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Read stories DonateWe help people in north east Essex face incurable illness and bereavement, supporting them, their families, friends and carers.
Find out moreSt Helena offers support at the Hospice in Colchester and in patients own homes via our Hospice in the Home, SinglePoint and Virtual Ward services.
Find out moreSt Helena helps adults, children & young people who have been bereaved. Our grief counselling is available for anyone, not just those with a hospice connection.
Find out moreA third of our funding comes from the NHS, the remaining two thirds is raised from the generosity and support of people like you.
Find out moreYour donation will help people in north east Essex facing incurable illness & bereavement.
Find out moreDonate to charity in memory of your loved one. Every donation helps people in north east Essex face incurable illness & bereavement.
Find out moreFundraise your way as an individual, as a group, at school or at work and raise vital funds to help ensure more local people have dignity and choice at the end of life.
Find out moreFind out more about how your business can support St Helena Hospice through corporate partnership, support and fundraising.
Find out moreYour Hospice Lottery is a weekly fundraising lottery owned and run by St Helena Hospice which raises vital funds for other hospices too as players choose which hospice to support with their entry.
The £10,000 Super Draw prize is guaranteed to be won on Friday 20th December, and is in addition to the weekly prizes from the standard Your Hospice Lottery draw that week.
Klaudyna Grela-Revell, lottery business manager at St Helena Hospice, said:
“The first-ever Your Hospice Lottery Super Draw is a great opportunity to support St Helena Hospice in providing compassionate care and support to people in the local community who face incurable illness and bereavement.
“By entering this exciting special lottery draw, you will help ensure St Helena Hospice can be there for the people you love when they need it, and it might just give your Christmas a massive sparkle!
“Imagine what you could do with that kind of money as you prepare for Christmas and the New Year. Let’s make this Christmas one to remember for you and for the families St Helena supports. Good luck!”
The Super Draw is just £1 per play to enter and is open to residents of Great Britain age 18 or over, T&Cs apply, 18+, please gamble responsibly. Existing active Your Hospice Lottery players who have a regular monthly £5 per play subscription, will automatically accrue extra tickets for the Super Draw and they can buy more to increase their chance of winning.
Visit www.yourhospicelottery.org.uk/superdraw to buy tickets.
St Helena Hospice is asking people to support its Light up a Life appeal this Christmas to help the patients they care for, and the families they support, to make lasting memories.
View moreIn this issue: At home with you in Tendring | Bereavement support for children | Virtual Ward grows
View moreStaff and volunteers at St Helena Hospice work throughout the festive period to help its patients make extra special memories with their loved ones.
View moreMen can be so hard to buy for and finding the right gift for any celebration can sometimes be a real challenge, but we've got you covered!
View moreThe social arm of The Big Issue has invested up to £1.5 million in St Helena Hospice’s fundraising lottery which supports hospices and the wider charity sector.
View moreBrian signed up to play Your Hospice Lottery after the care his mum received.
View moreChristmas has come early at St Helena Hospice, thanks to a delivery of seven fir trees donated by local grower Fred Smith Christmas Trees.
View moreChristmas came early at St Helena Hospice, thanks to a delivery of eight fir trees donated by local grower Fred Smith Christmas Trees.
View moreWhen you make a donation to St Helena Hospice, we are charged transactional fees by other companies, including fees for processing payments made to us, looking up addresses and validating bank account details.
We are very grateful to our donors who offer to offset some of these fees with a minor addition to their total amount. This is however completely optional and we are very grateful for your support whether or not you choose to contribute to processing fees.
CloseWe are able to claim an extra 25p on every £1 on your donation amount for no extra cost to you, as long as you are a UK tax payer; have paid enough income tax or capital gains tax in that tax year; and are donating your own money. If you pay less income tax and/or capital gains tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all of your donations in that tax year it is your responsibility to pay any difference. For more information about Gift Aid, please visit https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid