“This has caused even more heartache to our community to be targeted yet again, along with additional bills to pay for the damage and repairs to the shop – vital money which would have been spent on supporting our patients and their families. They were there to support us last time and will be with us again this time, our community support is what keeps the smiles on our staff and volunteers faces.  

“Only 20% of our income comes from the NHS. That means 80% of the income needed to run St Helena is raised through the local community buying in St Helena shops, giving donations, playing Your Hospice Lottery, and leaving gifts in Wills.  

“As always, we are so grateful for the support shown to us by the local community and want to extend our appreciation to our shop managers and volunteers who, although distressed by the incident that has happened so soon after the last one, are keeping the shop running as usual. Please do pop by and show them your love when you next go past. The community is at the heart of everything we do and the team really do appreciate your support at this time whilst we pick up the pieces again.

“If you work for or know of a local company who would be able to offer their services to assist with fixing the damage caused, we would really appreciate the help.”  

The shop is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 10am to 4pm.  
 
St Helena is urging anyone who may have witnessed the break in or knows anything about the incident to contact Essex Police quoting reference number 42/77586/24.

If you would like show your support for St Helena by donating towards the costs to fix the damage, you can do so at our donate page.