Two members of the Somer Valley Roary Club came to Dorothy House to present the hospice with a £1,100. Outgoing president Steve Morris and new president Sharon Haigh handed the money over to Director of Fundraising Katrina Sudbury.
The money was raised at the Ironman UK Triathlon held in Serbourne. The national Rotary Club was the official race charity, and individual clubs were then given sums of money to donate to the charity of their choice.

Staff from Bristol-based financial firm Bibby Financial Services came to Dorothy House to present nursing auxilary Nicki Jones and Director of Fundraising Katrina Sudbury a cheque for £7,831. The money was raised as a charity initiative for 2007 to celebrate Bibby's 200th anniversary. Staff undertook a huge range of activities and challenges throughout 2007, including the Three Peaks Challenge - climbing Mount Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis in just 24 hours; a swimathon that covered the equivalent length to swimming the channel; and car washing. The company also generously matched the sum raised by staff, who decided that Dorothy House should benefit on the recommendation of Laura Banks, whose father was cared for by the hospice.

Dorothy House has now launched on on-line gallery of photographs taken at various events on the popular Flickr website. A number of sets of photographs are available to view on Dorothy House Gallery Page including images taken at the 2007 Midnight Walk and the 2008 Bath Half Marathon. You can view and explore these images without having to register or log in to the website. We hope to have even more photographs available to view online on this site In the next few weeks, including some from the recent Art and Plant Sale, as well as some views of the buildings and grounds of the hospice in Winsley.

A team of climbers tested their stamina on one of the hottest days of the year by climbing three peaks in just 12 hours. Ten staff from Melksham-based audio services provider Sound Marketing set out to do the Yorkshire Three Peaks Walk on 10 May, both as a team-building exercise and to raise funds for Dorothy House Hospice Care.
Associate director Richard Ford said: “The Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge involves walking just over 24 miles, ascending 5,000 feet and climbing three summits – Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough – all within 12 hours.
“We knew it would be tough, and the warm weather made it even more of a challenge, but it was good fun. It feels good to have completed the event, and we are really pleased to have raised more than £1,300 for Dorothy House.
The team, whose ages range from mid-20s to mid-50s, set themselves an initial fundraising target of £500, but have raised nearly three times that amount.
Dorothy House corporate fundraiser Phillippa Watson said: “Congratulations to the Sound Marketing team on completing such a tough challenge – and raising so much money for us in the process. It’s always good to hear about companies taking a creative approach to fundraising, and organising events that benefit everyone.”

Dorothy House Hospice Care is hosting an event on Thursday 12 June as part of Carers’ Week, which runs from June 9-15. The Planning Ahead event will give people an opportunity to meet representatives of various organisations, giving advice on everything from insurance, finance and legal questions to benefits and support for carers. There will also be workshops on funeral planning and complementary therapies. The afternoon, which runs from 2-7pm, is open to all. To book a place on the Funeral Wishes workshop, please call 01225 721479.

Dorothy House Hospice Care has benefited from a donation of £650 from the Vale of Avon Masonic Lodge. Ivan Carey, Master of the lodge, came to Winsley on Thursday 29th May to hand the cheque over to Carolyn Blaxter, Dorothy House's Complementary Therapy Coordinator. Director of Fundraising Katrina Sudbury said: "This is a wonderful donation, and the money will go towards our brand new complementary therapy couch, which allows our patients to be much more comfortable and relaxed when participating in their therapy sessions."
Dorothy House offers a range of complementary therapy to patients, including aromatherapy, reflexology and reiki.

A walk to raise money for the hospice movement nationwide takes place this Sunday (June 1), with the local event supporting Dorothy House Hospice Care.
Walking on the Bright Side was set up last year by Lesley Lay, whose sister-in-law Gill Goodhind died of cancer in September 2006.
Lesley says: “Gill’s last few days were spent at Dorothy House, in Winsley, where she was able to die with dignity and was shown so much love and care, and also where we as a family were treated with such humanity.
“In Gill’s memory, I wanted to provide an opportunity to give something back to hospices throughout the UK, and came up with the idea of Walking On The Bright Side. This involves asking every hospice in the UK to get one of their supporters to organise a team of a minimum of 10 people to take part in a 10K fundraising walk in their locality, aiming to raise a minimum of £50 per walker. Each walk will start at the same time on the same day, all over the UK.”
Sunday’s circular walk starts at 10.30am from Dorothy House car park, and walkers can register on the day. Lesley says: “The route takes in some wonderful scenery including the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath, fields, woodland and country lanes. The walk is fairly flat, although there are a couple of steep inclines, and the recent rain means it may be very muddy underfoot.”
Car parking is available at Dorothy House, and walkers are asked to assemble at 10.15am, ready for a 10.30am start.
For more details, go to the official Walking on the Bright Side website.

High winds and torrential downpours meant last weekend’s open garden at Conock Manor, near Devizes, had to be cancelled at the last minute. The garden was to have opened in aid of Dorothy House Hospice Care, and community fundraiser Paula Smith said: “We are so sorry Lady Sykes was unable to open her garden as planned, and offer our apologies to visitors who turned up and were disappointed.
“We hope the weather will improve over the next few weeks, as dozens of our supporters are taking part in this year’s Dorothy House open gardens season.”
A leaflet detailing many of the gardens is now available from fundraising on 01225 721480, and the Open Gardens website has a regularly updated list of gardens taking part.
If you would like to open your garden for Dorothy House this summer, please call Paula on the number above.

The Plough at Bradford Leigh has come up with a brilliant fundraising venure - they are selling their own special salad dressing (made to a secret recipe) and donating the profits to Dorothy House.

The dressing is hand made on the premises from the finest, organic if possible, ingredients. Dorothy 'The Flying Chef' from the pub said "The tantalizing flavours have been wowing customers at the pub, so we have decided to sell the dressing to the customers and donate all the profit to the Hospice."
The salad dressing - which goes by the name of Dottie's Dribble can be bought for just £2.00 a jar from the pub. Further details can be found on the pub's website.

Jake and Elwood Blues gave their support to the Dorothy House t@3 Appeal today (Monday 19 May) when they held a Tea Party in their Chevy Caprice Illinois State Police Car at the Theatre Royal Bath.

The performers stopped for tea on Monday ahead of their appearance in The Best Blues Brothers Show in the World – Ever! which is coming to the Theatre Royal on Sunday 25th May. The stars of the show - who are officially known as ‘Joliet’ Jake Blues and Elwood Jake Blues – backed the T@3 Appeal in their own unique way and they are encouraging others to join in the fun.

Elwood Blues, said,

“This is a fantastic way to raise money for an important local charity, so come on people, Shake Your Tail Feathers, and start planning your own Tea Party today! You could catch up with old friends through T@3 - or even meet some new ones. Why not try something a little bit different - we had a Tea Party in our Chevy Caprice which was a new experience for us!”

Dorothy House Hospice Care hopes that people all over Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset will be brewing up this summer to raise funds. Dozens of t@3 events are already planned in schools, workplaces, village halls and gardens – and Dorothy House would like to encourage even more people to take part.

Paula Smith, Community Fundraiser at Dorothy House Hospice, said,

“We had great support for t@3 last year, with £10,000 raised by our generous supporters. This year we’d like to do even better – so if you would like to hold an event, please get in touch. Anyone can host a tea party, at any time from now until September: and you don’t even have to serve afternoon tea – morning coffee is fine, if you prefer.”

If you would like to hold a t@3 party for Dorothy House or if you have any questions, then e-mail the Fundraising team.