The Children's Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal
A very special year for us as Pirate FM is the official radio partner for The Children's Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal. Little Harbour is now under construction, you can watch the progress by clicking on this link to the
CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL PRECIOUS LIVES APPEAL WEBSITE HERE
Thats money that listeners have passed straight to us or have sent on to the appeal. In addition the Charity Football Match raised an incredible £25,000 and the Moonlight Memory Walk an even more amazing £60,000.
In Pirate FM's Cash Mountain Competition last summer our three challengers did spectacularly well, raising £15,000 between them.
The total raised by the appeal so far is an incredible £3.5 million.
The generosity of our listeners is astonishing!
Lesley and Margaret Dawe just celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They asked everyone who came to their party to make a donation to the Precious Lives Appeal, rather than bring gifts. They popped in to Pirate FM to hand Bob, Tristan and Neil £300 for the appeal.
Here's a pic of the latest progress on the building of Little Harbour
Moonlight Memory Walk
The Moonlight Memory Walk is coming back to Falmouth!
Last year the atmosphere at the event was fantastic with around seven hundred ladies from all around Cornwall raising more than £60,000 to help build a children’s hospice in the county. We hope hundreds of ladies will join us for a wonderfully uplifting evening to raise an equally staggering amount this year.
The Moonlight Memory Walk is a girl’s night out with a difference and it is your chance to really make a difference to the lives of families with children who are not expected to reach adulthood as all the money raised will go towards building Little Harbour, a children’s hospice in Cornwall.
After an inspiring candle lit ceremony on The Moor and a warm up by Pirate FM, Moonlight Memory Walkers will set off together at 10pm on a five mile circular walk, taking in the town centre and the sea front, in memory of a loved one. There will be a medal, hot drink, pasty, and goody bag waiting for them on their return to welcome them back into The Moor at the end of the walk.
The event is open to all ladies over the age of sixteen, with parental consent required for sixteen to eighteen year olds. Men are also encouraged to get involved by marshalling or taking on another volunteer role on the night.
Walk with us: You can register for the Moonlight Memory Walk 2010, on Saturday 18th September, online here or phone 01872 261166 to request an information leaflet and registration form.
What is the Precious Lives Appeal?
Children's Hospice South West has been providing care and respite to families from across the South West of England for over 13 years firstly at Little Bridge House, North Devon, and more recently at Charlton Farm, North Somerset. Plans are now in place to extend this world class service into Cornwall.
A hospice in Cornwall will offer more choice to families across the South West on which hospice they choose to use. It will also provide a place closer to home for many families from Cornwall and Plymouth, who may find the journey to Little Bridge House and Charlton Farm too far, or would just be happier using a hospice closer to home and friends and family.
Children's Hospice South West's Precious Lives Appeal has been set up to fund the build of this much needed third hospice for the South West of England.
Planning permission has already been granted for a Childrens Hospice in Cornwall. ' Little Harbour' will be build in Porthpean, near St Austell. Funds permitting, the doors will be open to the first families in 2011.
