{"id":974,"date":"2017-03-19T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/?p=974"},"modified":"2017-03-19T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T15:50:32","slug":"2017-childrens-hospice-sw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/2017\/03\/19\/2017-childrens-hospice-sw\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Childrens Hospice SW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/Little-Bridge-House.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-975\" src=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/Little-Bridge-House-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Little Bridge House\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Little Bridge House opens its doors to their supporters once a month to give them an insight into children\u2019s hospice life and thank their donors and volunteers for all their ongoing support.<\/p>\n<p>The first Monday in March members of the Torquay &amp; District Soroptimist International took a road and rail trip to visit the hospice in Fremington, near Barnstaple.\u00a0 Members were unsure of what to expect and the atmosphere of the hospice wasn\u2019t how you would imagine it, we soon realised that the staff do everything to help make the most of every moment a very sick child has with their family.<\/p>\n<p>Little Bridge House helps build precious memories and is a place where sick children and their families can come for a much needed break.<\/p>\n<p>There were no planned family stays during the open days so we didn\u2019t hear the usual noise and laughter that we were told bounced off the walls of the house.<\/p>\n<p>We did see the bedrooms and facilities where the children had fun times through play, music, days out and the Narnia garden all the things that we have taken for granted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/Littlebridge-house-20170306_132759_resized_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-977\" src=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/Littlebridge-house-20170306_132759_resized_4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Littlebridge house 20170306_132759_resized_4\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Hospice South West has a chain of three children\u2019s hospices covering Cornwall, Plymouth, Torbay, Devon, Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire ensuring that nobody is more than 90 minutes away from a hospice.<\/p>\n<p>Donations were made on the day and the Torquay &amp; District SI will continue to support the hospice in whatever way we can. It truly was an \u00a0inspirational day.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Rider<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Bridge House opens its doors to their supporters once a month to give them&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2017 Childrens Hospice SW | News | Blog | Events | SI Torquay and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Torquay and District : Blog &amp; News : 2017 Childrens Hospice SW : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Torquay and District . 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