Indoor Bowls Tournament A huge thank you to all the members and bowlers at the Newark Indoor Bowls Club. They held their annual fundraising event on Sunday 6th April 2008 with the winning team members receiving the Beaumond House Challenge Trophy. It was a wonderfully successful day that raised a phenomenal £3,035 for the Hospice. During the day there was a raffle, auction, guess the weight of the cake, to name but a few of the fundraising ideas. Our grateful thanks to all the local businesses who supported this event by generously supplying items for the raffle and auction. A lunch was also provided, prepared and served by willing volunteers. Special thanks to Bentleys Fish & Chip Shop for providing the pies and potatoes and to Laurens for supplying the dessert. Thank you once again to all the helpers for making this such a brilliant event and of course extra special thanks to Steve Ayling who works so tirelessly to organise the event each year. Well done Steve. Our new Managing Director We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Mr Patrick Fisher our new Managing Director, who started working with us on the 1st April. Patrick has an NHS heritage and is a qualified Radiographer. He joined the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1989 and has held senior management positions in various Pharmaceutical and service organisations. He has also been a voluntary director of the Emmaus Trust since 1996 and is the Vice Chair of Governors at All Saints RC School Mansfield. Patrick is married to Jo who is a Radiographer at Newark Hospital, they live locally and have 5 children, yes 5!! Other than his family keeping him busy and his involvement with the community of Newark, Patrick has a passion for cooking and enjoys the occasional pint of good quality Cider We’d also like to welcome 2 new members to our board of Directors, Dr Julie Barker and Mr John Reynolds Goodbye Di. It is with much sadness that we say goodbye to our wonderful receptionist Di Garner, who retires at the end of May after over 12 years service for Beaumond House. Di is our afternoon receptionist and has always greeted everyone with a smile and nothing is too much trouble. Thank you Di, we’ll really miss you and we hope you enjoy your retirement. After 17 years of sterling service as a Director of Beaumond House, Marion Rawlin has decided to resign her position. She has thoroughly enjoyed her time as Director and still intends to remain very much involved. She will continue to support us through our events and fundraising initiatives. Thank you Marion for all your hard work over the years.  If you have the will, we have the way Will you join the growing number of people who are supporting Beaumond House Community Hospice by leaving us a gift in your Will? These gifts are vital to fund our increasing running costs and help us to continue providing our special services to the local community. How will your gift help? Beaumond House Community Hospice has been helping people suffering from cancer and other life threatening illness since 1992. Over the years we have helped many patients and their families cope with the stress these illnesses can bring .Hospice care is free and we continually need donations to enable us to carry on with this important work. Why make a will? Making a Will is one of the most important things we should do, but despite this, many of us die without having made one. This can mean lengthy legal delays, and an additional burden to the loved ones who are left to deal with your estate. If you make a Will YOU will decide who receives your money and possessions -without a Will the Government will decide. To ensure your legacy goes to those people you wish to receive it, make a will. It is then very important to keep your Will up to date, so check it every few years to ensure it still reflects your wishes. Making a will and leaving a legacy Making a Will is easy and once it is done you can relax in the knowledge that all your affairs will be in order. Beaumond House recommend you contact a qualified solicitor to help draw up your Will. If you feel able to remember us in your Will we shall be deeply grateful. Your gift will ensure we are still here in years to come, working with patients and families to help improve the quality of their lives in their time of need. If you would like to leave a legacy to Beaumond House Community Hospice please contact a solicitor who will advise you on how to make one of the following bequests: Pecuniary – a set amount of money. Specific – possessions such as stocks, shares, items of jewellery. Residuary – which allows you to remember loved ones and give a percentage to charity. This is often the most effective. Your solicitor will be able to help you in making your decision. Did you know that leaving a legacy could save you money? Any money left to a charity is tax free and will therefore help to reduce the tax liability on your estate. This could save your beneficiaries money and at the same time help your community. We shall not be forgotten, if you remember us. Please care enough to leave us a legacy so that we may continue to provide care to those in need of our help. A gift in your will is a wonderful way to ensure your kindness will help future generations. THANK YOU Recent Events Ladies who Lunch