Making a Difference:

At Birmingham St Mary's Hospice, our patients, and their families and loved ones come first. We take care beyond the hospice itself, reaching out to every part of the community.

Every day, we support and care for more than 500 people living with life-limiting illnesses, but estimate that this is only 50% of the people who need our services. It costs over £8million each year to run Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice. That’s £21,552 a day, £898 per hour, and £15 every minute.

Every penny we raise enables vital care, compassion and comfort to be available to more people whenever and wherever they need it.

The garden has been a real community effort with local volunteers supported by the Trident Group coming together to enrich the local community by creating a garden that can be used by all.

Calling themselves the Rubery Wombles, the group secured funding from Birmingham City Council as part of a programme to build on the success of the Commonwealth Games by boosting local people's wellbeing, sense of community, and encouraging physical activity. The garden not only fostered a sense of community but will also be used as a community orchard with donations from Thatcher's cider of plants and apple trees, the volunteers also grow lots of vegetables meaning that local people can access free fruit and veg throughout the year.

We have chosen NewStarts as the Charity we are supporting this Year.

NewStarts is an exciting Christian community re-use social enterprise, based in Bromsgrove, north Worcestershire, whose passion is to help people overcome the challenges and disadvantages that shape their lives and in doing so show them the love of God. Our core activity is providing free furniture, emergency food and household supplies to families and individuals who are in greatest need either on low incomes or in financial crisis.

To help raise funds for the Charity, we are asking you to make a donation however large or small.