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Cransley Hospice is excited to announce the opening of our new Cransley Hospice Coffee Shop in Dalkeith Place, Kettering, next door to our Charity Shop. It is open Monday to Saturday
10am to 4pm.

Our Coffee Shop is staffed by many volunteers and run by our Shop Manageress, Suzanne,
and two Assistant Managers: Sarah and Kirsty. We hope that it will be a thriving shop for the community to enjoy, serving home-made cakes, quality coffee, afternoon tea and other light meals. In addition, we aim to open its doors for professionals on aspects such as benefi t rights and support and hold fundraising events such as quizzes and ladies’ health evenings, like our popular Pamper Day events. We also aim to sell books, promote Hospice events and have an art wall for local artists to display their work so we can embrace and incorporate the local community on many levels.

After months of planning, we are so pleased with the outcome and can personally recommend
the delicious cakes and refreshments on offer. In addition to all of this, we have opened up an access route from the back of our current Charity Shop into the store room that is at the rear of both shops. This is in order that we can make use of this to store goods for the charity shop as storage space is currently very limited.

As the plans for this exciting scheme have progressed we have been overwhelmed with the support it has received so far from so many people, including those offering professional
services, volunteering their time and offering to bake cakes.

To update you on our fundraising, our last Pamper Day raised over £600 for the Hospice, with 12 local therapists giving their time and therapies at a reduced rate enabling our
supporters to enjoy the day. We are now looking for a new venue for the daytime event
and would be pleased to hear any suggestions here at the Fundraising Offi ce. We are
planning a smaller evening event with seated treatments only available, which could be held
in our Coffee Shop.

Events are always being held in the local community in support of Cransley Hospice:

A Soul & Motown Night raised £494, Youth Brass 2000 held a Concert raising £485, and a
collection was held at Tesco, Kettering, raising £1,419.

Our Easter Basket initiative raised in the region of £1,000. This is a great way for your workplace or business to fundraise for the Hospice, we provide an Easter/Christmas Hamper or just a general goody basket for you to promote.

Please contact the Fundraising Offi ce if you would like to take part in this venture, or indeed if you have any goods to donate which could be used in hampers. We would love to hear from you. We thank you, as always, for your continued support.

Diana Patrick
Fundraiser

Coming Events

Saturday 12 May
Concert featuring Nigel Ogden,
Radio 2 host of ‘The Organist Entertains’
Central Methodist Church, School Lane,
Kettering. Ticket £8 each.

Thursday 17 May - 7pm - 9pm
OPEN GARDEN
Greywalls, Farndish,
Wellingborough NN29 7HJ
by kind invitation of Mrs. P.M. Anderson.
Entrance by ticket only - £5 includes a glass
of wine & slice of gateau.
Live Music. Bring your own chair!
Return coach available from Kettering - £2pp.
Coach leaves Corn Market Hall car park at
6.30pm and arrives back at approx 9.30pm.

Saturday 26 May
Concert 7.30pm
Rothwell Parish Church featuring
Great Bowden Recital Trust. Tickets £3.
Friday 8 June
Midsummer Party Night
Wellingborough Golf Club,
led by Croyland Car Megastore.
£19.50 per person including Indian meal
buffet, live music and disco.

Friday 15 June
Summer Ball
Wellingborough Golf Club in a splendid
marquee. Guests enjoy drinks on the terrace
and a magnifi cent four course meal
followed by live entertainment, casino tables,
fi reworks and dancing till the early hours.
Sponsored by Croyland Motors. Tickets £45.

Friday 22 June
Evening Telegraph Golf Day
Kettering Golf Club.
Contact the Events Team 01536 506123.
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Saturday 30 June
Simply Fish - Fish & Chip Supper
St Andrews Parade Kettering.
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Live music by Nigel Adair & Bob Stonebridge.
Tickets £5.50 for adults includes fi sh and
chips and buttered roll. £2 for children
includes sausage and chips. Bring your own
drink. Held in conjunction with Kettering Arts
Centre. In case of bad weather the event will
take place in St. Andrews Church.

For further information about any of these events or to donate raffl e or tombola prizes, please contact the Fundraising Offi ce at Cransley Hospice on 01536 527407 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Please note that the Fundraising Offi ce is now based at

Forest House,
2 Riley Road,
Telford Way Industrial Estate,
Kettering,
Northants NN16 8NN

Telephone 01536 527407
www.cransleyhospice.org.uk