In 2020 11-year-old Max Woosey from Braunton, began raising money for the hospice, which had cared for his late neighbour Rick, by camping in his back garden.[7][8][9][10] In August 2021 he spent his 500th consecutive night under canvass, by which time he had raised over £640,000.[11] In November 2021, Woosey was given a Pride of Britain 'Spirit of Adventure' Award presented by Bear Grylls,[12] and invited to spend the night camping on the pitch at Twickenham Stadium. Invited by the award organisers to spend the night before the ceremony in a hotel, he instead slept on its balcony.[13] Woosey was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2022 New Year Honours.[14] In March 2023, Woosey announced he would end his challenge on 1 April with "a final celebratory camp-out festival".[2] Stephen Roberts, the hospice's chief executive, said that Woosey's contributions had directly funded 15 nurses for a year.[2]
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north, devon, hospice, charity, based, barnstaple, devon, england, which, provides, palliative, care, established, 1983, shop, barnstapleformation22, march, 1983, 1983, typecharitypurposeprovides, palliative, careheadquartersbarnstapleregionnorth, devonkey, pe. The North Devon Hospice is a charity based in Barnstaple Devon England which provides palliative care It was established in 1983 4 North Devon HospiceNorth Devon Hospice shop in BarnstapleFormation22 March 1983 1983 03 22 1 TypeCharityPurposeProvides palliative careHeadquartersBarnstapleRegionNorth DevonKey peopleStephen Roberts chief executive 2 Budget 2020 3 88 million 3 Revenue 2020 7 51 million 3 Staff 2020 195 3 Volunteers 2020 485 3 Websitewww wbr northdevonhospice wbr org wbr ukIt operates a hospice in Barnstaple and palliative home care It is developing a new base in the grounds of the Holsworthy Medical Centre Contents 1 History 2 Notable fundraising challenge 2020 2023 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn 2014 it won the UK Charity of the Year award 5 In June 2020 the Hospice s volunteers were awarded the Queen s Award for Voluntary Service 6 Notable fundraising challenge 2020 2023 editIn 2020 11 year old Max Woosey from Braunton began raising money for the hospice which had cared for his late neighbour Rick by camping in his back garden 7 8 9 10 In August 2021 he spent his 500th consecutive night under canvass by which time he had raised over 640 000 11 In November 2021 Woosey was given a Pride of Britain Spirit of Adventure Award presented by Bear Grylls 12 and invited to spend the night camping on the pitch at Twickenham Stadium Invited by the award organisers to spend the night before the ceremony in a hotel he instead slept on its balcony 13 Woosey was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2022 New Year Honours 14 In March 2023 Woosey announced he would end his challenge on 1 April with a final celebratory camp out festival 2 Stephen Roberts the hospice s chief executive said that Woosey s contributions had directly funded 15 nurses for a year 2 References edit NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Charity number 286554 Governance Charity Commission for England and Wales Retrieved 26 June 2021 a b c Kevin Rawlinson 1 March 2023 Tent boy ends charity camping challenge after three years The Guardian Retrieved 1 March 2023 a b c d NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Charity number 286554 Charity overview Charity Commission for England and Wales Retrieved 26 June 2021 NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Company number 01696150 Companies House Retrieved 26 June 2021 North Devon Hospice scoops UK Charity of the Year award North Devon Journal 31 October 2014 Retrieved 28 June 2015 Matt Smart 2 June 2020 North Devon Hospice s volunteers receive royal recognition with Queen s Award North Devon Gazette Retrieved 26 June 2021 Tony Gussin 11 January 2021 Camp out fundraiser Max receives gift from fallen soldier s family North Devon Gazette Retrieved 26 June 2021 Boy 10 has camped out every night since last March ITV com Retrieved 26 June 2021 Joseph Bulmer 30 March 2021 North Devon hero Max raises 500 000 by sleeping outside for a year North Devon Gazette Retrieved 26 June 2021 Max Woosey sleeps in tent for year in memory of family friends BBC 29 March 2021 Retrieved 26 June 2021 Max Woosey Camping challenge boy set for 500th night BBC News 10 August 2021 Retrieved 4 November 2021 Pride of Britain Awards Retrieved 4 November 2021 Smith Colleen 30 October 2021 Superstar Tent Boy is a Pride of Britain winner DevonLive Retrieved 4 November 2021 Amos Owen 31 December 2021 New Year Honours Whitty Van Tam and Blair knighted Lumley and Redgrave made dames BBC News Retrieved 1 January 2022 External links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article about a UK medical organisation hospital or association is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North Devon Hospice amp oldid 1177583880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
