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The Rosemary FoundationThe Rosemary Foundation
Hospice at Home
Registered Charity No 1064723
Autumn 2013 Newsletter
Craft Fairs at East Meon
We are used to heavy rain at our popular events at East Meon but during this year we have also had snow and a major road closure to create additional problems. Happily supporters of The Rosemary Foundation are a determined group of people!
Nurse Lindy Coles has taken over the organisation of these events and has developed these into Craft Fairs. With her own skills in knitting items such as teddies and tea cosies she has invited a variety of craft makers to attend to showcase their own products in return for a donation.
Make a note for your diary and come to the Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 30th November at East Meon Village Hall 10:00‐1:00pm. You will receive an extra warm welcome if you bring with you some cakes, preserves or jigsaws!
Our grateful thanks to Lindy for her hard work and for steering us in this new direction, which is being greatly enjoyed by nurses, volunteers and visitors.
This change of emphasis together with increased publicity
has resulted in significantly better attendance. Alongside the
many craft stalls are the cakes and preserves, jigsaws and the
ever‐popular bottle tombola with a prize every time. There is also a children’s craft table where they
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Chairman’s Letter Dear Readers,
As I write on this sunny day it gives me great pleasure to report on the achievements of the Foundation over the past 6 months.
Despite the constant demand on our nursing service, our dedicated nurses, often faced with exceptionally busy weekends and challenging cases, have managed admirably. They continually look for new ways to improve the fine quality of care that they provide and have welcomed recognition from the Department of Health (DOH) which gave a grant to improve facilities.
Our loyal band of volunteers have devoted an increasing amount of time and expertise to administrative tasks and to orchestrating fundraising events. During the summer months there have been many highly successful events organized by our supporters and I should like to thank all those involved. I should also like to thank Philippa Steward for her help in marketing. Grateful thanks are due to our patrons, Lord and Lady Bessborough, who kindly hosted the Opera dinner evenings at Stansted House, raising over £20,000. With this income boost and with a few generous donations from loyal supporters we have been able to add to our investment funds for future staff recruitment.
In April, Rear Admiral Jeremy de Halpert joined the Trustee Board. With a distinguished career in the Royal Navy and in retirement with Trinity House, his expertise is welcomed and will add considerable strength to the board. Jeremy has already been busy establishing important links with the SEHants Clinical Commissioning Group and he will oversee the spending of the DOH grant.
Canon Terry Louden retired from the Ministry in July and sadly this necessitated his resignation from the Trustee Board. He will be greatly missed by everyone at the Foundation not only for his guidance and wise counsel at trustee meetings over the past 13 years but also for his support to the nursing staff and his major contribution to the wellbeing of our charity.
In the coming months the search for 2 new trustees will continue and we would welcome more volunteers. The Rosemary Foundation will however always need to rely on all our supporters and friends and with their help I am optimistic that in the coming year the charity will flourish and go from strength to strength.
With very best wishes to everyone,
Dr Patricia Golding, Chair of Trustees
Rev Canon Terry Louden
Staff, patients and volunteers of The Rosemary Foundation have known and have been fortunate enough to have been supported by Terry for many years.
Before the closure of Bordean House, the Sue Ryder Home, Terry visited his patients who had been admitted for convalescence or for nursing care as the end of life approached. Thereafter, with the launch of The Rosemary Foundation, he was available in the background, providing both wisdom and spiritual solace for staff and parishioners when this was required.
Terry became a Trustee of the Rosemary Foundation in March 2001, combining this role with the many tasks required of him as Vicar of East Meon and Canon of the Cathedral. At the Trustee meetings, he had the gift of saying just the right thing – making us think and perhaps re‐assess a situation. Each Christmas, Terry led our Lights of Remembrance Service at Langrish House, again providing sensitive and valuable support to our nurses and to bereaved families.
The Rosemary Foundation wishes Terry and his family a richly deserved rest and enjoyable change in lifestyle as they enter retirement together with a huge thank you for all they have done over the years.
From all the Patients, Families, Trustees, Nurses and Volunteers of The Rosemary Foundation.
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Computer Appeal In the Spring edition of the Newsletter, we asked for help from you to enable us to replace the Foundation’s vintage computers. Well…………….you did it!
Thanks to your tremendous generosity, we are now working on new machines that spring to life as soon as they are switched on and with no hint of a crash since
the day of purchase. Our hard working volunteers are to be found beavering away instead of gazing at screens awaiting a response.
