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Local charities and support
All of the proceeds from the Festival will be donated to local and regional charities. As all of the beer and cider is sponsored, every penny you spend on drinks on the day will go directly to the charities, so sup-up! The event is organised and run entirely by a committee of volunteers. As last year, this year half of the proceeds from the Festival will be donated to St Monica’s Hospital and to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. We’re inviting applications from local charities and organisations for a share of the other half - if you know of any deserving causes please let us know.
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St Monica’s Hospital, Easingwold
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St Monica's Hospital has a special place in the hearts of many people living in and around the Easingwold area - both as a local provider of emergency services, and as a hospice, where many friends and relations have spent their last days being comforted by the loving and dedicated staff.
The hospital was founded in 1893 by Mrs Katherine Love, a member of a family of generous local benefactors living on the Hawkhills estate near Easingwold. At first it was known as Easingwold Cottage Hospital but later renamed St Monica's after the remarkable 4th century mother of the great St Augustus.
Taken over by the state in 1948, the hospital is now designated a Community Hospital. It is administered by the York Health Services NHS Trust, providing nursing and medical care for the acutely ill, chronically ill and convalescent as well as respite care, day care, minor casualty treatment, physiotherapy and, since 1993, occupational therapy.
The 2005 festival raised more than £2000 for St Monica's, funding the purchase of a special orthopaedic bed for the hospital's new wing, and subsequent Festivals have resulted in substantial additional donations to the Friends of St Monica's. We're hoping to raise up to £2500 or more in 2010 for the new palliative suite - if we sell all the tickets and lots of beer and cider.
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Teenage Cancer Ward at St James' Hospital, Leeds
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New this year, we're supporting Brownie Guiders Lynn Wagstaff and friend Belinda Channing who run the Brownie unit in Huby and are currently raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Ward at St James’ Hospital in Leeds. This at the request of former brownie Rosie, a pupil at Easingwold School, who is currently being treated there for leukaemia.
The ward has now been open for ten years and is set up specifically for teenagers, giving the atmosphere and surroundings relevant to their age group. We are raising money to help provide equipment and resources for these unfortunate teenagers.
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Yorkshire Air Ambulance
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It costs about £1 million each year to keep the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in the air, but they get no NHS funding - so we hope a few of your pints at the Festival will help. The helicopter has flown literally hundreds of life saving missions and has attended several serious road traffic accidents and major incidents, including the Selby rail crash. The Air Ambulance can often access areas that are difficult or impossible for road ambulances to reach quickly and smoothly, such as coastal, rural or mountainous areas.
The Air Ambulance can also deliver a fast inter-hospital transfer of seriously ill or injured patients and a high level of patient comfort, especially to patients with relevant head, neck, back and spinal injuries.
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