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On Wednesday 4th April, as part of Michael Sobell House’s
30th Anniversary celebrations a new campaign, Care for
Coffee… was launched to raise awareness of the
hospice and highlight the need to raise funds for its
Outreach at Home service. The Outreach nurses are calling
for coffee drinkers to come forward and start coffee
teams in support of this community campaign.
The aim of Care for Coffee…, which is a cascading
team initiative, is to raise £48,000 which will
provide six months’ funding for the hospices’s
Outreach at Home Service. Joe Sandercock, currently
Chairman of The Friends of Michael Sobell House said,
“Care for Coffee… is going to be a highly
sociable campaign, and all the proceeds raised from
it will bring direct benefits to patients in the delivery
of this exceptional and vital hospice service which
is helping families in our community every day in the
privacy of their own homes.”
Ursula O’Leary, Lead Nurse at Michael Sobell
House said, “In our palliative care centre we
pride ourselves on delivering high quality nursing both
inside the hospice itself and, through our Outreach
at Home service, directly in people’s own homes.
I hope that people reading about our invaluable and
sensitive work will feel moved to help by organising
coffee mornings in aid of the hospice’s Outreach
at Home service.”
Kim Hurd who is married to Nick Hurd MP of Ruislip-Northwood
said “I am looking forward to starting my own
Coffee team and I am delighted to support this worthwhile
campaign, I look forward to getting started.”
Care for Coffee… is a cascading team campaign
where supporters attend a coffee morning, host a coffee
morning and make a £5 donation to Michael Sobell
House. Steve Grudgings, Head of Fundraising at Michael
Sobell House said, “This is going to be an excellent
opportunity for people to get involved in a practical
way whilst enabling maximum benefits to this very effective
service. I urge supporters to look at our website or
contact me directly on 01923 844606 or email careforcoffee@michaelsobellhouse.co.uk
 Care
for Coffee was launched in the Lecture Theatre at Michael
Sobell House, Mount Vernon Hospital on Wednesday 4th
April between 6pm and 8pm.
Lorraine Saul, Pam Wright senior nurses call out for
people to become involved in the Michael Sobell House
Care for Coffee Campaign. Mrs Kim Hurd (centre) has
heard it all before as she was the first person to sign
up as a team leader.
Details of the Campaign will be made available on our
website in the near future.
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