share Mandy's story and the real impact of volunteers on our patients.
