# World Cup Fever Reaches St Teresa's Hospice

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/06/07/world-cup-fever-reaches-st-teresa039s-hospice/
- Published: 2006-06-07T08:05:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Approved by and distributed on behalf of St Teresa’s Hospice

 

 [⌊St Teresas Hospice and Ladbrokes⌉](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/blogs/newswire/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Ladbrokes%20Web.jpg)

 

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Photo Caption (See attached jpg): (left to right) Ladbrokes employee Ruth Armstrong,
with Ladbrokes Manageress Joan Machin, St Teresa’s Hospice Director Jane Bradshaw
and Ladbrokes employee Lynda Cavander.

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

CONTACT: Claire Buchan (01325) 363436

 

WORLD CUP FEVER REACHES

 

ST TERESA’S HOSPICE

 

06/06/06

 

St Teresa’s Hospice has caught World Cup fever thanks to a free £50 bet from Ladbrokes
bookmakers.

 

Jane Bradshaw, Director of St Teresa’s Hospice, was invited to the Ladbrokes betting
shop in Salters Lane in Darlington, to place the bet and predict who will win the
World Cup.

 

After consulting with Hospice guests and staff, as well as the Ladbrokes’ experts,
Jane placed the bet for England to win the tournament. With odds of 7/1 this would
generate winnings of £400 to help fund the Hospice’s palliative and respite care
services.

 

The Darlington-based Hospice, which relies almost entirely on fundraising and charitable
donations, has also applied for additional funding from the ‘Ladbrokes in the Community
Charity Trust’ (LICCT), which raises much-needed funds for local community charities
and good causes.

 

Jane Bradshaw, Director of St Teresa’s Hospice, said: This is perhaps one of the
most unusual fundraising activities the Hospice has taken part in and everyone is
really looking forward to it. We will all be supporting the England team in Germany
and we will now be watching the World Cup with even more anticipation.”

 

Joan Machin, Manageress of Ladbrokes Salters Lane, said: I am a strong supporter
of St Teresa’s Hospice and I know that the majority of people within the Darlington
community would agree that it is a very worthy cause.

 

Almost everyone knows someone, or can relate to someone who is suffering due to 
illness and St Teresa’s Hospice is always there to help those who need it most.â
€

 

For more information about the ‘Ladbrokes in the Community Charity Trust’ (LICCT),
or to apply for a donation, please ask for an application form at any Ladbrokes 
store nationwide.

 

ENDS

 

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