News

MONDAY 18^th

• A huge thanks to the Catering Team for our delicious Christmas lunch baguettes which they served up today.

 

• The Mayor of South Ribble dropped by the hospice for a visit.

TUESDAY 19^th

• Derian Playgroup for our babies and toddlers will be held in the Seaside Room from 10:00am – 11:30pm, where this week they’ll enjoy their Christmas party.

 

• Karen (CEO), Catherine (Chief Nurse), and the rest of the Leadership and Management Team will engage in their monthly meeting in the Conference Room this morning.

 

• Individual and group sessions of music therapy with Martha will take place in the Snug from 2:00pm.

 

• The team from Bolton Wanderers Football Club will be visiting us from 3:00pm to hand out presents to our children and young people.

WEDNESDAY 20^th

• Music teacher Rachel will be in the House Snug from 11:00am to entertain us all with an hour of Christmas sing-along fun.

THURSDAY 21^st

• The weekly Thursday huddle will be taking place in the Care Team office from 9:30am today. A member of staff from each team is encouraged to pop along and give a brief overview of what your teams are up to.

 

• It’s Christmas raffle time! There are 7 prizes up for grabs (of which you can find on the Intranet article), and tickets are just £1 a strip. These can be purchased from reception and it’ll be drawn LIVE today in the Diner.

 

• We’re going on a bear hunt, and we’re not scared! The Lowry Theatre will be live-streaming their Thursday afternoon performance right here in the hospice for our children and young people to enjoy with their families.

 

• Our magical Trees of Love forest will open up to the general public from 4:00pm – 8:00pm as we welcome friends, families and supporters to our festive garden party. Father Christmas will be making an appearance, and there’ll be plenty of stalls to peruse in the Seaside Room.

FRIDAY 22^nd  

• The Wigan Warriors team will be visiting the hospice to have a look at our facilities and deliver gifts to our children and young people.

SUNDAY 24^th

• ‘Twas the night before Christmas… our families will hopefully be at home awaiting the joy of Christmas morning with their loved ones.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

• The team of Directors will be progressing the recruitment campaign for Care Team roles for the new year this week.

 

• If you would like to share with the rest of Derian what your department is up to in the next 7 days, please send an email to murray@derianhouse.co.ukbefore Friday the week before.

Have a great week everyone! J