Cllr James Hockney LLB (Hons)

I was delighted to organise a Charity fundraiser lunch at Bollywood Spice Waterbeach in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.

Karen Newton EACH Cambridgeshire Fundraiser says “I am delighted that the charity lunch at Bollywood Spice was so successful and would like to thank Cllr James Hockney and the proprietors of Bollywood Spice for organising such a wonderful event. The money raised could fund two in-house Day Care sessions in our Milton Hospice (lasting 16 hours) enabling the child to meet other children or young people facing similar challenges, allowing siblings to have some “special time” with their family, or providing the parents with the opportunity to spend time with their sick child without the responsibility of 24-hour care.”

A big thank you to everyone who attended, donated a raffle prize or made a donation. The event was sponsored by Art of Clean.

It was a very moving experience to visit the East Anglia Children’s Hospice in Milton, one of three in the region. They support families and care for young people with life limiting conditions.

They deliver a wide range of services including; short break care, specialist play activities, music therapy, hydrotherapy, parent groups, sibling groups, care at end of life and bereavement support.

But they are heavily reliant on voluntary donations to provide not only these services, but to be able to invest in their facilities. For instance the new play area cost over £120,000. To learn more about the charity please go to their website; www.each.org.uk

I will certainly do what I can to support this very worthy charity that does such important work.

Above I am pictured at the EACH stand at the recent Ely Aquafest, where Karen from the charity invited me to visit.