Media Archive 2011

We hope this section will be useful for members of the press.  Please contact the communications team on 01442 890222 or gwalton@irhh.org for any media enquiries.

All our press releases for 2011 are listed below in PDF format. You can access background information on IRHH by clicking here.

December
PR No.282
20/12/2011
 New hospice at home night nursing team helps patients stay at home for Christmas
PR No.281
12/12/2011
 Hundreds turn out for Jingle Bell Jog
PR No.280
12/12/2011
 Jingle Bell Jog brings festive spirit to St Albans
PR No.279
13/12/2011
 Set a Personal Challenge for Olympic Year
PR No.278
12/12/2011
 High Wycombe Rugby Club score for charity
PR No.276
01/12/2011
 Santa rides into Tring with a sleigh-full of support for hospice
PR No.275
01/12/2011
 Mick’s magical grotto is a Christmas fundraiser for local hospice
PR No.273
01/12/2011
 Fern Britton shows support to bereaved families

 

November
PR No.274
30/11/2011
 Light Up a Life for friends and loved ones this Christmas
PR No.272
30/11/2011
 Robin Hood launch their Annual Christmas Charity Prize Draw
PR No.271
30/11/2011
 Hemel sisters sign up to Jingle Bell Jog
PR No.270
30/11/2011
 Get into the spirit of giving this Christmas and join our Jingle Bell Jog and Reindeer Run
PR No.269
28/11/2011
 Get into the spirit of giving this Christmas by signing up for Santa Dash
PR No.268
22/11/2011
 Newspaper story inspires family to sign up for charity run
PR No.266
22/11/2011
 Photo call: pub landlord offers hospice volunteers a Christmas treat
PR No.265A
27/11/2011
 Who Benefits From This Year’s X Factor Charity Single Launched Live On 27 November?
PR No.265
27/11/2011
 Iain Rennie Pepper Children’s nurses to benefit from X Factor Finalists, One Direction and JLS Charity Single, ‘Wishing On A Star’
PR No.264
17/11/2011
 Change in Chief Executive for hospice charity
PR No.263
21/11/2011
 Keep The Winter Cold At Bay And Raise Money For A Good Cause
PR No.262
17/11/2011
 Successful Cycle Challenge To Return To Aylesbury
PR No.261
15/11/2011
 Holmer Green Charity Shop to hold special Late Night Christmas Shopping Evening
PR No.260
14/11/2011
 Geoffrey Palmer to support Hospice Annual Service in Tring
PR No.259
14/11/2011
 Time Lords to take part in Santa Dash
PR No.258
14/11/2011
 Hospice launches Letter from Father Christmas
PR No.257
08/11/2011
 Beat the winter blues with Come Dine at Mine
PR No.256
02/11/2011
 Light Up a Life to remember your loved ones this Christmas and help keep local families together over the festive season
PR No.254
01/11/2011
 Panto stars to set off Jingle Bell Jog
PR No.251
02/11/2011
 Make Your Will this November and help local hospice care

 

October

PR No.253
31/10/2011
 Santas Dash around The Rye
PR No.250
07/10/2011
 Hospice expands nursing team
PR No.249
07/10/2011
 More patient care through merger - the first six months
PR No.248
07/10/2011
 Heart donates new Mini to help hospice support local children and families
PR No.247
04/10/2011
 Peter Drury shows his support for Hospice Care Week
PR No.246
03/10/2011
 Charity calls on community to help patients stay at home for Christmas

 

September
PR No.245
26/09/2011
 Pub bike ride for charity gets super hero boost from Batman and Robin
PR No.243
08/09/2011
 Pirates storm local pub seeking treasure for hospice charity
PR No.241
15/09/2011
 Bill Giles to open new hospice charity shop in Chalfont St Giles
PR No.240
14/09/2011
 Bill Turnbull to be official starter for Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge this Sunday –18 September
PR No.239
08/09/2011
 Forty years young, Angela will be on top of the world
PR No.238
08/09/2011
 Moira Rennie leads final call for people to join charity walk
PR No.237
12/09/2011
 Pub cook swaps his apron for a bike to raise money for charity
PR No.236
08/09/2011
 SKF team to scale Chilterns 3 Peaks for charity
PR No.235
01/09/2011
 Fundraisers stage stunt on side of Coombe Hill in the Chilterns

