How to donate

  • By text - Send ROOF to 70700. Texts cost £5 plus network charge. East Lancashire Hospice receives at least £4.45. Obtain bill payers permission. Customer care 08448479800. Charity No 1075653.
  • Online - At eastlancshospice.org.uk/roof-appeal. You need to put the word ‘roof’ in the comments section.
  • By phone - Pay by debit or credit card by ringing 01254 733410.
  • At a bank - Donate at any Yorkshire Bank. Account no 22741541, sort code 05-02-52.
  • By post - Send a cheque to Roof Appeal, East Lancashire Hospice, Park Lee Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NY.
  • In the event that surplus funds are raised, they will be used for the general purpose of the charity.
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Raise The Roof news

Final slates laid to complete work at East Lancashire Hospice after Lancashire Telegraph appeal

E-S-LATED From left, Sharon Crymble; Chris Worswick, site manager J and C Devlin; and John Anson, Lancashire Telegraph assistant editor (features) on top of the finished roof

1:30pm Wednesday 4th July 2012

“WE can’t thank you enough.”

Fresh IVF hope for East Lancashire couples

2:38pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012

IVF treatment could soon be offered to a wider range of childless couples in East Lancashire.

Work starts on new roof at East Lancashire Hospice

here we go Sharon Crymble from the hospice with site manager Chris Worswick

1:30pm Tuesday 3rd April 2012

WORK has started on a new roof at the East Lancashire Hospice – paid for by Lancashire Telegraph readers.

Readers Raise the Roof after hitting target for East Lancashire Hospice

3:00pm Saturday 24th December 2011

IT’S the best Christmas present of all for East Lancashire Hospice – the Lancashire Telegraph’s Raise the Roof appeal has today hit its £125,000 target.

East Lancashire Hospice plea for donations that will be doubled

BIG JOB Roofer Chris Devlin surveys the condition of the roof at the East Lancashire Hospice

10:52am Thursday 1st December 2011

DONATIONS to the Lancashire Telegraph’s Raise the Roof appeal will be doubled — but only for a three-day period.

Lancashire Telegraph Raise The Roof campaign for hospice hits £100,000

thanks East Lancs Hospice staff, from left, Joanne Gaskell, Ann Neville, Wendy Laycock, Kimberley Hall, Julie Greenwood, Lyn Stevenson and Mark McConnell

10:00pm Wednesday 16th November 2011

EAST Lancashire Hospice has thanked fundraisers for helping the Raise the Roof appeal hit the £100,000 mark.

Great Harwood pensioner rides 12 hours non-stop for roof campaign

PIDDLE POWER Harry Haseley in his cycling kit

11:52am Tuesday 8th November 2011

A 69-YEAR-OLD man has helped boost the Raise The Roof kitty after cycling non-stop for 12 hours - not even stopping for a toilet break!

Blackburn youngsters raise £5k for East Lancashire Hospice roof appeal

‘FANTASTIC’ Sharon Crymble is handed a cheque by pupils Claudia Boardman, whose father died of cancer, and school council chair Millie Element, on behalf of fellow pupils of Feniscowles Primary School, with teacher Judith Marsh and Claudia’s mum Nic

1:10pm Tuesday 18th October 2011

THE East Lancashire Hospice Raise the Roof Appeal has taken a huge step forward thanks to pupils at a Blackburn primary school.

Blackburn women dare to bare for Raise The Roof appeal

STRIPPED DOWN: Mel Macfarlane, left, and Rachel Tatlow will model lingerie in aid of East lancs Hospice

5:24pm Friday 7th October 2011

TWO friends will be stripping off for a sexy fashion show to help boost the Raise the Roof appeal.

Family's support for East Lancashire Hospice

IN MEMORY Siobhan Cooper

11:13am Thursday 22nd September 2011

A CHARITY ball held in memory of a mum who helped look after young Blackburn Rovers stars has raised £4,300 for East Lancashire Hospice.

Two bumper gifts push Raise The Roof appeal closer to target

CHECK IT OUT Jess and Louise, left, hand over a cheque to Doreen Jeffrey, from the hospice.

3:36pm Tuesday 20th September 2011

THE Raise the Roof appeal has been boosted by more than £4,000 thanks to two groups of fundraisers.

Blackburn fast-breaking event boosts Raise The Roof appeal

GRAND TOTAL Naveed Aslam, a One Voice volunteer, presents the £1,000 cheque to Tony Eaton, clinical nurse specialist at the hospice

11:00am Thursday 15th September 2011

A fast-breaking charity event held at the end of Ramadhan has boosted the Raise The Roof appeal by £1,000.

Rishton couple's golden opportunity to help hospice appeal

THEN AND NOW Golden wedding couple Joan and Ian Jenkinson present a cheque for £705 to staff nurse Anna Kenworthy.

3:51pm Tuesday 13th September 2011

A RISHTON couple asked family and friends to donate to the Raise the Roof appeal when celebrating their Golden Wedding.

Leaking roof at East Lancashire hospice illustrates need for donations

8:30am Wednesday 10th August 2011

EAST Lancashire Hospice has been forced to close one of its inpatient rooms due to its leaky roof.

Donations at Blackburn charity fundraiser's funeral go to hospice appeal

always shared Miriam with a photo of her husband Frank

3:44pm Wednesday 27th July 2011

FRANK Baxendale spent a lifetime giving his time and energy to others.

Terminally-ill Darwen woman raises £1,500 for hospice appeal

BIG SALE Sheenagh Scott

9:00pm Monday 25th July 2011

THE brave efforts of a terminally-ill cancer patient have boosted the Raise the Roof appeal by £1,500.

Friends cycle for East Lancashire Hospice charity

11:02am Friday 22nd July 2011

FOUR pals will be cycling nearly 130 miles next Sunday for the Raise the Roof appeal — which now stands at £54,000.

Brave Lewis in walk for East Lancashire Hospice

INSPIRATIONAL Lewis Baker-Vose

5:32pm Wednesday 20th July 2011

A COURAGEOUS teenager with cerebral palsy has donated £300 to the Raise the Roof appeal.

Fundraiser to 'Raise the Roof' for Blackburn hospice

CHARITY WALKERS: Sheena Scott, centre, with her mum Dee Gradwell, front left, and others who took part in the Starlight Walk

7:30pm Thursday 14th July 2011

A TERMINALLY ill cancer patient is hoping to raise thousands of pounds this Sunday for the Raise the Roof appeal.

Blackburn hospice volunteer urges people to back Telegraph campaign

6:40pm Friday 8th July 2011

“PEOPLE say to me you put such a lot in, but my answer is I get far more out of it than I put in.



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