Thank you – your generosity has made an enormous difference to us. Barbara Pettegree
Sunday 25 August 2013
08:00 first scheduled visit of the day is to Petersfield to help a lady with her personal care, which is carried out with the help of another Rosemary Foundation nurse. We then go to a new patient in Liphook, for 09:15, one of us to fill in the paperwork and the other to assist the carer with personal care for this lady. Return to the office at Langrish and have a quick cup of coffee.
11:30 the first call of the morning needs an urgent visit to Waterlooville to deliver a commode and to assist with some care and support for the family.
12:30 a quick stop for lunch.
13:00 telephone call received from an anxious family requesting a check visit this afternoon.
13:30 a return visit to Waterlooville is needed. Assistance of second nurse called. Care is given, with support and comfort for the family. Telephone calls made to out of hours GP and community nursing team. Stayed there for 2 hours.
15:45 check visit to the family in Clanfield. Support given.
17:00 returned equipment to Langrish office. Telephone call to patient, visit arranged, also nursing staff arranged for a care visit to be offered to a new patient in Liphook for next morning.
Short respite
19:30 collected colleague and made a return visit to our patient in Petersfield for personal care.
21:00 extra visit needed to a patient in Liss for symptom control. Delivered colleague home,
22:30 returned home
Bank Holiday Monday 26th August
05:15 called back to Liss. Support given to family, personal care carried out. Telephone calls made to out of hours
GP and community nursing team.
07:30 home again, ready to hand over to my colleague for the next 24hours.
Fortunately for The Rosemary Foundation nurses and their patients, not every day is as full as the 24hours outlined above. We know our patients value the availability of this 24 hour cover and we never mind how many calls we get out of office hours.
Last year the nurses carried out a total of 3,500 visits to care for patients in their own homes. These visits were all made possible by your hard work in organising fundraising events and from donations.
If there is somebody you know who may benefit from our involvement, do please pass on our contact details.
Julie Cotsell
... ‘On Call’ ...
A Day in the Life of
A Rosemary Foundation Nurse
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Petaprint Ltd ‐ proud to support the great work of The Rosemary Foundation
http://www.petaprint.co.uk 01730 262450
Car Boot Sales Doing a car boot sale is a great way to clear out cupboards, dcash …….for The Rosemary Foundation. However, car boot saenjoy their weekend lie‐ins! Our thanks go to Carol and Arthuto get up at the crack of dawn on our behalf.
Our Thanks to Jean and Noel Voice Jean Voice nursed at Bordean House and has been one of our loyal supporters since those early days. Jean is a very talented artist and has raised funds for us through her pen and ink drawings, her photography and her hand made cards.
Noel is an Assistant Grand Master in the Hampshire Masons and he has been instrumental in obtaining support for The Rosemary Foundation from the Masonic Grand Charity, the Provincial Grand Charity and also from local Masonic Lodges.
Noel said “it is our intention to continue to support the Foundation by way of thanks for the invaluable support service the team provides for those in need of solace, comfort and care.”
Petersfield Voices Raise £1,000
Petersfield Voices are a group of friends who started singing harmonies together some two years ago. We've performed for a variety of local organisations and residential care homes, singing a mix of traditional and modern songs and raising funds for The Rosemary Foundation.
We are delighted to announce that we've reached £1,000 and would like to thank everyone who has contributed so generously over the last two years. We are also pleased to announce that we are going to continue! So if you would like us to sing for you and help us raise a lot more money for The Rosemary Foundation please contact 01730 267817 for more
information. Carol Surman
Having organised 100 miles charity walks for the past 14
years, Tony Maxse from Selborne decided that there
would be just one more walk, and the Grand Finale Charity Walk was held earlier in the year. Our most grateful thanks to Tony for choosing us to benefit as one of his charities for the past three years and for the £25,000 that he has raised for us.
Cycling continues to be a popular way
of raising funds. Bill Budd from
Greatham is raising money for us at the suggestion of his GP, Dr Tom Price from Liphook and Liss Surgery
After a quiz night and the small matter of a Lands End to John O’Groats 6 man cycle relay, Bill is well on his way to his target of £6,000 to celebrate a special birthday!
Darren Faulkner cycled from Liphook to Weymouth on Father’s Day in memory of his father and enjoyed himself so much that he intends to do another ride for us next year. Fifteen year old Hannah Fearn took part in a sponsored cycle ride from Hayling Island to Holland. Once
Some of our
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Would you like to help with the printing costs of this newsletter? For sponsorship queries please e mail fundraising @rosemary‐foundation.org.uk
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Final Concert The Petersfield Chamber Choir was formed in January
2000 and quickly became established as one of the finest in Hampshire, performing to great critical acclaim.
The repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the present day and includes the St Matthew and the St John Passions alongside compositions by lesser known composers such as Janacek and Arvo Part. But all good things come to an end and the choir gives its final concert on Saturday 30 November at 7:30pm in St Peter’s Church, Petersfield, when the
programme is a Benjamin Britten Centenary Concert. There is no charge for admission, but there is a retiring collection.
Our very grateful thanks go to Musical Director Ann Pinhey and her wonderful singers for their outstanding support over the last 13 years. Their concerts have been in aid of The Rosemary Foundation more times than for any other charity
and at least £10,000 has been donated to our funds. Do please come to the concert and hear this outstanding choir for one last time.
Cliff Starred for The Rosemary Foundation!
“Old Herbaceous” is a one‐man play in which 80 year old Bert Pinnegar (played by Cliff Mullins)
relates his life story from
schoolboy to retired Head
Gardener through a very
personal account of what life was like in the heyday of
Britain’s large country estates. The setting is the ramshackle greenhouse that Bert lovingly regards as his second home. Our location was the superb Triangle at
Liss and Cliff had created a very special set, complete with period garden props. He caught our attention from the moment he wandered in as Bert through the audience
and delighted us with his gentle tales as the play unfolded. Our thanks go to Cliff, not only for his
absorbing performance, but for all that he did to ensure the success of the evening, which even included obtaining
sponsorship for the performing rights.
again we had many cyclists taking part in the annual LiDBA Bike Ride in Liphook including those riding in memory of Steve Kelsey.
The Flint Family decided to give themselves a year to remember as Paul and Mel were turning 50. Instead of a party, they have spent the past year raising money for 5 charities, including The Rosemary Foundation, through 50 events and challenges. They are now reflecting on quite an incredible year!
Others have also decided to mark their birthdays by asking for donations, including:
Fred Yeomans for his 85th,
Sue Silvester’s 80th,
Sarah Sibley’s 40th and
Young Grace Moran who requested donations instead of presents at her birthday disco.
There are so many people who have not been mentioned – but we are so grateful to everyone who has supported us. We could not continue without you all.
Fundraisers ...
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'I don't know what we would have done without The Rosemary Foundation'
My association with The Rosemary Foundation (as it came to be) goes back to the autumn of 1996 when I became Vicar of Langrish and began to visit Bordean House on a regular basis. I knew something of the sense of bereavement on the part of the staff and supporters as the House closed and then the excitement and the challenge of providing palliative care in its new local form, with the birth and evolution of TRF. I was appointed as a Trustee in 2001, and have been privileged to be in a position to give support to the important work of the Foundation over the past twelve years. Although I have recently resigned as a Trustee (as I have retired from parish ministry), I will continue to be a firm supporter and advocate for TRF.
A substantial part of the work of a parish priest is to prepare the dying for their death, to advise with funeral arrangements, to take the service, and to comfort and support the bereaved. Over the past twelve years I have lost count of the times when those I have visited both before and after a death have praised the work of TRF staff ‐ their dedication, their professionalism, their quiet calm, their commitment to carers and bereaved, as well as patients. Many, many times has it been said to me 'I don't know what we would have done without The Rosemary Foundation'. In this age of consumer satisfaction and feedback, from what has been said directly to me, I can vouch for the quality of the service that is delivered, and the personal way in which it is always done.
Because, as the Bible puts it, 'in the midst of life we are in death,' the need for a hospice‐at‐home service will always be with us. The Foundation and its supporters can be proud that our staff provide this so well in our local context.
Terry Louden
Recycled Fashion Show
With personal memories and thanks to The Rosemary Foundation
This year’s Recycled Fashion Show at Alton Methodist Church gave £1,800 of the total raised to The Rosemary Foundation. Show organiser, Karen Booker, has personal experience of their work, when they nursed her mother 10 years ago at her home, during the final months of terminal cancer.
Karen was delighted to be presenting the cheque to the very nurse who had cared for her mother; one of The Rosemary Foundation’s Managers, Barbara Pettegree. Karen spoke highly of the quality in nursing care, the advice and emotional support she and her husband received, and the sensitive dignity which was maintained throughout her mother’s dying.
Walking Newsletter delivery
Our very grateful thanks to Sue Crawford and Teresa Murley, who deliver over 100 of our newsletters twice a year to addresses in Petersfield, and to Barbara Toms for a similar number in Waterlooville. This is a significant saving for us in postage costs.
Sue said “we are delighted to help save money and doing this gives us some exercise!”
Liss Forest Walk
Gill Elmer’s annual Charity Walk at Liss Forest was again blessed with fine weather and some fifty walkers including many children and dogs set off for the Deer’s Hut pub in Liphook. Whilst we were sitting outside for a restorative drink bowls of water were brought out for the dogs and complimentary Bonios! A huge thank you the Deer’s Hut.
