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Over 50 years of caring for our local community
St Ann’s was founded in 1969 and we have been caring for local patients with life- limiting illnesses and their loved ones ever since.
- 1967
Dr Moya Cole had the idea for a new hospice for Greater Manchester
Dr Moya Cole had the idea for a new hospice for Greater Manchester
January 1, 1967
Dr Moya Cole, from The Christie Hospital, informally approaches the Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend Dr William Greer, asking if local churches would join together to set up a hospice.
It took the considerable effort of dedicated volunteers to raise the funds needed to build the hospice. An appeal for £250,000 was launched and Manchester’s community took the cause to its heart.
Early fundraising initiatives included Granada Television’s offer in 1970 to open their Coronation Street outdoor street set to viewers on Bank Holiday weekends. Visitors were invited to donate a 10p ‘admission fee’ to walk the famous cobbled street, which brought in £3,000 for St Ann’s.
- 1969
St Ann’s Hospice is founded
St Ann’s Hospice is founded
January 1, 1969Over 50 years of caring for our local community.
St Ann’s was founded in 1969 and we have been caring for local patients with life-limiting illnesses and their loved ones ever since.
- 1971
Opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
Opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
May 17, 1971
St Ann’s Hospice in Heald Green welcomed its first patients on 17 May 1971. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, officially opened the hospice in June 1971.
- 1979
HRH Princess Anne opens our second hospice in Little Hulton.
HRH Princess Anne opens our second hospice in Little Hulton.
May 9, 1979
Thanks to the tremendous support of the Greater Manchester community, the appeal to build a second hospice reached its target of £600,000. The first patients were welcomed at the Little Hulton site on 9 April 1979 and, continuing the royal tradition, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne officially opened the hospice a month later.
- 1988
The Neil Cliffe Centre opens
The Neil Cliffe Centre opens
May 3, 1988
St Ann’s adopted the running of The Neil Cliffe Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital.
The Centre was founded by local businessman, Neil Cliffe, who realised he had nowhere to get support when he had cancer. After an extensive fundraising appeal, including a ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign, the centre was opened and its work continues today, providing support and rehabilitation for patients right through their illness – from diagnosis, through treatment, and afterwards too.
- 2005
Expansion was needed
Expansion was needed
January 1, 2005
The need for a hospice in Greater Manchester was shown by the incredibly fast uptake of its services. It quickly became clear that expansion was needed, and, in 1975, planning began for a second hospice in the City of Salford to extend care across North Manchester.
- 2015
Options study
Options study
May 1, 2015
An options study is undertaken to look at how the Heald Green site will continue to deliver care in the future.
- 2019
Site Identified
Site Identified
February 1, 2019
The Trustees of St Ann’s Hospice secure an agreement to acquire the site adjacent to our current building and for the project to build a new building to commence.
- 2020
Planning application is submitted
Planning application is submitted
March 1, 2020
Planning application is submitted to Stockport Council to build a new St Ann’s Hospice.
- 2021
Planning permission granted
Planning permission granted
April 1, 2021
Stockport Council grant planning permission for the hospice.
- 2022
June 2022: Build it together £2million fundraising campaign begins
June 2022: Build it together £2million fundraising campaign begins
June 1, 2022
The Let’s Build it Together public appeal is launched to raise funds for Manchester’s new hospice. Well-known locals, Lee Boardman and Jennifer James urge everyone in Stockport, Trafford, Manchester and Salford to get behind the appeal.
- 2023
Jan 2023: Reached our £500,000 fundraising milestone for the new hospice
Jan 2023: Reached our £500,000 fundraising milestone for the new hospice
January 1, 2023
Thanks to our amazing supporters, we celebrated reaching the major milestone of raising £500,00 for our Build it Together appeal
Our team
Together, our team of experts have been working hard to ensure our plans, the architecture of the building, and the legalities of the project are all in order. They have been working with teams across the hospice to ensure that the plans in place for the new building still meet the needs of our services, and that we can continue to keep our patients and their loved ones at the heart of everything we do.
Our supporters
The plan to make St Ann’s dream hospice a reality is reliant on the generosity of charitable foundations, philanthropic individuals and the community of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and beyond.
We are grateful to the organisations and individuals below for their generosity in donations and pledges and to those who have chosen to remain anonymous. For patients. For families. For everybody in our community. You are helping to build St Ann’s New Hospice together. Thank you!
We need a new St Ann’s Hospice. For patients.
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