ST LUKE’S COMBINED HOSPICES WEST COAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Date: Wednesday 8th October 2025
Time: 13H30
Venue: 1 Hof Street, Table View

ST LUKE'S COMBINED HOSPICES: WEST COAST

Please be advised that although the “In Patient Unit” at St Luke's Combined Hospices in Kenilworth is now closed, all St Luke's Combined Hospices community based day hospices remain operational.
St Luke's Combined Hospices: West Coast continues to provide quality Palliative Care and support to those patients and families in need of our services. Our dedicated and committed professional staff and care teams are available to provide for the Palliative care needs in our community.

 

   WE ARE HAPPY TO ADVISE THE GARAGE SECTION OF OUR TABLE VIEW SHOP IS NOW OPEN UNTIL 16H00

              

We would like to express our gratatitude to you the public for your continued support. Both of our charity shops depend heavily on your support as donors and as customers, and your patronage is greatly appreciated. We are extremely grateful too for your donations so freely given to our Hospice. It is through your kindness and generosity that St Luke's Hospice West Coast is able to fulfil its mandate to provide Quality Palliative Care to those in need of our services.              
                                      

IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR DONORS, CUSTOMERS AND VOLUNTEERS

OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TO YOU ALL

         
                            KINDLY SPONSORED BY DISPLAY MANIA INTERNATIONAL http://displaymania.co.za

DOING WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT  ”CARING AND SHARING”

Warm winter beanies for our patients

Lovingly knitted by one of our dedicated Hospice Volunteers 

                                              During our Day Hospice social morning, all attendees were inspired by our inventive Care Team when craft activities included creating a wonderful array of fabric masks. Gently guided by Liz Jones our craft expert everyone set to work enthusiastically to complete the task.                   To honour Mandela Day it was unanimously decided to donate these tenderly crafted masks to a Day Care Centre. 

The "Circle of Hope" Chairperson Sherrol Canning selected the Day Care, Laugh and Learn as the recipients. 


The surprise box of hand crafted masks, books and goodies was gratefully received.

”CARING AND SHARING”

St Luke's Hospice West Coast is always grateful for all donations received, certain items however which cannot be used by our Hospice are handed on to needy charities who would have better use for them. We recently handed over such a donation after we uncovered a supply of small children’s nappies while making way for new stock. 

      
                   Manda Kanka of Paedspal Paediatric Palliative Care was happy to received them with open arms.

                                                                                                                                                                        

WEST COAST HOSPICE PURCASE  A NEW AMBULANCE STRETCHER FOR PATIENT CARE

Dr Mary Hlalele, Sister Florence and the In Patient Unit were thrilled to receive a brand new ambulance stretcher as a gift from St Luke's Hospice West Coast. This gift to St Luke's Combined Hospices will be used for patients of St Luke's needing to be transported to or from the In Patient Unit at our Central Head Office and will be for the benefit of all our fellow Community Hospices.                                                                                                                   

                   

This new stretcher was badly needed to replace the much older version and will be put to good use by the nursing staff overseeing and caring for the transportation of St Luke's Community Hospices patients. 
 

WINTER CHEER FOR OUR PATIENTS

Our Winter Food Parcels & Soup Jars have been received with much gratitude.

The timing was perfect to bring some cheer to our patients during the chilly and wet weather.

We are most grateful to KwikSpar Flamingo Square Table View for their generous donation of food vouchers which could not have come at a better time to assist us with filling up each of our Spar bags

     








                            

OUR THANKS TO TABLE VIEW / BLOUBERG CAN (COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK)

Generous donations of consumables by the public popped into trolleys set up by  CAN TableView / Blouberg at local supermarkets are kindly distributed to our Hospice by CAN and are then sanitised, sorted and made up into food parcels for our patients by our dedicated social worker.                    

St Luke’s Hospice West Coast is indebted to Tableview / Blouberg CAN and the community for their generosity and our patients are most grateful to receive these wonderful gifts. 
 
                 

               Please support CAN in your area when you do your next shop!

In supporting Tableview / Blouberg CAN you are supporting St Luke’s Hospice West Coast, and other charities with your kind donations. For more information on Tableview / Blouberg CAN visit their Facebook page @TableviewBloubergCAN 

                         

                             WHY SHOP ANYWHERE ELSE FOR ELEGANT EVENING WEAR                                                                              
                        THERE ARE BARGAINS GALORE AT OUR HOSPICE CHARITY STORE                                               

If you have never shopped in one of our Hospice charity shops, fondly called the "HOSpice Boutique" by our volunteers you have lost out! We have a wonderful variety of goods,clothing to bric brac to furniture, appliance, household items, books, shoes, bags, accessories and lovely evening wear just waiting to be found for that special occasion at that special price. With Matric dances around the corner why not pop in to either of our shops. You certainly will not go away disappointed.

