Nightingale House, Wrexham - Saturday 9th June 2012

NIGHTINGALE House Hospice is holding its annual summer fair on Saturday, June 9. There is free admission to the event at Belle Vue Park, Wrexham, which will feature an It’s a Knockout competition.

Anyone can take part in the It’s a Knockout challenge as long as you can form a team of 10.

Laura Parry, community fundraiser at Nightingale House Hospice, said:
“The summer fair has traditionally been one of the hospices most popular and well-attended events by the local community. It is a fantastic day out for the whole family, with something to suit all, so please come down to join in the fun and support your local hospice.”

There will be a huge variety of stalls and attractions for all of the family, including a fun fair, face painting, live entertainment, a circus workshop, bouncy castles, the hospice car raffle and more.

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LAST YEARS SUMMER FAIR WAS A SUPER SUCCESS

Hundreds of supporters came along on to Belle Vue Park on Saturday 11th June to attend Nightingale House Hospice’s annual Summer Fair.  Together with the 'It’s a Knockout' spectacular, the event raised in excess of £11,500 towards the valuable services provided at the Hospice.

The ‘It’s a Knockout’ competition which saw 11 teams compete for the winning trophy.  The winners were keen Hospice supporters The House Nameplate Company, which is based in Ruabon.

There was a variety of stalls and attractions for all of the family to enjoy including a fun fair, face painting, live entertainment, a sausage sizzle, bouncy castles, beat the goalie, wriggly worm hunting, the kiddies corner, the Hospice car raffle and many more exciting stalls.

“The Summer Fair has traditionally been one of the Hospice’s most popular and well attended events by the local community.  It was a fantastic day, and it helped raise a fantastic amount for the Hospice.” Said Laura Parry, Community and Events Fundraiser at Nightingale House Hospice.

“’Thanks to everybody who came along to the fair to support the Hospice, to all of our volunteers and stall holders, plus everybody all who took part and who came along to support the teams in ‘It’s a knockout’, which was so much fun to watch!” continued Laura.

Nightingale House Hospice provides specialist palliative care services, completely free of charge, to people across Wrexham, Flintshire, East Denbighshire, the A494 corridor to Barmouth, and the borders, including Oswestry, Ellesmere, Wem and Whitchurch.  Nightingale House Hospice needs £2.46 million in 2011 in order to continue providing palliative care, free of charge to the local community.  The Hospice only receives 19% of this funding from the local health authority, which is only enough to fund the Hospice for 72 days.  The remaining money has to come from the fundraising we do with the support of the local community.

Nightingale House Hospice would like to thank the kind support received from the local community and businesses, including North Wales Police, North Wales Fire & Rescue, Vaughans Family Butcher of Penyffordd, RadioActive, Calon FM, F Benders, Bellis Brothers Farm Shop & Garden Centre, The Wrexham Heritage Society, Plas Madoc Leisure Centre, Glyndwr University Sports Centre, Farndon & District Brass Band and Elite Dance & Fitness.