Ashgate Hospice receives £4,433 donation from Tesco colleagues
Patients at Ashgate Hospice will benefit from a generous donation thanks to the hard work of stores in the area.
Store community champions from Clay Cross Extra, Chesterfield Clowne Extra, Chesterfield Pavements Express, and Chesterfield Extra rallied colleagues to take part in an in-store static bike ride.
The stores also held raffles and tombola in store to encourage further donations from customers.
Ashgate Hospice provides end-of-life care for the people of North Derbyshire as well as providing support to families and loved ones of patients.
Nicole said: “We chose Ashgate Hospice because it's local to all of us, and it's a charity supporting cancer patients, which we always like to fundraise for since it’s so common and so important. We felt it was the right one to support, as they are struggling as a charity.”
Ashgate recently launched a fundraising campaign called the Save a Precious Bed Appeal, which has helped raise more than £240,000 to keep two – of nine specialist Inpatient Unit beds earmarked for closure – open for a further six months. The money raised by Tesco colleagues and customers has helped towards this campaign.
Sarah Barker, Community Relationship Fundraiser at Ashgate Hospice, said: “The team at Ashgate Hospice were really pleased our local network of Tesco stores could step up and help us meet our fundraising goals.
“As a charity, we rely on donations to keep everything running smoothly for our patients, and we’re so grateful to the Tesco team and customers for helping to make that happen.”
For more information about Ashgate Hospice, visit: https:// ashgat ehospice.org.uk/
For more information about the work that Tesco does in local communities, go to https://www.tescoplc.com/sustainability/communities/community-champions/