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Substantial lottery win for St Peter’s Hospice
St Peter’s Hospice has been awarded £75,000 thanks to funding raised by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.
The funding was awarded through Postcode Community Trust after eight neighbours in Westerleigh won the Millionaire Street prize in December.
Sarah Allen-Gunn, director of fundraising and communications at St Peter’s Hospice said: “We’re absolutely delighted to receive such a substantial sum of money thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery
“The grant will have a significant impact on the Hospice, helping us reach more individuals, and support more families.”
Each month, Millionaire Street prizes benefit local communities. With local charities near the winning postcodes receiving a share of £1m in unrestricted grant funding for their causes.
The money will provide some relief to the charity, whose costs for Brentry-based St Peter’s Hospice come to around £27,000 a day to provide care ,with just 20 per cent of its services paid for by the NHS.
They rely heavily on gifts in wills, donations, fundraising and money raised through its retail shops to deliver its services.
Sarah added: “Support like this can help us address a person’s medical needs as well as their emotional, social, practical, psychological and spiritual wellbeing.
“Alternatively it could help us grow our core services, such as the Hospice at Home programme or our 24-hour clinical advice line.”
Main photo: St Peter’s Hospice
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