Pupils get growing for St Giles Hospice


Young gardeners from John Willmott School in Sutton Coldfield have been hard at work growing fruit and vegetables for St Giles Hospice.


A group of 11 to 14-year-old pupils have been sowing, growing and delivering a selection of organic produce for the hospice, which is then cooked and served for St Giles patients to enjoy.


Colliers Honda dealership in Erdington lends the school an electric car to deliver the produce, which makes it a truly sustainable project.


Scheme organiser Kerry Jones, says: “We spoke to staff at the hospice to find out what they would like us to grow and we’re attempting to deliver everything listed on their menu!”


Four-legged visitors


What has eight legs, two tails and puts a smile on patients’ faces at St Giles Hospice?


Meg and Liq, the two Pets as Therapy (PAT) dogs, who are regular visitors to both the Day Hospice and Compassus Centre in Whittington.


PAT dogs come to St Giles Hospice for a few hours on a Tuesday and


Thursday each week, and their presence has a positive effect upon patients and their families, who love to stroke, cuddle and talk to them.


Old vicarage gets a makeover


Generous volunteers have given up their valuable free time to spruce up St Giles Hospice’s old vicarage building in Whittington.


A team of staff from the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Birmingham branch in Brindley Place donned overalls and grabbed paintbrushes to give several rooms in the historic building a fresh look.


A group of students from South Staffordshire College’s Tamworth campus also gave up some of their time to redecorate the vicarage’s dining room.


The hospice began its life at the former vicarage of St Giles Church in 1983, when the then vicar the Reverend Canon Paul Brothwell wanted to ensure local people nearing the end of their lives received the best possible care.


Light up a Life


More than 2,000 people remembered loved ones who have passed away during the annual Light up a Life event in December.


A series of moving services was held across the region, including one in Tamworth for the first time in 2011. St Editha’s Church welcomed 200 local people for the poignant service, which saw special lights switched on as a tribute to those lives being commemorated.


The first Light up a Life service in St Editha’s Church, Tamworth


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“Your kind hearts and professionalism made a difficult time easier to bear and we could not have wished for a more caring and


peaceful environment than the one we found at St Giles Hospice.”


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