Continuing our Meet the People of Hospice series, we are putting online a video of volunteer Debby Verdonk, who relates a story of an interaction with a patient. Thanks to Debby and all our volunteers who bring that something extra…
Todd Starr from Focus Digital is helping us to make regular update videos so that the public can keep up with what is happening at Hospice. Go to the link below to watch a one minute update – and while…
We are so grateful to patient Joe Brewer and wife Dorothy who shared their story in the Nelson Weekly this week, to help us maintain awareness of the service hospice provides. Here’s their story: Joe was admitted to the hospice…
In the second in our video series of Meet the People of Hospice, Paul McIntyre talks about his role as manager of fundraising and marketing. Head over to our Facebook page to see it. Thanks again to Todd Starr of…
We were onsite at Suffolk Rd, Stoke today and thought I’d share these photos of the new build’s progress. If you look closely, you can see workers on the roof in the first photo installing solar panels.
Meet the people of hospice. This is the first in our series of videos in which staff and volunteers share their experiences of hospice. Thanks to Todd Starr of Focus Digital for his great video storytelling. This week, meet chaplain David Moynan. The video…
The annual Farmers Christmas campaign in support of hospice has begun. This year they have released a video of a patient story. Last year, the two local stores – Richmond and Nelson central – raised $22,366. That was more than…
It’s just over six months to go before staff and patients at the Nelson Tasman Hospice move into the new building in Suffolk Road, Stoke. We are nearing our final fundraising target having raised $10.5 million of the $11.5m needed…
When Sharon Beuke is not occupied coordinating bereavement support at hospice, she teaches history at Motueka High School. How are these two occupations linked? Sharon says they’re both concerned with people’s stories. “They’re both about making sense and seeing patterns,…
The new building is on track to welcome patients and staff in March 2019. Right now, the main building is closed in. Gibbons project manager Sean Gardner says 80 percent of the cladding is completed. “We’re working on installing the…