News

6 May 2022 Enter Our Hospice Spring Draw, to help us raise enough money to pay for a nurse’s salary for an entire year.

4 April 2022 Southern Area Hospice Services are delighted to now reveal the fundraising total from their Big Bucket Campaign which took place on Friday 25th March.

28 March 2022 Palliative care patients in the Dungannon and surrounding areas are set to benefit from more outreach services from Southern Area Hospice Services.

25 March 2022 “Our local hospice has truly made a difference to our lives and is right here on our doorstep in Dungannon.

16 March 2022 Lindsey Bicker from Tandragee only joined our Hospice Lottery in June 2021 and won the rollover prize of £1,400 on 25th February 2022, just 9 months since she joined.

16 February 2022 JOHN REACHES THE £2MILLION MARK WITH HIS HIGHEST YEARLY TOTAL YET John Dalzell OBE has completed his 30th Annual Christmas Sit Out on Hill Street Newry and presents another incredible cheque for £156,046 to the Southern Area Hospice.

25 January 2022 Zoe Coulter from Newry recently won £1,400 in the Southern Area Hospice lottery by donating just £4.

17 January 2022 Mrs F.

23 December 2021 Louise Beck from Banbridge purchased a Hospice Lottery ticket for only £1 in the Milestone Supermarket in Rathfriland and won £100!  When contacted to be told she won Louise couldn't believe the news and said 'I didn't think much about it, I just seen the Hospice stand selling tickets and I bought one just to support the Hospice as I know what a fantastic charity it is, I didn't buy the ticket to win but now that I have I am delighted!' If you would like to support Southern Area Hospice on a regular basis while being in with the chance of winning weekly prizes, simply visit the lottery section of this website.

16 December 2021 A tremendous congratulations to Alan Larkin & Mark Mc Cavigan for their tremendous weight loss achievement.

15 December 2021 The Sunday 5th December seen the return of the very anticipated Aghagallon Santa Run, which seen crowds of walkers and runners in fancy dress take to Lurgan park for another festive fundraising event! Organisers Barry Shanks & Kevin McAlinden have been running the fundraising event in aid of the Hospice for the past 16 years, raising £77,093.

13 December 2021 This year the annual Southern Area Hospice Services  Christmas Draw raised over £17,000! The draw which took place on Monday 13th December had a grand prize of £1,000 worth of Lidl NI gift vouchers, the top prize was kindly donated by the new Lidl Store in the Buttercrane, Newry.

8 December 2021 Majella Marron from Newry won £300 in the Hospice Lottery draw on Friday 3rd December having purchased a £1 ticket in Spar, Patrick Street Newry.

24 November 2021 A very sincere thank you to our continued supporters at the Credit Union for supporting our Coffee Morning campaign once again this year.

16 November 2021 The Southern Area Hospice were delighted to invite their long-time volunteer Deborah Kennedy and friends along to the Hospice recently.

4 October 2021 This week as we celebrate Hospice Care Week (4-8 Oct) at Southern Area Hospice we reflect on the amazing support we continue to receive and the challenges we have had to face over the last 19 months.

29 September 2021 The staff at Mortgage Solutions, Lurgan recently joined Southern Area Hospice Services weekly lottery.

27 September 2021 Mr John Dalzell has been presented with his OBE which he received on this year’s Honours list in recognition of his continued work and service to Southern Area Hospice.

12 September 2021 4 out of 5 people with a serious illness would like their doctor  to talk to them about palliative care  Almost 70% say they don’t mind where they receive palliative care as long as they have a good quality of life  More than 4 in 5 people with a serious illness would like their doctor or healthcare professional to talk to them about palliative care if it could help them.

27 August 2021 Liz Cuddy, Chief Executive of Southern Area Hospice Services said:  “Southern Area Hospice Services are delighted to have received this funding as part of the Cancer Charities’ Support Fund.

23 August 2021 People are encouraged to know more about palliative care.