Monday 17th March saw the first of our ‘Ladies who Lunch’ events. A lunch in the wonderful Café Bleu setting was accompanied by an informal fashion show provided by Domino. Each lady received a complimentary goodie bag and we had some fabulous raffle prizes. We can’t think of a better way to spend a lunchtime, can you ladies? The lunch raised a fantastic £1140 and a huge thank you to all concerned but especially Jean Francois and his team at Café Bleu and Nick, Val and Lesley at Domino. Designer Clothes Sale Although mother nature conspired against us on the weekend of the Designer Sale, the turn-out on the Sunday was excellent, and over the two days £8,500 was raised. Our thanks must go to everyone who helped before and after the sale in all sorts of ways. Thanks also to all the ladies who came along and bought lots and lots of beautiful clothes. We did have quite a few items left, so there will be another chance to buy in June (date to be confirmed). Bag packing at M&S over Easter Yet another successful 2 days at M&S on good Friday and Easter Saturday saw us raise an amazing £1738. The generosity of Marks and Spencers customers still astounds us! Many thanks to everyone who gave so generously, we really enjoyed packing your bags. As always, thank you to Dean Cross and his team at M&S for inviting us, your continued support means so much. We’ll be back at Christmas Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th December if anyone would like to help? Mr Clive Richardson, Headteacher of Bishop Alexander School, turns 50!! Like all the primary schools in the Newark area, Bishop Alexander School are always happy to support us by selling our Christmas toys during December. This term they are also taking part in our ‘loose change challenge’. Last year a group of children and teachers took part in the Lincoln 10k run and raised £400 for Beaumond House. Mr Clive Richardson, Headteacher of Bishop Alexander School, turned 50 earlier this year. Instead of getting presents he asked for donations to Beaumond House. His friends, relatives and parents and children of the school donated a staggering £800. On behalf of the patients and staff at the Hospice, we’d like to say a special thank you to all the staff, children and parents of Bishop Alexander School for your continual support Brenda Dickinson and The Muskham Hot Lunch This popular event has been taking place annually since 1992. A group of ladies encouraged by Pam Dawkins decided to organise a fundraising event for Beaumond House. But what could they do? It had to be something different and appeal to the populace. So, the idea of a lunch was born. It was decided to hold a ploughman’s, Huntsman’s and Fisherman’s Lunch. The first lunch took place at Pam and Pat Dawkins house in 1992. We were overwhelmed with the success of this first venture. It was standing room only. The following year we held the lunch at South Muskham Village Hall and in 1994 we transferred to North Muskham to accommodate the increased numbers attending this popular fundraising event. Along with several ladies and gentlemen I have been very much involved from the start, and in 1997, due to Pam’s ill health I took over the organising of the ‘Hot Lunch’. As you all know, to make everything successful you need a willing band of helpers, and we have many ladies and gentlemen who help in many ways; cooking, setting tables, flower arranging, raffles, tombolas, not to mention washing up! Everything is donated including the hire of the hall, wine etc which allows ALL of the profit from the day to go to Beaumond House. Since we started in 1992 we have donated £15,000 to the Hospice. We are all very proud of our involvement in this worthwhile cause and our thanks go to all the people who support us. Brenda also runs the coffee bar at Newark’s Magistrate Court, where all proceeds go to Beaumond House. She is always looking for volunteers to help her in the mornings. If you could spare a few hours please let the fundraising department know on 706802. Loose change challenge We’d like to thank all the local primary schools taking part in our ‘Loose change challenge’ this term. Bishop Alexander Barnby Road Bowbridge Road Christchurch Chuter Ede Hawtonville Holy Trinity John Hunt Infants The Mount North Muskham Oliver Quibell Wellow House All Saints, Elston Ebay Sales This is Clare Hardy our amazing e-bay expert. Clare is a volunteer with Beaumond House and has been selling items on e-bay for us since February. To date she has made £850 profit for the Hospice through e-bay. Thank you and a huge well done Clare. If anyone has anything they would like us to sell on e-bay in aid of Beaumond House, please let us know. JustGiving.com We are now registered on JustGiving.com. So if you are doing a sponsored event for us and would like people to donate on line, please feel free to set up your own page on JustGiving.com and all donations will come direct to us. Inspiring Supporters A huge well done to the following people who took part in the Lincoln 10k race in aid of Beaumond House… Teresa Rollins, Dawn Bannon, Julian Brodick, Annette Ellison, Steph Melrose and all 24 of you from Ambitions personnel. Well done everyone, you are a fine example to all us couch potatoes! Congratulations to Lynette McDonnell and Caroline Lewis who both