On the 21st April 2024, I will be running (well participating) in the TCS London Marathon and raising money for St David’s Hospice Care, a charity we have recently become thankful for.

In August 2023 as a family we were left devastated with the news that Grandad, Tom Evans MBE had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. It was Tom’s wishes that he would fight his battle in the comfort of his own home with the support of family and home care. St David’s Hospice have been one of many charities which have helped in this journey with providing overnight home care, for this we will always be extremely grateful.

The mission of St David’s Hospice Care is to provide and continue to develop a free and comprehensive palliative care service of excellence throughout South and Mid Wales for people, their families and carers facing a progressive life-limiting  illness which is no longer curable. This service recognises the need of the whole person and is given in co-operation with other agencies.

St Davids Hospice care for over 3,200 families each year costing over 9 million pound, approximately £12,700 each day. 100% of each donation will go directly to the charity and each donation can help to fund;

£10 Pays for a patient to have lunch and afternoon tea in our day hospice.

£25 Pays for toys, arts, crafts for the Unicorn team at St David’s.  The materials can be used to help children come to terms with their loss.

£35 Delivers a complementary therapy session to a patient.

£120 Pays towards one night of Hospice at Home Care.

£200 Pays for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to visit a patient and their family twice in a week to help stabilise their symptoms.

£1000 Would supply a new syringe driver for our patients’ use when they need it most.

Thank you