Winchester Pilates studio is hosting a 24-hour Pilates marathon and it’s looking for local people take part and raise funds for Winchester Hospice.
Run for Team Winchester Hospice at this year’s Winchester Half Marathon on 22 September!
Take a look at what’s involved, the route, starting points and more by visiting the official event page here: https://challenging.events/e/winchester-half-marathon-9903
Register via the official event page linked above, create your Justgiving page and start fundraising! If you choose to run for us, please let us know! We’d love to arrange for you your very own purple Winchester Hospice t-shirt for you to wear during your training and on the day. Just email us at winchester.hospice@hhft.nhs.uk and one of our team will gladly help.
Come and join #TeamWinchesterHospice this year!
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. Anyone who has booked tickets is advised to contact the venue directly for a refund.
A Winchester Rotary fundraiser for Winchester Hospice and The Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK
Jordan Wylie MBE is an award winning adventurer, Sunday Times bestselling author and one of the stars of Channel 4’s BAFTA nominated TV Shows Hunted and Celebrity Hunted. The former soldier has held the position of National Ambassador for the Army Cadet Force since 2018 and is mental health and wellbeing champion for young people across the nation.
Jordan has raised over £1 million pounds for charitable causes in the UK and overseas which has included delivering a school from concept to completion and opening on the Horn of Africa, for which he was awarded an MBE from King Charles III.
Join us for an evening of adventure with purpose, where Jordan will be fresh from his latest expedition, an eco-triathlon across Europe. Jordan will be sharing the highs and lows of a life in some of the most remote, complex and hostile environments on the planet.
Start & Finish Point:- King Charles Public House, Lovedon Lane, Kings Worthy, SO23.
Departure time:- 10.30 for 11.00.
Follow a Circular Route via Itchen Abbas with the option to finish after 5k at The Plough. Finish the 10k at King Charles with special lunch available to purchase (details to follow).
Entry fee:- £10.00 - under 25’s - £5.00
Sponsor forms available from 15th April 2024.
Expressions of interest or offers of help at this stage to:- nick@crowded-house.co.uk
Coffee and croissants available.
All funds raised will go to Winchester Hospice.
Take part in this year’s Winchester Triathlon on 6 May!
Find more details on what’s involved, the route, starting points and more by visiting the official event page here: Winchester Triathlon 2024 - Triathlon in Winchester (letsdothis.com)
Register via the official event page linked above, create your Justgiving page and start fundraising! If you choose to run for us, please let us know! We’d love to arrange for you your very own purple Winchester Hospice t-shirt for you to wear during your training and on the day. Just email us at winchester.hospice@hhft.nhs.uk and one of our team will gladly help.
Come and join #TeamWinchesterHospice this year!
The South Downs Social is hosting a charity quiz night on Friday 26 April from 7 PM. All the proceeds will go to Winchester Hospice and Wessex Cancer Trust.
Come along with your family and friends for a fun-filled Friday evening while supporting a good cause.
Tickets are on sale at £10 per person - click below to book yours now.
From London's West End, this internationally acclaimed production celebrates the music of Neil Diamond at Winchester’s Theatre Royal on 19 April 2024.
In a one-night special fundraiser in aid of Winchester Hospice this show will help raise much needed funds for the wonderful charity who give care, love and attention to those that need it.
This musical adventure, unrivalled by any other, revisits more than five decades of sparkling musical gems, including Love On The Rocks, Sweet Caroline, Forever In Blue Jeans, Song Sung Blue, I am…I Said, America, Cracklin Rosie, Red Red Wine, I'm A Believer and many more.
Enjoy a two course buffet style meal served at your table starting with a sparkling reception plus musical entertainment and raffle.
Tickets:- £30.00
To book please contact:- nick@crowded-house.co.uk
All funds raised will go to Winchester Hospice.
Run for Team Winchester Hospice at this year’s Winchester 10k on 18 February!
Take a look at what’s involved, the route, starting points and more by visiting the official event page here.
Register via the official event page linked above, create your Justgiving page and start fundraising! If you choose to run for us, please let us know! We’d love to arrange for you your very own purple Winchester Hospice t-shirt for you to wear during your training and on the day. Just email us at winchester.hospice@hhft.nhs.uk and one of our team will gladly help.
Come and join #TeamWinchesterHospice this year!
The race takes place in the Outer Close of Winchester Cathedral.
The event starts at 12.30pm with entertainment and refreshments, including pancakes, available to purchase from the Cathedral mobile catering van.
The racing starts at 1pm. Each team of four will run a relay against another team. There will be main prizes for the fastest team and the team wearing the best fancy dress costumes. The prizes will be presented at the end of the racing (around 2pm).
All profits this year will go to Winchester Hospice.
Please note : photos and videos may be taken for future publicity purposes.
On Saturday 30th September, we will be hosting our own stall at The Hospital of St Cross Michaelmas Fair in Winchester!
We’ll be selling handmade jewellery, blankets, Christmas cards, and our very own merchandise including our new aprons, umbrellas and greeting cards.
We’d love to say hello - so do come on down and show your support!
We are so excited to once again be able to offer a limited amount of FREE spaces for our runners at this year’s Winchester Marafun for the half marathon!
Take a look at what’s involved, the route, starting points and more by visiting the Winchester Marafun website here.
