Martlets Hospice Ltd £5,000

Martlets Hospice in Hove sought a grant to enable them to extend the provision of Art Therapy for their terminally ill patients.

They have over 400 patients referred to the Hospice every year and their aim is to help patients achieve a quality of life within the limits of their illness.

Art Therapy is used as a tool to explore and share many difficult issues faced by people with terminal illness. The Martlets Hospice offer this service for two days a week and they are now wish to extend this to four days a week. We hope that the money given by the Caron Keating Foundation can help with this laudable aim. www.themartlets.co.uk

Bosum Buddies £18,500

Bosum Buddies is just eight years old and they have been fundraising for a Faxiton specimen X-ray system which enables biopsies taken from the breast of a breast cancer sufferer more accurate and less of an ordeal than it has been in the past.

The money donated by the Caron Keating Foundation will pay for one of these machines which will be used by Avon Breast Screening Service in the Bristol area

The Rosemary Foundation £10,000

The Rosemary Foundation is a Hospice at Home organisation in Petersfield, Hampshire. They offer hands-on nursing and caring support for the terminally ill patient within their own home. They offer this service on a 24 hour, 365 days a year basis.

The money allocated to them by the Caron Keating Foundation is to pay for a part-time Carer for a year. www.rosemary-foundation.org.uk

Beechwood Cancer Care Centre £2,500

Beechwood Cancer Care Centre offers many support services to cancer patients, their carers and family members. Their motto is ‘Living Positively with Cancer’ and they have a ‘Positive Living’ programme run daily from their centre in Stockport. The money given by the Caron Keating Foundation will fund the cost of a therapist one day a week for a year.
www.beechwoodcancercare.co.uk

The Lavender Touch £5,000

The Lavender Touch is a charity within the Scottish Borders. They provide aromatherapy treatment for people whose lives have been affected by cancer. These treatments are given to patients within their own homes or local health centre.

£5,000 from the Caron Keating Foundation will help with the provision of this service which reaches out to approximately 100 patients a year.