 

August 2011
PR No.234
26/08/2011
 Husband and wife team ‘walk the chalk’ for hospice charity
PR No.233
25/08/2011
 Chesham man takes on third Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge in memory of his wife
PR No.232
25/08/2011
 Alice turns attention from her studies to a charity walk in memory of her Gramp
PR No.231
25/08/2011
 Local GP takes to the hills to support local hospice charity
PR No.228
17/08/2011
 High Wycombe lady to scale Chilterns 3 Peaks for the second time
PR No.227
12/08/2011
 Hospice introduces new way to donate
PR No.226
01/08/2011
 Hospice nurse will lead team on walking challenge
PR No.225
11/08/2011
 Head of hospice nurses steps up to the challenge
PR No.224
11/08/2011
 Successful vehicle rally supports two local charities
PR No.223
05/08/2011
 Chinnor resident rises to walking challenge
PR No.222
15/08/2011
 Denham lady rises to walking challenge
PR No.218
02/08/2011
 High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire visits hospice charity

 

July 2011
PR No.221
25/07/2011
 It’s a dog’s life as pooches prepare for Chilterns Three Peaks Challenge
PR No.220
25/07/2011
 Charity issues a call to arms for people to tread in the footsteps of ancient travellers and Viking armies
PR No.219
22/07/2011
 Hemel sisters first to sign up for Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge
PR No.217
11/07/2011
 Nursing director gets set to trek for hospice
PR No.216
04/07/2011
 Hospice charity launches Apprentice-style challenge

 

June 2011
PR No.213
24/06/2011
 Doctors take on ‘steelman’ challenge for hospice nurses
PR No.215
20/06/2011
 Fern leads the Goodnight Walk as it grooves its way around Amersham
PR No.214
20/06/2011
 International expert leads hospice charity's nursing conference
PR No.212
08/06/2011
 Charity makes final appeal for support for Goodnight Walk
PR No.211
08/06/2011
 Iain Rennie Nurse gathers team to support Goodnight Walk
PR No.210
06/06/2011
 ‘70’s fashion hits charity shop windows in support of fundraising event
PR No.209
07/06/2011
 Charity launches fundraising event with support from Arriva buses

 

May 2011
PR No.208
26/05/2011
 Brother and sister take the plunge for ‘amazing’ nurses
PR No.207
31/05/2011
 Valia shows that “Charity begins at home”
PR No.206
24/05/2011
 Hospice serves a Chilterns challenge for Wimbledon fortnight
PR No.205
23/05/2011
 Fern first to respond to appeal from charity
PR No.204
19/05/2011
 Bill turns to the ‘70’s to support charity walk
PR No.203
19/05/2011
 Rennie Bear takes up Goodnight Challenge
PR No.202
17/05/2011
 Sarah steps out in the dark to raise money for local charity
PR No.201
16/05/2011
 Death remains a taboo subject amongst Brits
PR No.200
16/05/2011
 Hospice issues urgent appeal for walkers to help fund essential nursing service for local patients
PR No.199
12/05/2011
 The Spirit of Broadway comes to Chesham!
PR No.198
19/05/2011
 Lyn keeps it local with Goodnight Walk
PR No.197
09/05/2011
 Rugby and Football Internationals Headline Charity Dinner
PR No.196
06/05/2011
 Brave Carol undertakes sponsored head shave
PR No.194
09/05/2011
 Independent local sports shops offer support to charity Night Walkers
PR No.191
05/05/2011
 Holmer Green birthday celebrations
PR No.189
03/05/2011
 Goodnight Walk routes confirmed

 

