Chairman's Charity

By tradition, each Chairman of Epping Forest District Council selects a charity or good cause to support during their year of office.

Ken Angold-Stephens has chosen 2 charities.

St Clare Hospice

St Clare Hospice is a charity providing specialist care for people living with a terminal or life limiting illnesses in West Essex and East Herts border. We care for patients and their families, providing physical, social, psychological and spiritual support.

Our patients:
• The total number of patients from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 was 426
• 32% came from the Epping Forest district
• 38% of all new patients were under 65
• 95% of patients had a primary diagnosis of cancer

Our costs:
• Annual running costs of £2.6m
• 24% received from the NHS
• 76% received from people fundraising, making donations, leaving gifts in Wills and organising events, that is £5,414 a day we have to raise!
• For every £1 spent, 81p went directly on caring for patients
• To fund our caring work we rely on fundraising, people making donations, leaving gifts in Wills and organising events
• The hospice could not function without the dedication and support of our 450 volunteers

If you would like to find out more about how our care could help you please call our main reception 01279 773700 (9am to 5pm) or call our 24 Hour Advice Line 01279 773773 or visit the St Clare Hospice website.

Home-Start Epping Forest

Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children, in local communities. Home-Start Epping Forest was launched in 1990 and there are also 10 other established schemes supporting families across the county.

Home-Start offers a unique service. We recruit and train volunteers who have had parenting experience themselves. Volunteers visit families with at least 1 child under 5 and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support in their home.

The volunteer enables the family to grow in confidence, strengthen their family relationship and widen their links within the local community. Home-Start recognises that parents play the key role in ensuring that children have a happy and secure childhood and that even the most dedicated parents can face challenges that prevent them doing all they want for their children.

Our families:
• Home-Start supported 55 families from April 1st 2010 until March 31 2011
• All families supported live in the Epping Forest district

Our costs:
• Annual running cost of £100,000
• 29% received from Social Care
• 24% received from NHS West Essex
• 12% received from Epping Forest District Council
• 35% received from donations, grants and fundraising
• To fund our work we rely on support from the statutory agencies, the grant makers our dedicated supporters and most of all our loyal and committed volunteers / trustees

For information call the free info line on 0800 068 63 68 or visit the Home-Start website.

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