An army of walkers will be showing their support for local hospice care this July by getting up early to support St Kentigern Hospices Dawn Walk.

For the eighth year running the devoted supporters of the St Asaph based hospice will set of on a 10km walk at 5am on Saturday, July 6, starting the weekend on a very positive foot raising valuable funds for this very worthy cause.

Having raised in excess of £110,000 for hospice care in the last seven years, proves that events such as the Dawn Walk are invaluable to the patients and families using services at the Hospice. Fundraising Manager, Laura Parry

This year the 6.2 mile walk will start and finish at St. Asaph Cathedral. Entry is open to all over the age of 10, and Dogs on leads are very welcome. Entry is £10 (or £25 if you wish not to collect sponsorship).

Entry forms are available from the St Kentigern Hospice fundraising office which is now located on Mount Road, St Asaph, over the phone on 01745 775415 or more information and online registration is available at www.stkentigernhospice.org.uk

St. Kentigern Hospice, based in St. Asaph, provides specialist palliative care services, completely free of charge, for adults across North East Wales. Taking in Colwyn Bay in the west along the coast to Northop in the East and inland encompassing, Ruthin, Corwen, Denbigh and Llangernyw.

In October 2018 St Kentigern Hospice is started work on an exciting £2.5m expansion of the hospice. This will see an updated state of the art provision of facilities with a 50% increase in capacity allowing the hospice to care for more local people well into the future.

The charity provides high-quality palliative care for people in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Conwy through its services, which include an eight-patient ward, physiotherapy, day care unit for up to 15 patients, outpatient clinic, occupational therapy, bereavement support and complementary therapies

In 2019 it cost more than £1.6 million to run the Hospice which equates to more than £4300 per day. Just 18% of this will come from the Local Health Board, it is only enough funding to support the Hospice for 68 days. The Hospice therefore greatly relies upon on the generosity of the communities it serves in North East Wales to raise the additional funding for the remaining 299 days of the year.