Our school relationships are important to us.
Our school relationships are hugely important to us. Get your school involved in helping to provide expert and compassionate hospice care to local families. See below the different ways you can help support us.
How you can help
There are lots of ways you can get involved and help us to raise funds and awareness for our charity, here are just a few ideas
Cuppa for Care
Join us for a Cuppa for Care this September. There’s nothing better than a good cuppa and a slice of cake, shared with colleagues and pupils
Kits of Kindness
The FIFA World Cup takes place this June and July, and we are asking your school to get involved with our World Cup fundraiser this summer term!
Join our Bunny Hop
Pupils can hop, skip, jump, run, toddle around the playground while donning their bunny ears to raise awareness and funds for their local hospice charity.
Grow your £30 Challenge
Starting with £30 students will use their entrepreneurial skills and creative ideas to turn this into as much as they possibly can for Hospice at Home West Cumbria.
Christmas Jumper Day
Don your best (or worst!) Christmas knits this December in aid of your local hospice charity!
Choose us as your charity of the year
If you are thinking of participating in a number of fundraising events across the academic year, why not choose us as your Charity of the Year. Whether this be across your school as a whole, or sees each class or year group choose a different charity to support, our fundraising team will support you in your fundraising activities, with regular check ins and visits to encourage pupils and celebrate their fundraising achievements.
Choosing us as your Charity of the Year could involve taking part in one of our events and campaigns, such as our Christmas Jumper Day, or organising your own fundraising activities, such as a coffee and cake morning for parents to attend, or a sponsored silence or walking challenge for pupils to get involved in. If you’re interested in teaching pupils the values of community and commitment across the year, we would love to hear from you to discuss a partnership.
Invite us to give an assembly
Our fundraising team love getting out and about in our community to help us raise awareness of our services and the many ways that people can get involved to support us, and we would be grateful for the opportunity to speak to your staff and pupils about our work.
We can tailor our presentations to suit the learning needs and ages of each group, and can deliver these as full school assemblies or for smaller classes or year groups. These can also be tailored to focus on particular areas at your request, whether this be particular events we have coming up for the school to get involved in, or on career opportunities in the hospice sector.
Our talks give us the opportunity to thank the school community for your support and highlight the importance of getting involved to support local charities at any age, while also allowing us to enrich the learning of pupils.
If you would like to invite a member of our fundraising team to deliver a talk within your school, college or youth club, please get in touch with us on 01900 873173 or info@hhwc.org.uk
How do schools benefit from working together?
Supporting Hospice at Home West Cumbria through fundraising and awareness raising within school can support the learning and experiences of pupils in many ways.
Emphasising the importance of community and citizenship.
Highlighting career opportunities in our local area.
Providing volunteering opportunities for the completion of Duke of Edinburgh Awards and to support CV creation and UCAS applications.
Enriching health and social care studies by exploring hospice care and our services.
We will also help to raise the profile of your school, college or youth club by celebrating your support on our social media pages and website.
Thank you
By supporting our charity, you will make a real difference and enable us to continue to provide essential care to the people of West Cumbria!
If you’re interested in getting involved or would like more information about how you can help Hospice at Home West Cumbria, please call 01900 873173 , email us on info@hhwc.org.uk or complete the contact form below.