Highlights have included Utility Alliance becoming a patron of the charity, pledging £5000 per year along with additional support and a Royal Ascot Day day held in memory of Joe Musgrave from existing patrons Wynyard Park.

All of Alice House’s fundraising events have benefited from corporate sponsorship, including the Afternoon Tea and Fashion Show sponsored by Tilly, Bailey & Irvine, Beer Festival sponsored by Cameron’s, Golf Day sponsored by Drive Vauxhall and Fine & Country along with many more.

The charity has also received funding and sponsorship from both new and ongoing supporters such as Specsavers, Seymour Civil Engineering, Boots and Boots Opticians, J & B Recycling, Publicity Seekers, Twenty3 Taxis, O’Connor Roofing and Victoria House Funeral Services.

This is all alongside the ongoing support from the members of Guild of Patrons and a long list of other charity partners.

Greg Hildreth, a fundraiser at the Hospice said “In the last year we have received generous support from around 200 businesses, all of whom are helping to provide care for local people and their families. The ones listed here are just a sample of the many kind organisations we work with. Without this kind of support, we would not be able to offer the services that we deliver so it is a hugely important part of our fundraising. I’d like to wish everyone all the very best for Christmas and the New Year.”