Willen Hospice Milton Keynes

08/12/2025

🎅 Santa Dash online bookings close Tomorrow 🎅

There’s just a day left to sign up online and begin fundraising for your local Hospice 💙

📅Sunday 14 December
📍Willen Hospice Lakeside
🎟️ Registration: £15 and a £100 fundraising goal, or £50 and your fundraising is covered!

Sign up here: https://ow.ly/2wrF50Xy5NN

Well-behaved furry family members are welcome to join and doggy dash with us!

07/12/2025

As you may know, we’ve been sharing our wonderful Christmas appeal messages you’ve included with your kind donations. Today we’re sharing an incredibly special one.

Recently, one supporter donated £5000. That supporter is a patient in our In-Patient Unit, who kindly gave us permission to share this wonderful, personal message.

“As a current patient, I would like to thank you for all your kind care and attention in my last days. I have been met with nothing but kindness, compassion, and friendly professionalism. I would like to help other people like me receive such a wonderful and vital service.”

That’s exactly what your donations help us do and we’re so thankful to everyone who has donated so far. 💙

If you haven’t donated yet, please give a gift here if you can: https://ow.ly/3BQB50XEwLA

07/12/2025

Good Luck Team Willen ❄️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

07/12/2025

This is so amazing to hear! Well done MK Rock Choir for supporting our amazing friends Pedal4Purpose 💙💙

💛 Christmas Fundraiser Update 💛

We’re incredibly honoured that the Milton Keynes Rock Choir chose Pedal4Purpose as their charity initiative for their Christmas fundraiser, and thanks to their amazing support, they raised a fantastic £554 for our cause! 🙌

A special shout out to Viv Ryan for helping organise this and making it all possible💛

Thank you to everyone involved for your generosity, energy and kindness. Every pound makes a difference as we continue our journey towards Home2Rome 🚴‍♂️

07/12/2025

🎅 Santa’s sleigh around MK returns next week🎅

Keep an eye and an ear out for Santa and his Christmas Swan float over the next few weeks!

View the full route details here: https://ow.ly/KmUb50XE819

Sleighing schedule 👇

06/12/2025

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06/12/2025

🎁 Your Christmas Donations 🎁

This wonderful collection of festive ornaments has its own Christmas story.

A family in Olney generously donated 100 individually boxed pieces from a loved one who recently passed away — a true “Mr Christmas” and avid vintage-ornament collector.

Thanks to Paul arranging an extra van delivery 🚚, these treasures have found their way to our Christmas Shop in Stony.

05/12/2025

Completely the stars of the show Broughton Fields Primary School thank you from all of Team Willen ⭐️⭐️⭐️

05/12/2025

🎁 Thank you for helping us to rise to the Christmas Challenge🎁

We’ve been overwhelmed by your compassion this week, Milton Keynes. In just a few days this December, you've helped us smash our Big Give Christmas Challenge goal! We’re all truly blown away by your kindness.🙏

That means our Christmas Appeal has now reached an incredible £94,502!

Thank you for such amazing generosity. We’re so privileged to care for this wonderful community.

And if you haven’t donated yet, there’s still a whole festive month to help give the gift of care 💙

Donate here: https://ow.ly/h18n50XCFeK

03/12/2025

We know that Christmas time heightens our feelings when we are grieving. 💔

The season of togetherness highlights those who are missing. A Christmas card we no longer buy, or name on a gift tag we no longer write. For a gift no longer under the tree.

For we’re sharing some of Michelle’s advice that was written to her mum, Amanda, in a letter. Amanda has shared her story in support of our Christmas appeal.

Taking strength from Michelle’s advice 💙

“I look at my letter Michelle wrote for me. Especially when I’m feeling a bit like I can’t deal with things anymore, she gives me a good talking to.

“She wrote, “Move on, mum. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me. Especially the last two years, you gave your life up for me and I couldn’t have got through it without you. But now it’s back to you.

“And what I want you to do is live life, be happy, be there for the grandchildren as you always have been and I’ll be waiting for you when your time comes.”

However you are able to take strength at this time of year, be kind to yourself 💙

If you haven't already read it, you can read Amanda's three part story here: https://ow.ly/GX7t50XB6Lv