Fundraising Stories
Lilleshall National Sports Centre
After their announcement that Compton Hospice had been chosen as one of their two charities of the year for 2007, staff from Lilleshall National Sports centre set straight to work…More>>
Choir on song to raise money
Music lovers helped to raise more than £560 for Compton Hospice when they turned out to enjoy an evening with one of the city’s leading choirs…More>>
Jacob Scrambles Sponsorship
Usually, the windswept sands of Weston-Super-Mare are home to the historic symbols of the British seaside…More>>
Jobcentre Plus Staff’s Christmas Donation
Compton Hospice’s Big Shared Christmas Card has broken all hospice records this year…More>>
Getting Hitched Raises Money
Leslie and Judy Smith chose to raise money for Compton Hospice when they asked for donations instead of presents at their recent wedding…More>>
Network Night Raises Cash
Members of the Pennfields Women and Children’s Network have raised £1,500 for Compton Hospice by holding a charity night at the beginning of January…More>>
Fantasy Winner is all Heart
A generous Wolves fan has shown he is a winner in more ways than one by giving his manager of the month prize from the Express & Star’s Fantasy Football game to Compton Hospice…More>>
Holiday Inn Helps Out
Staff and customers of The Holiday Inn Telford had a bumper fundraising year this year after choosing Compton Hospice as one of their charities of the year…More>>
Butcher’s Golden BBQ
A local family butchers decided to celebrate its birthday by holding a BBQ in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
The Show Will Go On at Sedgley
The committee of Sedgley Working Mens Club have just presented Compton Hospice a cheque for £4,000 at their annual charity night in aid of the hospice…More>>
Trail Blazing Firefighters
A pair of former firefighters have blazed a trail across the country, hitch hiking on planes, trains and automobiles, to raise money for Compton Hospice…More>>
Workers Working Hard For Hospice
Goodyear’s in Wolverhampton have been long time supporters of Compton Hospice and the care that it provides…More>>
Lots of Running for Little Legs
For several years now members of the public have been taking part in The Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon to raise money for Compton Hospice, and this year was no exception…More>>
Barbara’s Knit-a-thon
When Barbara Gilvey took up knitting as a hobby, she never envisaged how much time she would be spending practicing her knit stitch…More>>
Belle of the Bell 2007
On 1st September 2007 we saw guys glam it up for the title of ‘Belle of the Bell 2007’ in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
The Sky’s the Limit
The weather was perfect on Saturday 11th August, when seventeen high flying dare devils took to the skies to help raise money for Compton Hospice…More>>
Captains Day Cash!
For the past eight years the seniors at Perton Park Golf Club and their sister club Swindon have taken it in turns to hold an annual summer fundraising event and have brought in well over £20,000 for local charities…More>>
Roamin’ Adventures at Hadrian’s Wall
On 13th-15th July 2007 twenty one happy hikes took to the hills of Cumbria in our Hadrian’s Wall Hike, raising over £11,000 for the hospice. Among them was David Prentice, here is his story…More>>
Past Supporters Picnic
To mark Compton Hospice’s Silver Anniversary and also to thank the public for supporting over the last 25 years, the fundraising department held their version of Picnic in the Park…More>>
The Bell Rings Out For Fun!
The Bell Inn Public House have just handed Compton Hospice a cheque for £400. The money was raised through various activities throughout June, ending with a yellow themed family fun day on 1st July 2007…More>>
Presidents Good Year
Members of Tettenhall Inner Wheel presented Compton Hospice with a cheque for £1250.00More>>
Keeping Fit The Compton Way!
June was National Hospice Awareness Month or ‘Go Yellow’ Month as we call it, and organisations all over the UK were raising money to help their local hospices…More>>
Just a Walk in the Park!
For one day only, during what has been known as the wettest June in history, the clouds broke and allowed the sun to shine for Compton Hospice’s Annual Sponsored Walk/Fun Run…More>>
Trekking the Inca Trail
On the 9th June 07, Community Fundraiser, Michelle Price and eleven other brave souls packed their bags and headed off to Peru…More>>
The Train Challenge Trio!
Three train enthusiasts from Lichfield raised over £800 for Compton Hospice when they took part in The London Tube Challenge…More>>
Rotary Rides High
Members of Tettenhall Rotary Club visited the hospice to donate a cheque for £4,000 which they had raised from their Christmas concert and through Dr Carl Chinn asking for his speakers’ fee to be donated to a charity of the chairman’s choice…More>>
Reeling in the cash
Members from Dan’s Top Pools Syndicate were kind enough to donate money to the hospice which they had raised over the year from weekly fishing competitions…More>>
Messing About on the Water!
How better than to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon than messing about on the water…More>>
Paycare Get Partying!
Patients of Compton Hospice were in for a real treat when performers Patricia Leonard, Michael Buchan and Colin Reeves visited their day unit…More>>
The Lions Roaring Success!
The rain could not dampen spirits when cyclists from across the county took to their saddles to raise money for local charities…More>>
Mountain Man Challenges High Flying Para’s!
Mountain Man Paul Banks, from Willenhall, Wolverhampton has successfully climbed the world’s highest free standing mountain in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
The Claregate Gets Quizzed!
