We have TWO pairs of hospitality tickets, to include a pre-match meal, which will be given to our two highest bidders. Bids for one of these prizes can be made by calling or texting your name, address and bid to 07764197951. PLEASE NOTE this auction is not available online and will close 4pm on Tuesday 15^th May.

Please note these tickets do not include travel or accomodation.

A once in a lifetime opportunity for your child to lead Blackpool FC onto the Wembley pitch for their play off final.

Blackpool FC have kindly donated their two mascot packages for this extra special game to Brian House Children’s Hospice.

There are TWO prizes for auction. The two top winning bids will each win the following package:

• Your child to be ONE of the official Blackpool FC team mascots
• Meet the team before the game and be part of this exciting day
• Lead out the Blackpool FC team on to the famous Wembley pitch
• Match tickets for your child and ONE accompanying parent or guardian

This really is a money can’t buy opportunity for any young Blackpool fan and we are thrilled that this is raising money for the local children’s hospice. Thank you for your support.

THIS AUCTION IS NOW CLOSED

Terms & Conditions:
• Your child must be aged 15 or under
• You must arrive at the ground 90 minutes prior to the 3pm kick off
• The prize does not includes transport or accommodation

For further details call 07827856867

Bark in the Park
Saturday 26^th May

Beaverbrooks Bike Ride
Sunday 10^th June

illumathon Ladies Midnight Walk
Saturday 1^st September

Please join us for the official opening on Saturday 17^th March at 11am, where BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Sally Naden is joined by Trinity Hospice President, Jimmy Armfield will be opening our doors for the first time and welcoming our first customers.

Our thanks

This new shop, located on Ball Street, Poulton, has  been made possible thanks to a generous supporter of the Hospice, who has bought the premises and is allowing Trinity to trade rent free. He describes his donation as “practical support for a wonderful local charity. I have been lucky enough to meet the patients, families, staff and volunteers at the hospice over the past few years and this is my way of helping them to continue to provide their excellent care.”  This wonderful gesture means every penny spent in the shop will go directly to patient care in Trinity Hospice and Brian House Children’s Hospice.

Trinity Hospice, is currently experiencing a financial challenge with a deficit budget, coupled with increasing costs and increasing demand from local people for hospice care. In the current economic climate the challenge for the hospice is to raise more funds to ensure much needed care continues.

Fiona Logan, Retail Manager for Trinity Hospice explains “this fabulous opportunity is quite unbelievable and one that Trinity is going to seize with both hands. The hospice is heavily reliant on generous supporters and the goodwill of the local community to raise the £7million needed to run the hospice”

As Jean Seymour is one of the many volunteers who have come forward to offer their help and commented “ it’s good to see the Trinity back in Poulton as I’ve been wanting to volunteer for some time and was just looking for the right opportunity, I can’t think of a better charity to help than the local hospice.”

Get involved

We urgently need volunteers and high quality clothing, bric-a-brac or furniture for the new shop, if you can help in any way please call us on 01253 591710.

For more information about the shop or fundraising for Trinity Hospice then call 01253 359362

We are delighted to have been donated a sign Blackpool FC shirt, worn by defender Alex Baptiste during their games against Fleetwood Town and Ipswich Town this January.

This shirt is is being sold via an online auction for to help raise further funds to support our work at Trinity Hospice and Brian House Children’s Hospice.

If you would like to place a bid on this shirt please complete the form below.

This auction is now closed. Congratulations to Mr J Oakley from Hampshire who won the auction with a bid of £300!

Emily, who has a lot of experience performing around the North West, including singing recently on the ‘SandAid’ record made for charity by Blackpool-based musicians is really excited to be able to support her local hospice whilst doing favourite thing, singing.

The competition organised by Furness Building Society in conjunction with the North West Evening Mail, Lancashire Evening Post and Bolton News, challenges talented local charity supporters to step up and represent their good cause.

12 finalists will compete for prizes of £1,000 for first place, £750 for second place, and £500 for third place, with £100 for each of the other finalists so that all of the charities represented on stage will benefit. The Charity Challenge final takes place at the Lancaster Grand Theatre on Saturday 21^st January, starting at 7.00pm. Tickets are £7 each and available through the Grand Theatre box office telephone 01524 64695 or by visit www.lancastergrand.co.uk.

