St Cuthberts hospice hold a special place in my families hearts. We were first introduced to St Cuthberts Hospice in 2016 when the MacMillan team (based in St Cuthbert’s Hospice) stepped in to help care for my Grandad Charles before he sadly passed away in January 2016. Shortly after that, in April 2016, my Nanny Mary was taken into St.Cuthberts Hospice to be cared for by the specialist teams in the last few days of her life.

We again had to reach out to the hospice in 2018, after my Step Mams Mam required care from the hospice before passing away in January 2018.

The skill, passion and professionalism shown by the nurses and staff within the hospice is second to none. The support provided to not only their patients, but families during grief was amazing. When you step foot into the hospice, it's hard not to notice the positivity of the nurses, everyone in the building really does want the place to be as comforting and homely as possible.

Because of what St.Cuthberts do day in day out, my Dad, Brother and myself are wanting to raise as much money as possible to help with their day to day running costs. We are therefore setting ourselves a challenge of swimming a marathon. In a 25m pool, this means swimming 563 lengths  each, in one day.