Palliative care charity Sue Ryder on brink of closure without emergency funding after lockdown measures
PALLIATIVE care charity Sue Ryder is on the brink of closure unless it gets emergency funding.
With its shops shut by the lockdown, it anticipates a £12million funding gap over the next three months that will force it to close hospices and stop home care.
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An appeal has been launched after a plea for government aid failed.
The charity is turning to the public for help with an emergency appeal.
Boss Heidi Travis said: “We have been calling on the Government to support us but no funding has materialised.
“The country will lose its hospices at a time when they are needed most.
“This is a plea and no less, we cannot wait any longer.
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“Our doctors and nurses are working night and day to provide end-of-life care to more people now and in the coming weeks, than ever before.
“We are a critical frontline support service in the fight against coronavirus yet we are on the brink of closure.
“We are all facing something we have never faced before and we are asking the public to give whatever you can afford to help us to help those who need it most.”
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