Canines On The Common – Sponsored Dog Walk For Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
Canines On The Common – Sponsored Dog Walk For Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
Woking & Sam Beare Hospices is holding a weekend for dog-lovers on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 July with ‘Canines on the Common’, a 3k sponsored dog walk and fun day at Heather Farm by Horsell Common (please note that the dog-walking paths are not fully ‘enclosed’ as dogs can still access the river).
From 10.30am to 4pm on both days, dogs are invited to drop in at any time and bring their two-legged friends along to enjoy a doggy treasure hunt as they travel the specially-created dog-walking paths by the dog-friendly Water’s Edge café.
There will be sessions on grooming, canine health and animal behaviour, as well as an agility demonstrations and shows, animal photography, refreshments, tombola, ‘guess the canine cake’, balloon modelling, kids’ art competition and lots of fun activities for all the family.
Helping the hospice – whether on four legs or two – has got to be something to wag your tail about!
Local individuals and businesses working with dogs are invited to support the event by running a stall or an activity, and we are looking for donations for our doggy-themed tombola (gifts for both dogs and people!).
If you think you could help to support the hospice’s free end-of-life care through Canines on the Common please contact the Events Team on fundraising@wsbhospices.co.uk or call 01483 881 752. Register for the event online today at wsbhospices.co.uk.
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About Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- We deliver 8,760 hours of care and support each year
- Our team of specialist healthcare professionals care for our patients 24 hours per day, seven days per week
- We care for approximately 2,000 patients each year
- Over 70% of our care is delivered in patient homes or care or nursing homes
- We receive referrals from Spelthorne, West Elmbridge, Woking, North Guildford, Surrey Heath and Runnymede but we can take patients outside of our region if required
- We are specialists in care for patients with advanced progressive complex needs
- We care for patients with, for example, advance dementia, heart disease, cancer, degenerative conditions and kidney disease
- We care for adults of all ages [18 – 85+]
- Our services are completely FREE of charge
- We offer support services for carers and family members
- We provide child and teenage bereavement counselling
- Our Wellbeing Centre offers a range of treatments and therapies
- We have 816 fabulous volunteers, without whom we could not deliver all that we do
- We work closely with GPs and other clinicians to share knowledge and expertise
- For every £5 of costs incurred we need to raise £4 from voluntary income
- We need to raise in excess of £8 million a year to continue to deliver our services
Woking & Sam Beare Hospices is a patient-centred charity that delivers specialist palliative care to adult patients of all ages who have life-limiting and terminal illnesses. We cover the North West Surrey region, providing free of charge holistic care and support services for patients, their families and carers. Each year we care for over 2000 patients, their families and carers both in our hospice and their own homes (where over 70% of our care is delivered) enabling patient choice and the best quality of life.
We care for adults of all ages with a wide range of life limiting conditions such as cancer, heart disease, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), chronic pulmonary conditions, Parkinson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). We help patients to manage their symptoms, which are often complex and why they require the expertise of our Clinical Nurse Specialists and specialist doctors.
Our services enable us to offer our patients holistic care, which means we offer practical, emotional, social and spiritual support as well as managing their medical needs. We offer day care services where patients receive assessments, treatments and therapies, as well as emotional and spiritual support. We also deliver counselling for our patients and their families, including child bereavement services and school support programmes.
We are a charity, and while we receive some government funding, around 75% of what we deliver is funded through our charity shops and fundraising activities. We could not do this without the generosity of all of our supporters, volunteers and the local community.
For more information about Woking & Sam Beare Hospices please see the Woking & Sam Beare Hospices page
Woking and Sam Beare Hospices are independent charities dedicated to providing specialised end of life care and support to local people, their families and carers. Registered charity number for Woking Hospice: 1082798. Registered charity number for Sam Beare Hospice: 1115439.
Around 75% of what we deliver is funded through our charity shops and fundraising activities. We could not do this without the generosity of all of our supporters, volunteers and the local community.