April 2011

PR No.188
28/04/2011
 Beautiful bluebells light up Memorial Woodland
PR No.187
28/04/2011
 Graham Poll adds pedal power to the launch of the
fifth annual Robin Hood Bike Ride
PR No.186
21/04/2011
 London chef to cross Gobi desert for local hospice
PR No.185
19/04/2011
 Join TV’s Fern with a royal celebration cuppa for local hospice
PR No.179
14/04/2011
 Wycombe’s world record attempt will raise funds for hospice
PR No.178
14/04/2011
 ‘Unforgettable’ hospice nurses inspire daughter’s mountain trek
PR No.177
14/04/2011
 Shadow puppet show’s Tring date to benefit hospice charity
PR No.176
14/04/2011
 Hemel will be home to new hospice charity shop
PR No.174
11/04/2011
 Dig out and donate those ‘70’s flares, psychedelic shirts and
disco outfits for charity’s Goodnight Walk
PR No.173
14/04/2011
 Employee follows in footsteps of ancient pilgrims to
raise money for IRHH
PR No.169
01/04/2011
 Volunteer support needed to help families throughout Dacorum
PR No.168
01/04/2011
 People from all walks of life run the London Marathon

 

March 2011
PR No.172
30/03/2011
 Rennie Bear encourages children to pick up a racket
PR No.171
28/03/2011
 400 cyclists follow Fern’s wheels to raise thousands for hospice
PR No.167
15/03/2011
 Graduate uses skills gained volunteering at Charity Shop to
help secure first job
PR No.166
15/03/2011
 2011 Goodnight Walk to be the biggest 70’s party in the Chilterns
PR No.165
24/03/2011
 Support keeps charity move costs low
PR No.164
08/03/2011
 Hospice charity to host fundraising sale
PR No.163
07/03/2011
 Golf club support will help two hospices
PR No.162
04/03/2011
 Chilterns family firm takes on hospice cycle challenge
PR No.161
04/03/2011
 Tring to host dancing fundraiser
PR No.160
03/03/2011
 High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire to visit hospice charity
PR No.158
25/03/2011
 Founder’s family sign up for charity’s Cycle Challenge
PR No.157
01/03/2011
 New audience nets £400 for hospice charity

 

February 2011

PR No.156
28/02/2011
 75-mile cycle will prepare local man for another challenge
PR No.155
26/02/2011
 RAF Benevolent Fund donation helps hospice
PR No.154
24/02/2011
 Hospice issues urgent appeal for bereavement support volunteers
PR No.153
24/02/2011
 Marshalls needed for charity’s cycle challenge
PR No.152
22/02/2011
 Families plant trees in memory at new memorial woodland
PR No.151
22/02/2011
 Maisie is the first to be Wrapped With Love by local hospice
PR No.150
12/02/2011
 Sing-a-long Grease night? Tell me more!
PR No.149
12/02/2011
 Hospice issues urgent appeal for volunteer therapists
PR No.148
18/02/2011
 Signing up cyclists in Friars Square
PR No.147
18/02/2011
 Local people turn to pedal power to help hospice
PR No.146
08/02/2011
 Simon Cowell supports Have a Heart appeal to fund more support for children and families in the Chilterns and Aylesbury Vale
PR No.145
12/02/2011
 Local hospice seeks support for scheme to meet rising demand
PR No.144
12/02/2011
 Iain Rennie Hospice at Home challenges pubs to raise their glasses


January 2011
PR No.143
28/01/2011
 Bucks businessman to run London Marathon for local hospice
PR No.142a
28/01/2011
 Company team of 15 to cycle for charity
PR No.141
28/01/2011
Get on your bike with help of local business
PR No.140
28/01/2011
Pub landlady to run London Marathon for local hospice
PR No.139
28/01/2011
Join hospice healthcare worker in marathon challenge
PR No.138
31/01/2011
Hospice charity shop plays vital role in patient care
PR No.137
28/01/2011
Clydesdale Bank says ‘I would walk 500 miles’ for hospice charity
PR No.136
17/01/2011
 Refurbished Princes Risborough shop re-opens
PR No.135
17/01/2011
 New memorial woodland is officially launched
PR No.134
13/01/2011
Two Local Hospices To Merge
PR No.133
10/01/2011
Hospice staff confirm 10-mile cycle route
PR No.132
10/01/2011
School support in memory of pupil's father
PR No.131
05/01/2011
Recycled cast-offs are rich pickings for hospice charity

 


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