If you’d like to run for Team Winchester Hospice, all you need to do to secure your free space is pledge to raise a minimum of £100 in fundraising and email us at winchester.hospice@hhft.nhs.uk. We’ll get you registered and ready to go!
Come and join #TeamWinchesterHospice this year!
We are delighted to be one of the eight Hampshire hospices supported by this year’s Voices for Hospices Choir. Tickets are £25 and can be purchased through the link here.
Below you will find details of the performance and more about Voices for Hospices. Please do come along and support if you can.
We are delighted, for another year, to be returning to The Grange Festival to run The Tea Pavilion for the 2023 festival.
Our wonderful volunteers will be serving warm drinks and sweet treats while you take a seat and relax.
The Tea Pavilion is open from 3pm and remains open until the end of The Long Interval with no need to pre-book your tea, coffee or cake.
About The Grange Festival
The Grange Festival is set in Hampshire and is a renowned destination for world-class opera, jazz, dance and theatre performances.
Our mission is to bring together the very best performers and artists from around the world, and to create unforgettable experiences for our audiences. From enchanting opera performances to electrifying jazz concerts and captivating dance shows, Artistic Director Michael Chance CBE curates a diverse range of cultural experiences that cater to all tastes.
Whether you're a lifelong opera lover, seasoned dance enthusiast, a jazz aficionado, or simply looking for a unique cultural experience, we invite you to join us at The Grange Festival and discover the magic hidden in the heart of Hampshire.
At Winchester Hospice, we believe that dying matters.
Every year, people around the country use Dying Matters Awareness Week, led by Hospice UK, as a moment to encourage communities to get talking in whatever way, shape or form works for them.
Throughout the week, you’ll find many events in and around our community so that you can get involved in learning more about dying, and why it matters.
Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Winchester
Thursday 11 May, 11am-12:15pm
Christ Church will be holding their own Dying Matters coffee morning to encourage open conversations on dying. Conversations may be held around wishes, funerals, values and practicalities. Our own Maddy Thomson, clinical lead for end of life care and consultant nurse for palliative medicine at Hampshire Hospitals will be there to discuss and offer insight to all those who attend - any and all are welcome.
The Nutshell Arts CIC, 15 Kings Walk, Winchester
Saturday 6 May - Friday 21 July, 10am-4pm
A free exhibition exploring personal stories of loss through restaging family photographs, by artist Simon Bray.
Loved&Lost invites participants to explore their experience of loss through restaging a family photograph and recording an interview. It has been presented in galleries across the UK and featured on The One Show and BBC Breakfast TV, reaching an audience of over 10 million people. In 2020, Simon was commissioned by The Guardian to make a series of stories with participants who lost family members due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Nutshell will present eight stories from Loved&Lost, told through portrait photography, interview quotes and projected photofilms.
We are delighted to be supported by The Mayor of Winchester’s Charity Pie & Mash Luncheon by Piecaramba!
The luncheon is being held at Abbey House, The Broadway, Winchester on Sunday 5 March and we share the invite for all to attend.
Places are £25 per person, with monies raised split between The Mayor of Winchester’s Charities for 2022/23 - ourselves, Trinity Winchester and The British Heart Foundation.
For reservation information, please contact Mrs Janet H Read on read.janet.h@gmail.com
We are delighted to be supported by The Mayor of Winchester’s Charity Quiz Night this February. Tickets can be bought via the link here and all monies raised will go to The Mayor of Winchester’s charities for 2022/23. Tickets are just £16 per person including food.
Could you exercise for 30 minutes every day in December?
Tinathon is back for 2022!
If you want to get involved, you must commit to 30 minutes of high intensity exercise every day in December - including Christmas Day.
Tinathon is raising funds for us here at the hospice, and also for Wessex Cancer Trust.
To sign up and support Winchester Hospice, click here and make your donation of £31 to enter.
Join the Tinathon community on Instagram and Facebook @Tinathon22
See Fat and Frantic play LIVE on November 12th to raise money for ourselves and Naomi House & Jacksplace.
Doors open at 7pm, with the gig starting at 8pm.
Tickets are just £20 including booking fee - grab one before they sell out!
Flower Down Care Home, are celebrating Diwali, and invite all to join them.
They will be selling raffle tickets on the night with all proceeds supporting Winchester Hospice.
Head on down to Old Alresford Village Christy Hall to enjoy live music on the evening of 15th October! Entry is fee, with a suggested £5 donation to Winchester Hospice.
From 7:30pm!
On Saturday 8th October, Justine and Linda are running their very own craft fair in support of Winchester Hospice!
The fair is FREE entry, with refreshments and a raffle on the day!
All stallholder enquiries should be directed to winchesterhospicecraftfair@gmail.com
This year, we have two amazing women, Sally Boyden and Alison Edwards, running their very first marathons to raise funds for us here at Winchester Hospice.
They’ve both been training for months, and would love your support to get them over the finish line!
To read their stories and wish them good luck, visit the links below:
On Sunday 25th September, Team Winchester Hospice are taking to the Winchester Marafun!
Click on the name of each of our team members to read their stories or to make a donation.
Half marathon runners:
10k runners:
On Saturday 24th October, we will be hosting our own stall at The Hospital of St Cross Michaelmas Fair in Winchester.
We’ll be selling handmade jewellery, blankets, Christmas cards, and our very own merchandise including bottles, jute bags and umbrellas!
We’d love to say hello - so do come on down and show your support!
You can find out more about the fair by visiting the link here.
