The Children's Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal

It has been a very special year for us at Pirate FM as the official radio partner for The Children's Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal.

Little Harbour, the first dedicated children's hospice for Cornwall is now almost completed. You can watch the progress by clicking on this link to the Little Harbour Web Cam

Or find the official Precious Lives Appeal website here

Thanks to your help, Pirate FM can announce that Cornwall and Plymouth has raised the £5m needed to finish the Hospice!

But the work goes on to raise the money needed to keep the world class facility going.

Right: A photo of the building work at Porthpean

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 15 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 was set up to fund the build of this much needed third hospice for the South West of England.

On the 5th September Pirate FM was able to announce that Cornwall and Plymouth had hit the £5m needed to complete work on the world class facility. But we still need your help to raise the thousands of pounds required to keep it open for families in the southwest.

Forthcoming Events 

Please see below detials of our forthcoming events.

Friday 3rd February from 7 p.m.

ST AUSTELL - Horse Racing Evening at St Austell Rugby Club.  £10 to sponsor a race (8 available) £5 to buy a horse (8 horses per race). Winning horse for each race wins a prize on the night.  All race sponsors will enter a prize draw.  St Austell Running Club are proud to be supporting Children's Hospice South West.

Saturday 4th February from 2.15 p.m.

ST ISSEY - Jumble Sale at St Issey Village Hall in aid of Children's Hospice South West plus Refreshments, Raffle & Cakes.  For more information call 01208 812865

The Mongolia Challenge

Tom and Ben are 2 cornish students who have taken on the ultimate fundraiser for the Children's Hospice Southwest.

They're going to be driving 10,000 miles to Mongolia in a Smartcar!

This has never been achieved by anyone before.

For more about Ben and Tom, see their website...

http://www.mongolrally2011.co.uk/

NOW OPEN in Truro! A new kind of charity shop selling second hand and new goods for under 5 year olds

Shop - We sell high quality toys, clothes and equipment for young children

Donate - Please donate your pre-loved items to us, we can even arrange to collect larger items from your home, such as cots, furniture and baby changers. See a full list of all items we take and some we are unable to take. Why not arrange a home collection by contacting 01726 871800.

Meet - Our shop has been designed to have the space to meet other young families. You may make a friend whilst browsing our aisles!

Join us! Volunteer opportunities available - can you spare just a few hours a week to support your local children's hospice, Little Harbour?

We are looking for volunteers for a few hours a day. There are a range of opportunities from helping with deliveries and collections, merchandising and processing stock to assisting our customers please download a volunteer application form.

Find us (Google map) in Tinner's Court, Truro - next to the Pannier Market between Lemon Quay and Prince's Street. Tel: 01872 858072.

On Monday 5th September 2011 we revealed that the Precious Lives Appeal target of £5 million had been reached!

• 'Little Harbour, the dream' is now a reality as Cornwall gets it's first Childrens Hospice.

• Amazingly the first families will move in at the beginning of December.

• Thank-you SO SO much...you really have helped achieve something incredible.

Please also remember that although the appeal to build the hospice has reached its goal - Children's Hospice South West still need to find well over £1 million every year to keep it running, so your help is as important now as ever.

Just click on the other tabs on this page to find our 'Raise The Roof' Justgiving page, support one of the many local fundraising event or find out about the new dedicated charity shop in Truro.

Photos from Little Harbour on Monday 5th September:

Please scroll down to see our guided video tours with Precious Lives Appeal Manager Emma Lloyd.