Managers of a Wolverhampton Pub have donated a cheque for nearly £1500 raised by testing the knowledge of their punters…More>>
Compton’s Karaoke Queen
A budding singer has raised money for Compton Hospice by taking part in a sponsored karaoke…More>>
Charities Working Together
Compton Hospice has recently been presented with a bed and a syringe driver worth £3000 by the West Midlands Branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, in recognition of the services the hospice provides to MND patients…More>>
Shoppers Support Rotary Charity
The Rotary Club of Albrighton raised an amazing £2700 when generous shoppers extended the season of goodwill and reached deep in to their pockets, again showing the generous nature of Wolverhampton people…More>>
A Starlight Success!
For two years running dance students from Wombourne have dedicated their spare time to raising funds for Compton Hospice…More>>
12 Drummers Drumming!
Students from Wombourne enthralled their local community by performing in an after Christmas spectacular in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
Aged Rockers Reveal All
Bikes, Trikes, Bikini Babes and Beard Shaves was the order of the day for punters at The Giffard Arms Pub, when they chose to raise funds for Compton Hospice in memory of Rhiannon Turner, who frequented the Wolverhampton based pub with her partner John…More>>
Hair, Flare and Designer Wear!
The award winning stylists, colour technicians and beauty therapists of The Coach House chose a novel way to launch their new salon by holding a hair and fashion show in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
The Summer House Illuminations
Lapland to was brought to Sedgley this Christmas by the tenants of The Summer House Pub, located on Gospel End Road…More>>
Compton Plays Their Cards Right!
Compton Hospice was donated £221.50 raised from the proceeds of Dinner Discos held throughout December 2006 at the Oddfellows Pub in Compton…More>>
Dobbie’s Decorating Donation!
Dobbies Gardening World, have presented Compton Hospice with a cheque for nearly £500, raised when they held their annual Christmas decorations open evening…More>>
Who Ate All The Pies?
What would one do if they won enough pasties, sausage rolls, cakes and sandwiches for twenty people?…More>>
Dare Devils hot step it for Compton!
Fifteen dare devils raised over £4000 for Compton Hospice by walking barefoot across broken glass and then 12ft of flaming embers burning at temperatures of over 1,200 degrees…More>>
Tee Time for Compton!
When Brian Wright became Club Captain for Swindon Golf Club, he pledged to make Compton Hospice one of his two charities of the year…More>>
Simon and Philip Stepp Up to the challenge!
On 29th September 2006, local man Philip Stepp and his partner�s son Simon Hughes, donned their walking boots and rucksacks with one thing on their minds…More>>
Compton Chicks get Hydro Active!
More than 30 women turned out to support Compton Hospice in The Hydro Active Women’s Challenge…More>>
Posties Being Hosties
Every year Rajinder Rana, Bob Rakhra and Charanpal Singh, from Royal Mail’s North West Midlands Mail Centre in Wolverhampton choose to raise funds for Compton Hospice and Westcroft Special School…More>>
Happy Hippies and Head Shaves
The Royal Oak Rejects Rally Club decided to spice up one of their Wednesday evening club meets by holding a happy hippy night in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
Pods For Patients
Wolverhampton Doctors On Call kindly donated ‘Drug Pods’ for use by patients…More>>
Andy the Brave!
On the first anniversary of his Aunty Mary’s passing, brave Andy Bryce chose to thank Compton Hospice for the care given, by completing a sponsored tandem skydive…More>>
Pedal Power!
A marathon runner who was told he would never run again after being struck down with cancer and a hip replacement has battled back to compete once more…More>>
A Good Year For Compton
The Goodyear Relief Society very kindly made a donation to the hospice of the amazing figure of £40,000…More>>
Compton Cyclists Get An Eiffel In Paris
Dr Mark Churn and Mrs Judy Cotton, between them raised over £3500 for Compton Hospice, when they joined a group of 100 cyclists who took part in the 2006 London to Paris Cycle Challenge…More>>
Compton’s Drag Night Out!
On Thursday 22nd June 2006, 200+ crazed women turned out to The Station Hotel, Dudley, for what was promised as a night filled with fun, hilarity and plenty of baby oil…More>>
Compton Hospice Annual Sponsored Walk/Fun Run 2006
Sunday 11th June 2006, brought a sunny day to West Park, Wolverhampton, when Compton Hospice held their Annual Sponsored Walk / Fun Run…More>>
Royal Artillery Slay The Dragon For Compton
210 Battery, Royal Artillery, braved the elements as they took part in the Rotary Club of Wolverhampton’s annual Dragon Boat Race to raise money for Compton Hospice…More>>
Compton Hospice Support Cancer Research UK
Nurses from Compton Hospice joined 3000 women in Telford’s Town Park when they took part in Cancer Research Uk’s Race for Life on 20th May 2006…More>>
A Big Thank You to Compton Hospice Staff from The Grewal Family
Mr Nick Grewal and his nephew Mr Raj Grewal thought of a different way to thank Compton Hospice for the service they provided to their family when Nick’s brother Mr Harvinder Singh Grewal, was referred to the hospice for care…More>>
Ounsdale swims for Compton
As part of their citizenship coursework, three students from Ounsdale High School, Wombourne, decided to take part in a sponsored swim in aid of Compton Hospice…More>>
Lowlands Court Sling Compton Some Cash
Residents from Lowlands Court Housing, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, surprised Compton hospice by donating two much needed bath slings…More>>
England school boy’s 70th Birthday bash for Compton’
An England International Youth football player has recently celebrated his 70th Birthday by surprising 52 of his family, and friends that he hadn’t been in touch with for years…More>>
Wolverhampton Marathon
Amongst the many people who took part in the Wolverhampton Marathon on Sunday 5th September in aid of the hospice, we had four cyclists who were all members of the Cheslyn ‘A’ Team…More>>