Sarah Wane, Marketing Support Manager for the Furness says: “The response to the competition was brilliant and it left the judges with an incredibly tough job to select the 12 finalists from so many excellent performances uploaded onto the website. Now the finalists have been selected we hope the charity supporters will really get behind them and turn out at the Lancaster Grand Theatre on January 21st to cheer them on. Our aim of Charity Challenge is to make everyone more aware of the need to support charities in the current tough economic climate, and the final will be a fantastic night of fun and entertainment.”

Furness Building Society prides itself on supporting local charities and has more than 20 affinity accounts linked to good causes. The affinity accounts offer customers an attractive return on their savings whilst the Society makes an annual cash payment from its own funds to the charity, based on the total amount in all accounts for that charity. As a result last year the Furness paid out more than £360,000 to affinity partners.

Players took the time out of their busy training schedule to visit the children in Brian House Children’s Hospice and the adults in the In-Patient Unit and Day Therapy Unit of Trinity Hospice, taking the time to speak to patients, staff and volunteers whilst posing for photos and signing autographs.

Lorraine Cundy, Clinical Manager for Brian House Children’s Hospice said ”We are delighted the club were able to make their annual visit and spend so much time with the children. With Christmas less than a week away we are all getting in the festive spirit and the players presents of footballs, scarves, teddies and calendars were a lovely early present for the children”.

Whilst the hospice has a long running relationship with Blackpool FC this year has been extra special as the local club and charity have been matched through the 2011-12 Help the Hospices partnership with the Football League. So far the club has helped raised over £10,000 by supporting the hospice through a recent Sportsman’s dinner, charity collection and staff members from Bloomfield Road taking part in charity events including a skydive and the annual Trinity Hospice Santa Dash.

We have some other exciting events planned for the New Year, but for now we would like to wish everyone at Blackpool FC a Merry Christmas from everyone at Trinity and Brian House and a big thank you for their support.

Anyone wishing to help Blackpool FC reach their fundraising total by donating £3 can do so by texting TrinityGoal  to 70003

Over 800 people attended the short carol service held in our Hospice Garden, which included festive carols accompanied by the Hospice Choir and the Pilling Silver Jubilee Band. Followed by readings from Reverent John Dennett and Hospice President, Jimmy Armfield. Sister Debra Green, of Trinity Hospice and Sister Lorraine Cundy of Brian House Children’s Hospice then had the honour of switching on the lights of our 3 18ft Christmas tree lights, each decorated with special dedicated stars. These lights will shine throughout the festive season, each one in remembrance of a  loved one.

View this year’s Light up a Life Book of Remembrance here.

If you would still like to support this year’s Light up a Life and add a star to our Christmas tree please call us on 01253 359362 or to donate online please click here.

Our annual Presents of Mind appeal

The whole concept of Presents of Mind is one huge present for Brian House. Over the last 4 years we have managed to raise over £20,000. It may be optimistic to try to beat our fantastic efforts from previous years but with your generosity we can try.

Collection points are available throughout Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde at:

• Blackpool Police Station, on Bonny Street
• Blackpool & South Shore Fire Stations
• McDonald Estate Agents & Letting Agents
• All Trinity Hospice Shops
• Sweet, High Street, Garstang
• Over Wyre Medical Centre, Knot End
• Karen Taylors, Thornton
• PDM Lettings, St Anne’s
• Upstairs Downstairs, Lytham

“From gift sets, clothes, toys and books to toiletries, all your gifts will be put to good use. The majority will be sold in our shops across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre with every penny raised by their resale going towards developing the services provided at Brian House which cares for local children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Those extra special gifts will be used by children in Brian House.

For more information about Presents of Mind please call the Fundraising Team on 01253 359362.

We are delighted that over 700 people took part in one of Blackpool’s most festive events and the sea of Santa’s dashing down the promenade was fantastic to see. Here are just a few of the pictures from the day.

For more pictures please click here