COPES MARCH NEWS 2019 It’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and we’re running an Awareness Raising Day in the Fundraising Unit in the main Hospital Foyer, from 9.00 to 16.00 on March 11th. Do drop in and see us. If any members can help by distributing leaflets, helping Pat with the Tombola or [...]
COPES FEBRUARY NEWS 2019 Come along to the Coffee Morning. Feb 2nd in the Women’s Clinic at Southend Hospital. Drop in any time from 10.00-13.00. Have a chat about what you would like to see in the future events and activities of COPES at about 11.00 before the raffle. Tell us what [...]
WELCOME TO COPES – 2019 Wishes for a very Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. Our Big Night Out We are returning to the Roslin Beach Hotel for our Dinner Dance on April 25th. It’s a wonderful evening of delicious food, a few drinks, a raffle, disco and lots of [...]
2018. A GREAT YEAR! We’ve had a busy year at COPES with several spectacular events and some major fundraising initiatives. The highly successful Dinner Dance; the Wellbeing Day; the Football Match; the link with a local charity - Ambulance Transfers; the Family Fun Day; the raffles, sales and tombola; the Coffee Mornings; the Afternoon [...]
COPES IN NOVEMBER We hope to see you at the November Coffee Morning, in the Women’s Clinic at Southend Hospital. It’s a drop-in event running between 10.00 and 13.00. Relaxation, raffle, fun, support, therapy and more... Some Dates for your Diary Cream Tea at the Cliffs. 20th December at 2.00 p.m. for [...]
COPES IN SEPTEMBER Happy Returns Thanks so much for the hospitality of the staff in the Oncology Clinic for letting us use the clinic for the last few months. However, we’re very pleased to be back in the Women’s Clinic at the Nightingale Centre, round the back of the hospital. Thanks to the staff [...]
COPES IN AUGUST Your Committee News All the work done by the COPES Committee is done on a purely voluntary basis. We work closely with the hospital staff, Mr Razvi, Ms Kolomainen and the CNS team particularly, as well as the hospital management. Meetings are held 4 times yearly from 6-8 pm. The planning [...]
COPES IN JULY Welcome to our new members, many of whom joined us in June after the Health and Wellbeing Day in late May. It’s great that you have joined us but we’re sorry that you need to! (if you see what we mean..). FABULOUS FOOTBALLERS! Our sincere thanks to James Bess and [...]
At our June Coffee Morning, we were delighted to welcome Elliot Smith from Ambulance Transfers, who told us about a great new scheme. In return for a joint project of the sharing of info across social media, his company have agreed to give COPES a donation. We are jointly spreading awareness of COPES and [...]
COPES IN JUNE We wish to pay tribute here to all those who support the work of COPES. The hospital staff and committee members, of course but also those who run the raffle, donate raffle prizes, go to businesses asking for raffle prizes, find new helpers to provide speakers, services and therapies. People like, [...]