WHEN nurses at Phyllis Tuckwell were looking for a new sofa bed for their In-Patient unit, staff at business Vale Furnishers were only too happy to help.

Those who stay in the In-Patient unit (IPU) are often there for the last weeks and days of their lives, a precious time for loved ones to spend together. So that families can stay close by, even at night, the hospice has special relatives’ rooms next to the IPU.

Some of the rooms on the IPU also have sofa beds in them, so that relatives can stay right by their loved one’s bedside in the last days and hours of life. And it was one of these sofa beds which staff at Phyllis Tuckwell were trying to source.

Paul Pearson, corporate fundraiser at Phyllis Tuckwell said: “We would like to offer our sincere thanks to Mark Chandler and everyone at Vale Furnishers for the huge effort they put into sourcing this sofa bed and negotiating the leather version, as well as then buying it and donating it to our IPU. Support from local businesses is vitally important to us.”

For more information on how businesses can support Phyllis Tuckwell, call Georgi or Paul on 01252 729462 or email [email protected].