PHYLLIS Tuckwell Hospice has benefitted from a donation of more than £2,300, raised at this year’s Festival of Transport 2018.

Arriving at the hospice in none other than newspaper proprietor Sir Ray Tindle’s 1928 Austin 12, representatives of the organisers, The Herald and Farnham Weyside Rotary Club, met with Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice staff to present the cheque.

Farnham Weyside Rotary Club’s Mike Yeadon attended alongside Herald general manager Eddie Pearce, and the paper’s newly appointed editorial manager Colin Channon.

Hospice chairman Michael Maher, a fellow Rotarian who has been a trustee of the hospice charity for the past seven years, told The Herald their focus is on ‘living well.’

Such services at the hospice work around the motto: “It’s not about end of life –it’s about rest of life.”

Mr Maher explained Phyllis Tuckwell aims to give people a ‘quality of life,’ providing care not just for patients, but their families as well.

He said: “We’re an essential charity – at this point in their lives they need this.

“We offer a young people’s group, bereavement support and a wrap-round service. It’s a unique place.”

The charity has to raise around £20,000 a day or £10million a year, of which the government provides just £2million.

Money raised at the Festival of Transport could be used to pay for the Hospice Home Support (HHS) service for a month, according to a hospice spokesman.

“As part of Phyllis Tuckwell’s drive to strengthen support available to patients at home, and provide much needed support for their families, we offer HHS. HHS provides volunteer support to patients and their families in their own homes. Living with an advanced or terminal illness can cause anxiety and stress and home can become a lonely place,” he said.

Volunteers can visit for up to three hours a week and help with many things including:–

?Giving patients someone to talk to

?Help with medical appointments

?Accompanying on outings

?Giving a carer a few hours break.

“An HHS volunteer is often described as a ‘good friend’ by many of the HHS patients – someone who will just sit and listen,” the spokesman added.

The record-breaking transport festival brought together a grand-total of 127 pristine cars at Farnham’s Upper Hart car park on June 10.

There was a huge range of cars, including a 1903 Speedwell belonging to Herald proprietor Sir Ray Tindle, the latest supercars from Ferraris to Lamborghinis and Nobles, Robert Lewis’s 1953 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, a 1911 Model T Ford, a Noddy Car (a 1972 Fiat Gamine), and the fastest four-poster bed in the world.

Winners of each category were awarded prizes and crowds were kept entertained by the Rock Choir and 60s band, The Dolomites.

Money was raised for the charity through sponsorship, stall hire and funds generated by the Pimms raffle.

?It is time to ‘Go Crackers’ for the hospice as Jo Spragg, owner of Escape2Art, will be offering adult craft sessions at the Phyllis Tuckwell Christmas Gift Fair, on November 20.

The fair will be held at The Aldridge Theatre, Frensham Heights School, and profits from the sessions will be donated to the hospice.

Between 10am and 11.30am and from 1.30-3pm, make six individual crackers complete with snap, hat, joke and gift. From 11.45am-1.15pm, you can make eight festive napkin rings for the Christmas dinner table.

Susan Griffiths Jewellery Designs will also be running drop-in jewellery workshops throughout the day.

To avoid disappointment, pre-book sessions by emailing [email protected] or calling (01252) 729446.

Find out more at www.pth.org.uk