Date: Friday 2nd October 2020
Speaker: Isobel Dwyer, Appeal Coordinator
Business: Rennie Grove Hospice Care (RGHC)
Topic: 2020 update & overview
1. COVID IMPACT – £1.5m and rising…
- RGHC has projected operating costs of £9m (£25,000 per day) which it needs to raise during 2020.
- Of this, roughly 40% (£3.8m) was budgeted revenue from its charity shops.
- However, with all shops closing during lockdown, as at Sep-20 RGHC had a £1.5m shortfall to make up.
2. WHY do RGCH need £9m per annum?
Rennie Grove Hospice Care (RGHC) is a charity providing specialist care and support for adults and children with life-limiting illnesses in Bucks and west Herts.
It relies on public support for 89% of its £9m per annum running costs.
Isobel’s presentation [see below] details all the work that RGCH does, but to summarise:
- Grove House – Living well services
- 24/7 Hospice & Home care
- Family support – bereavements
- Supporting the NHS
3. HOW to make up this shortfall?
SHOPS
- 25 of the 28 shops have now reopened, but with quarantine restrictions on donations (72 hours) and limited space + public generosity post-lockdown, it is proving to be a challenge.
- Ebay – RGHC has a site on Ebay now, to help move the mountain of donations
- DEPOP – an Instagram-style app for the best designer clothing we receive in donations, for people to but online.
EVENTS
- Chiltern 2 peaks – a socially distanced walk which took place in Sep-20 and raised over £60,000.
- Virtual Herts 10k & half-marathon – took place over the London marathon weekend (4-Oct).
- Rudolph Run – happening in December, more details to follow.
When you look at the finances of this charity it is easy to see the importance of all the money raised by the public. Without that they just would not be able to operate.