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Help us raise £10,000 at this year's Walk for Myton!
Determined that the show must go on our Virtual Walk for Myton is back for 2021 and were hoping to raise £10,000 to help ensure The Myton Hospices can continue to provide its services free of charge to people with life limiting illnesses, and their families, when they need us most.
Families and friends will be hitting the fundraising trail and enjoying the beautiful Warwickshire countryside on Sunday 9th May and we hope you will be able to join in the fun!
This year we need to raise vital funds so we can be there for more people like Brian Edden and his family:
Brian Edden, aged 73, received end of life care at Warwick Myton Hospice. Brian had cirrhosis of the liver and was cared for at the Hospice since his admission before Christmas until he sadly died at the end of January 2021.
The day after the UK went into lockdown 3.0 Brian showed us some of the beautiful artwork he had displayed in his room at Myton and explained that his intention was to cheer people up and bring people together.
When asked about his time at Myton Brian said it was
It is a very good place to be, I have been looked after exceptionally well and would personally recommend Myton to anyone who needs it. There are beautiful grounds and gardens, it is spotlessly clean, with good food and wonderful staff. It is lovely here, and whilst I am here for end of life care it can be the beginning of life too, its my home now.
During his time at Myton Brian continued to paint and spent many happy hours showing long-term family friend Sunita how to work with watercolours.
Brians daughter Nicky said:
Myton is not just for patients but for families too.
We slept in the wonderful family accommodation right next to the ward for a number of nights and every morning a nurse creeps in with a cup of tea for when I wake up. The nurses are angels and weve had lots of laughs and jokes with them too.
To reach our target of £10,000 we rely on people raising sponsorship.
To inspire you on your fundraising journey, please take a look at the difference this money will make:
£50 covers the cost of two hours of specialist nursing care
£175 is the upkeep cost of our relatives' accommodation for a week
£460 will fund an inpatient bed for one day
£2,000 would buy a patient specific recliner chair to enable patients to spend time out of bed