Friends of Sussex Hospices (FSH) has distributed £190,000 across the county’s 12 hospice care providers.
Every year, the FSH raises an increasing sum through its various fundraising efforts and the money is handed out among the hospices using a formula based on the amount of care provided.
FSH chair Kathy Gore (pictured) said: “We are very grateful to everyone who has helped us raise this money in the past year, whether it’s been by climbing mountains or helping to stuff envelopes. Our twentieth Christmas Fair will take place on December 3 at Ardingly – do come and support our hospices!”
FSH’s recent AGM at The Keep in Brighton was attended by trustees and supporters of the charity and hospice representatives as well as the High Sheriffs of East and West Sussex.
Guest speaker Dr Karol Sikora, leading British oncologist and Medical Director of CancerPartnersUK, set out his view of the future of cancer care. He said: “Cancer will never be eradicated completely but in future, with the aid of early DNA sequencing, treatments will be given to prevent the disease taking hold, in the same way statins are now given to patients with high cholesterol to prevent heart disease.”