Our Charities
“Created to honour Holly’s legacy — our family-run business gives £5 From Every Skip Hire To One Of Our Charities. Our business is built on a simple mission:
‘to support the community while providing reliable, affordable waste solutions.”
£5 from every skip hire goes to one of our charities
Acorns Children’s Hospice
Charity number 700859.
A parent never imagines their child will be diagnosed with a life limiting or life-threatening condition. But when the unimaginable happens, Acorns steps in, helping families cope at every stage of their child’s life and beyond, wherever and whenever they need it.
Acorns for the Three Counties, based in Worcester, provides lifeline care, love and laughter to over 225 local children and their families every year. The hospice provides a home-like environment where children take part in a range of fun and therapeutic activities, from arts and crafts sessions to hydrotherapy. Children visit Acorns for rehabilitative respite, symptom management, emergency and end-of-life care. Our dedicated teams provide not only specialist clinical care for children and young people but a range of psychosocial services for the whole family, including bereavement support, advocacy and a number of dedicated support groups for mums, dads, grandparents, brothers and sisters. Two-thirds of the money we need to provide our children’s hospice care comes from fundraising, donations and the income generated through our charity shops.
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St Richard’s Hospice .
Charity number 515668.
St Richard’s Hospice offers free, expert care and support for adults with an illness that cannot be cured, (including people with cancer or neurological, renal, cardiac, and respiratory conditions) their loved ones and carers. This may be in the hospice, the local community, in GP surgeries, at clinics or by telephone.
The St Richard’s In-patient Unit (IPU) provides 24-hour care tailored to each person’s needs. Patients and their families are cared for by a team of health professionals, led by the Medical Director and Head of IPU. The IPU provides specialist palliative care that seeks to promote and maintain the best possible quality of life, considering the needs and wishes of the patient and their family.
The Living Well Services Team provides holistic care to patients at the hospice. Different levels of support are provided through a rolling calendar of wellbeing sessions, exercise programmes, and one-off workshops. There is also a weekly Wellbeing Café on Wednesdays. The team’s focus is on rehabilitative palliative care, which sees them support and empower patients to live as well as possible with their condition. Support received can be tailored to patient’s priorities and wishes. Families and carers are also supported.
The Hospice at Home Team of clinical nurse specialists, senior staff nurses, and senior healthcare assistants, provide palliative care in the patient’s own home or at the hospice, advice on symptom management, care in the last days of life and support to empower patients to remain at home at the end of their life.
Alongside nursing and medical care, there’s also a range of support services for patients and the people that are important to them, which may include their biological or chosen family and carers. The Family Support Team offers a choice between face-to-face or remote support over the telephone and via video calls. Support includes counselling, social work, Citizens Advice, group support, and bereavement support.
St Richard’s is an independent charity and relies on voluntary support, including from donations, gifts in Wills, retail, and events for most of its income, with the remainder funded by the NHS. Each year the hospice team supports in the region of 3,100 individuals in Worcestershire.
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
Charity number 1143118.
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is responsible for funding and operating three air ambulance helicopters and a fleet of critical care cars serving the communities across the Midlands including the counties of: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent), the West Midlands and Worcestershire. This constitutes the largest air ambulance operating region in England.
Since 1991, the charity has responded to more than 80,000 missions, making it one of the longest established and busiest air ambulance organisations in the UK.
Each year it costs £16 million to maintain the three aircraft, critical care cars and the provision of a lifesaving service. Each air ambulance mission costs an average of £2,950. Each critical care car mission costs £288 on average. The charity does not receive funding from the Government for its daily missions so relies entirely on the support and generosity of local people and businesses.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity
Charity number 1160875-3.
We’re proud to be supporting Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity, a leading specialist paediatric centre caring for over 100,000 children and young people every year. Fundraising helps the hospital go above and beyond for sick kids. Enhancing treatment, facilities and experiences for patients and their families.
By donating £1.25 from every skip hire, we’re helping to ensure the hospital can continue delivering world class care, pioneering research and the best possible environment for children who need it most. This is only made possible thanks to the kindness and generosity of supporters like you.
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is responsible for funding and operating three air ambulance helicopters and a fleet of critical care cars serving the communities across the Midlands including the counties of: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent), the West Midlands and Worcestershire. This constitutes the largest air ambulance operating region in England.
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Every skip makes a difference
Choose Skippy Pink and you’re not just booking a skip — you’re supporting four incredible charities in Holly’s name with £5 for every skip hired going to charity.