completed the London Marathon on Sunday 13th April. There is only one word to describe your efforts, Inspirational!! Thank you. The Collingham Crawl and Canter We are really looking forward to Collingham’s great fun run/walk this year. We are hoping that as many people as possible will come along and join us to raise as much sponsorship money as we can. It’s always a great afternoon and this year we will also be having a stall at the cricket ground afterwards. If you would like to join our team, please phone the fundraising office and we’ll send you a sponsor form. Recipe from the BH Kitchen Newark Pudding 1 pint milk 1oz breadcrumbs 2 eggs separated 1 tbsp ground rice 3oz raisins, soaked in rum ½ oz butter melted ¼ tsp bicarb of soda 1 tbsp sugar ½ tsp vanilla Oven temp 170 c Soak the breadcrumbs in ½ pint milk Beat the egg yolks and stir in with the breadcrumbs Mix the bicarb of soda and ground rice with a little milk Add rest of milk, vanilla, sugar and butter. Stir into breadcrumbs, then fold in raisins. Whisk egg whites until they form soft peaks. Fold into mix and pour into a buttered dish. Bake for approx 45 minutes. (Check after 30 mins, if top becoming too brown then cover with foil). Can be served on its own or with custard 100 Club Winners Feb Mr D Cox (£100) Mr J Kemp (£25) Mar Mrs J Martin (£100) Mr R Doncaster (£25) Apr Mr A Miller (£100) Mr C Binns (£25) If you would like to buy a number to join the 100 club (£2 per number per month), please pick up a form from Beaumond House or it’s shops in Newark and Southwell. Contact details The fundraising department: 34 Millgate (Photo) Newark NG24 4TS 01636-706802 Please feel free to call in and see Nicola, Liz, Linda and Bobbie anytime. Diary of events May 12th Ladies who Lunch with Atelier Jewellery, Caunton Beck 16th Marion Orbell, trek to Everest base camp 17th Newark Collecting Day & produce stall 18th Collingham Crawl & Canter June 18th Tea at 3, Little Apples 20th Pre-Wimbledon Night, Kings Head Collingham 21st Nottingham Philharmonic Concert, Southwell Minster. Pre-concert drinks in refrectory July 6th Newark Carnival & Sconcefest 7th Lazy Summer Afternoon, Ann et vin 18th Race Day, Southwell Racecourse 24th Coffee Morning Geraldine’s Collingham 30th Fun Wine Tasting, Ann et Vin Aug 10th Newark Fun Run Sep 7th Jazz in the Garden Tbc Ladies who Lunch, Cafe Bleu/Domino 13th Southwell Collecting Day 18th Champagne Gourmet Night, Caunton Beck Oct 10th Pudding Night, Norwood Park 11th Forget me not Sleepwalk, Showground 19th Thanksgiving Service, Christchurch 25th Curtis Brothers Ball, Cedric Ford Nov 12th Fun wine tasting, Ann et Vin Dec 1st Ladies Day with guest speaker Tricia Stewart (Calendar Girls), Cedric Ford 7th Light up a life service, Beaumond House 12th/13th Christmas Music Tea at 3 June is the time of year when gardens spring into life and the sun is shining. ‘Tea at 3’ 2007 at Little Apples fitted the bill in every way, so much so that we will be having 2 sittings for ‘Tea at 3’ 2008, giving you 2 opportunities to enjoy those delicious sandwiches and cakes. Tickets cost £5 each and are available from Beaumond House reception and our two charity shops. We look forward to seeing you all again this year on Wednesday 18th June. Jazz in the garden It will soon be that time of year again. Sunday 7th September sees our now annual trip to the garden of Little Apples for an afternoon of Fabulous Jazz, fine dining and great company.....and surprisingly good sunshine, usually!! Bob Wilson and his band will be joining us once again, so put the date in diary and we look forward to welcoming you to what I’m sure will be another enjoyable afternoon. The Bona- fide Food Club Great Food in lovely venues! Our first event is a pre-wimbledon night at the Kings Head, in Collingham on Friday 20th June. Please telephone 892341 to reserve your table (£25 per head) The Champagne Gourmet Night at Caunton Beck on 18th September. Apologies, but this event is already sold out! Forget me not Sleepwalk Saturday 11th October 2008 is World Hospice Day. In honor of this date we will be holding our inaugural Forget me not Sleepwalk. This is an event for the whole family, young and old, super fit and not so energetic to get involved and raise money for Beaumond House. Whether you choose to walk and raise money in memory of a loved one or just to support our wonderful Hospice, we’d love you to dress up in your pyjamas and dressing gowns and join us at the showground for the 2 mile walk. Registration fees are £10 for adults, £5 for children and registration sponsor forms are available from the fundraising office. Race Day Southwell Racecourse After the unfortunate flooding of Southwell Racecourse last year and the subsequent cancellation of our Race Day, we have decided to try our luck again this year. The Racecourse has had a £4 million face lift and on Friday 18th July at 12.30pm we’d be delighted if you’d join us for an afternoon of racing in glorious sunshine….we hope!! Tables cost £600+VAT to include Champagne reception, lunch and access to all areas of the racecourse. If you would like to book a table, please contact Nicola on 706802. Imagery for big difference campaign Standing orders available from the Hospice, the shops and the fundraising department if you’d like to contribute £2 per month.