By Press Release
The countdown is on to Go Yellow 2024, for Mountbatten IW, on October 11.
Whatever you wear, eat or do, make it yellow and help them raise vital funds for the 24/7 hospice and community services, delivered in patients’ homes and across the Island.
From baking and selling lemon cakes to a tallest sunflower competition, and from dressing up as a banana to sitting in a bath of custard, they want to hear about the brilliant things you will be getting up to on (or around) the big day.
Whether pounds or pennies, anything you raise during Go Yellow 2024 will help Mountbatten nurses and carers be there for Islanders.
If you don’t have time to organise an event, treat yourself to a Big Yellow High Tea for two, served in the John Cheverton Centre in Newport, or in their gardens (weather permitting). To book yours, call 217342.
Mountbatten CEO, Nigel Hartley, said: “A growing number of people need Mountbatten’s expert and kind care and support.
“Meanwhile, financial pressure on the NHS, which provides a third of our funding, means we are getting around £350k less this year for our Isle of Wight hospice.
“Funds raised by Go Yellow 2024 play a vital part in filling this funding gap and we cannot say thank you enough.
“We plan to launch a consultation later this year, about what Mountbatten services matter most to you and what life could be like without our vital 24/7 support for patients and their loved ones, at home, in our hospice and across the Isle of Wight.”
Sign up take part in Go Yellow 2024 at iw.observer/go-yellow-2024.