This year’s Sparkle Night Walk attracted more than 3,500 participants who raised a record total of £388,238 for the hospice.
Three months later, a thank-you party– attended by more than 100 supporters and held at Chesterfield Football Club – enabled the hospice to celebrate the people and teams behind that incredible total.
Awards were presented to the top fundraising teams in these categories:
Friends and family – 1. Team Claire £6,100, 2. Thoday’s Trekkers £3,433, 3. Warrior Queen £3,246.
Workplace – 1. The Miners Arms Queens £3,568, 2. Mary £2,780, 3. SDE Group Sparklers £2,592.
Eudcation – 1. Inkersall Spencer 2026 £2,379, 2. HB Reach For The Stars £1,790, 3. Team 331 £1,195.46.
Ashgate also thanked Chesterfield Football Club for hosting the celebration and for its continued support of the Sparkle Night Walk.
James Branson, events and community fundraising manager at Ashgate Hospice, said: “Sparkle Night Walk is made possible by the incredible people who take part, fundraise, volunteer and support the event in so many different ways.
“This year was particularly special as we reached a record-breaking £388,238, and we wanted to bring people together to celebrate what they have achieved.
“Every pound raised will help us provide specialist palliative and end of life care to people across North Derbyshire, both in their own homes and in our hospice and community services.
“We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who helped make this year’s Sparkle Night Walk our biggest and most successful yet.”
The next Sparkle Night Walk will take place on June 26, 2027, with registration now open. To find out more or sign up, visit www.ashgatehospice.org.uk/sparkle-night-walk
Ashgate Hospice provides care to around 2,600 patients annually in Chesterfield and North-East Derbyshire and parts of the High Peakand offers bereavement support for their families. It costs £18.5 million a year to keep the hospice running.
13. Ashgate Hospicen Sparkle Night Walk celebration party
James Branson, events and community fundraising manager, has shared the hospice's thanks for making this year's Sparkle Night Walk the biggest and most successful yet. Photo: Nick Rhodes