Branch News
Branch Charity for 2010
Acorns will be
supporting St Christopher''s Hospice (charity reg. no. 210667)
during 2010.
St Christopher’s serves a population of 1.5 million across south
east London, Bromley and Croydon and currently cares for over 2,000
dying individuals every year. St Christopher’s cares for
individual patients with life limiting illnesses and supports
their families and friends.
They treat their patients as individuals and strive to understand
and meet their unique needs, in the hospice or, increasingly, in
the familiar surroundings of their own homes.
Education has always been at the centre of their work. St
Christopher's extends its teaching and influence across the world
and welcomes the rich exchange of with overseas as well as local
students and visitors. The Education Centre delivers the
highest quality training resulting from research, practice and
experience. Its Education
Programme covers a wide range of topics encompassed by End
of Life Care.
St Christopher's is a registered charity. It costs over £12
million each year to maintain their services, just 28%
of our funding from the National Health Service the balance
must be raised from voluntary contributions.
Everyone is welcome at St Christopher's, and everyone is
valued—whatever their race, religion, or lifestyle.
www.stchristophers.org.uk
Branch Charity 2009
During 2009 Acorns Branch supported Kidscape (reg. charity
no. 326864). Kidscape are committed to keeping children safe from
abuse and is the first charity in the UK established specifically
to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse.
The total raised is a fantastic £4,520.99 plus on
top of that total, Local Hospitals (Toners) £110.70, Red Nose Day
£57.00 and Fire-fighters
Charity £257.72!
A wonderful achievement and the branch would like to
thank everyone for their kind and generous donations throughout the
year!
Branch Officers
Our officers are as follows:
President - Derrick
Dowling
derrick.dowling@foresters.co.uk
Vice President - Santina
Difolco santina.difolco@foresters.co.uk
Secretary - Cornelia
Sadayo cornelia.sadayo@foresters.co.uk
Treasurer - Sylvia
Goodfellow
sylvia.goodfellow@foresters.co.uk
Branch Councillor - Jason
Rose jason.rose@foresters.co.uk