Kew Networks Ltd ‐ proud to support the great work of The Rosemary Foundation with their IT needs
http://www.kewnetworks.co.uk Tel: 01420 477549 e‐mail: [email protected]
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Financial Review
In previous financial reports we have looked at some of the details of our income, so it’s probably time to look at the other aspect of the finances – our costs.
It’s important that those who support us so generously feel confident that we are making good use of their gifts. Because we are a “Hospice at Home” rather than a hospice with in‐patient facilities, our fixed costs – those that we would incur whether we care for patients or not – are very low. They amount to things such as our annual insurance and the rent we pay for our office. (The latter is below market rate thanks to the kindness of our landlord.)
Also, our two nurses in management are paid a fixed salary but all our other nurses work on a "bank" basis. This type of employment has recently been in the news under the name “zero hour contracts” and it has been pointed out that these give advantages and disadvantages both to employees and employers. However, the arrangement currently works well for The Rosemary Foundation and staff and it means that the salaries and expenses such as travel are variable costs – put simply they go up and down in line with the number of patients we are looking after.
These arrangements mean that the cost of an hour of nurse’s time with a patient is as low as is feasible. Obviously, nurses have to spend time on other activities away from patients – for instance training to keep abreast of current developments and discussing cases with other healthcare professionals – doctors, district nurses as well as Foundation colleagues. And because we cover some 700 square miles, quite a lot of time is spent travelling.
Our cost per nurse‐with‐patient hour has increased by some 70% over the last eight years. This is partly due to increases in salaries and travel costs but also other factors such as the additional administration work needed to meet the requirements of the Care Quality Commission and of course, dear old Health and Safety.
I’m glad to say that we finished our last financial year at the end of June 2013 with a modest surplus. This meant we were able to augment the investment fund we are building up so as to provide a reliable and predictable income for the long term future of the Foundation.
And finally, we are now registered with MyDonate, a BT sponsored website for fundraisers where every penny (other than the costs of processing debit and credit cards) goes to the charity: there are no commission charges or monthly fees, unlike some other such sites. So if you are thinking of holding an event, please consider using MyDonate as it will be of greater benefit to us.
Mike English, Trustee
John Phemister’s Rosemary Shortbread
8oz plain flour
3oz rice flour
8oz butter
3oz caster sugar
2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary
Blend the sugar and butter then add the sifted flour. When well mixed add the chopped rosemary and mix again. Cut into rounds. Bake for 10‐12 minutes at 180°C Leave to stand for 10 minutes then cool on a rack. Store in an airtight container (if they last that long).
The Rosemary Foundation is very grateful to those kind people who have remembered the foundation in their will.
If you would like to leave a legacy to The Rosemary Foundation, just ask your solicitor to add the appropriate clause stating The Rosemary Foundation’s name and Charity Number 1064723
Would you like to help with the printing costs of this newsletter? For sponsorship queries please e mail fundraising @rosemary‐foundation.org.uk
The Rosemary Foundation ‐ Hospice at Home 35 Lavant Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3EL
( 01730 266 329 (administration) or 01730 269 996 (clinical staff) www.rosemary‐foundation.org.uk info@rosemary‐foundation.org.uk
OCTOBER
19 Saturday
Quiz Night
East Meon Village Hall, 7.30 pm
Tel 01730 266329 to book a table
Charity Fair
Liphook Village Hall, 10:00 ‐ 1.00 pm
In aid of The Rosemary Foundation and The Community Support Laundry of Liphook
22 Tuesday
Rosemary Foundation Stakeholders Meeting, Petersfield Methodist Church 6:00 ‐ 7.30 pm
27 Sunday
Great South Run, Southsea
NOVEMBER
30 Saturday
Rosemary Foundation Christmas Fayre
East Meon Village Hall, 10.00 ‐ 1.00pm
Petersfield Chamber Choir, Britten Centenary Concert,
St Peter’s Church, Petersfield, 7.30 pm
Free entry ‐ Retiring collection in aid of
The Rosemary Foundation
DECEMBER
11 Wednesday
Rosemary Foundation Street Collection
9.00 ‐ 4.00pm Petersfield Town Centre East Meon Village Hall, 10.00 ‐ 1.00pm
2013 Diary of Events
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Lights of Remembrance Service 2013 Sunday 1 December at 5:00pm
at Langrish House Hotel by kind invitation of Mr & Mrs Talbot‐Ponsonby
Please complete the Gift Aid Declaration form below and return it to us by Wednesday 27th November