Beautiful samples of what you could find are modelled here by Jessica Sullivan (Tafelberg School) and Sarah Allardice (Milnerton High School) and we thank them for showcasing our clothing so well. Photos
kindly taken and sponsored by Angela Caroline Gray Photography  

 Sarah Allardice                                                                                    Jessica Sullivan
 

     

       

Volunteers from St Luke's Hospice West Coast with Anél Troost assisting Rawsons Melkbosstrand in getting the ball rolling!

You can support this project by wrapping trees in your garden, pot plants, vehicle, pillars, fences, businesses etc. in pink fabric. Over the last few years the Community of Melkbosstrand was united in their positive response to the Pink Trees for Pauline Cancer Project. The purpose of this project was to create awareness to Cancer by turning towns pink and it’s time to get involved again. 

Proceeds are kindly donated to Hospice West Coast by Rawsons Property Melkbosstrand.

                          
 

RAWSON PROPERTIES MELKBOSSTRAND - TURNED MELKBOS PINK
 

St Luke’s Hospice West Coast are the beneficiaries of the PINK TREES for Pauline Project and we are most grateful to Rawson Properties in Melkbosstrand for the wonderful donation of R20679.20 presented to us from the monies raised.

Anne-Marie Evans Principal of Rawson Properties in Melkbosstrand seen here with agent Lynette De Lange, one of her team of wonderful ladies, drew attention through the Pink Trees for Pauline Project to those afflicted with cancer within the Melkbos area and beyond.     

We wish to thank them for all their selfless efforts during this project and we are very grateful for this generous donation. 
 

                                                                                                                                                                                        
Not only did these ladies dedicate their time and energy over a period of two months but they also exerted themselves physically climbing ladders to reach high structures and wrap tall trees with the bright pink fabric bought for this special project.

                                                                     

The local community newspaper with the help of Magriet Theron and Astrid Februarie, journalists with Tygerburger rallied to Anne-Marie's call and responded by jumping in with great enthusiasm.

They, with other staff members wrapped pot plants, offices and trees in bright pink fabric. Well done to all of them!

                                                 

  

 


 

OUR HAPPY HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS OFF TO ATTEND ORIENTATION

                                                                

    ''SHADELITE AWNINGS'' KEEPING OUT THE HEAT                                                                                                            

When we upgraded our offices in Hof Street Table View last year and converted the double garage into a wonderful sun filled room for our patients to enjoy their social mornings in, we did not realize that the intensity of the sun streaming in would be almost unbearable despite having had air conditioners installed.                                                                         

We are very grateful therefore to Shadelite Awnings in Montague Gardens who were most generous in coming to our rescue. In no time at all they supplied and fitted a beautiful awning to filter out the harsh heat while still allowing the warm daylight to shine through. Our patients are now able to enjoy their morning visits in comfort. 

 

THANK YOU TO ''SCHLARAFFIA AM KAP DER GUTEN HOFFNUNG"         

                                                                                                                                                                                 
The sixty member strong Schlaraffia orchestra the ‘’Allschlaraffische Symphony Orchestra’’ visited Cape

Town for the first time recently at their own expense where they held a concert, the proceeds of which 

went entirely to charity. Our thanks go to the Members of Schlaraffia Am Kap der Guten Hoffnung for

their most generous donation of R20600.00 to St Luke's Hospice. This society of merry gentlemen was founded way back in 1859 in Prague and now has Chapters in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, North American and Latin America as well as Thailand, Australia and in South Africa to name a few. Established by a common bond of friendship and an appreciation of the arts these like-minded men meet to share in fun, enjoy each others company, and in the process give back to their communities. Their credo is ‘’Arts, Humour & Friendship’’ St Luke's Hospice West Coast is fortunate to have been chosen as a beneficiary for which we are very grateful. 

                   

BUILDING NEW BEGINNINGS
 

                                                                                                     

The new building in Khayelitsha was formally opened at a ceremony attended by staff, donors, community  representatives and volunteers.       

                                                                                       

Both the Patient Day Care programme and the Home Based Care operation will run from this building which was mainly funded by St Luke’s Hospice West Coast. 

    ST LUKE’S HOSPICE WEST COAST GETS A FACE LIFT 

We are thrilled to announce that the necessary changes to our offices in Hof Street Table View have now been completed. ‘’We are looking as bright as a new pin’’.

We have recently added a storage area adjacent to our double garage for our medical equipment and the original garage has been converted into a beautiful sun filled room with large windows for our patients to enjoy their social mornings in comfort. This multipurpose room will also be utilised during our volunteer orientation courses and for various functions during the year.

The large office at the rear of the building has been divided into two separate offices for our community sisters with access via a passage to an inside store room. Our second bathroom has been updated and in the near future we hope to incorporate a hair salon for our patients while at the same time this bathroom has been converted to a disabled friendly space to accommodate patients needing the use of a wheelchair or a stroller.

The unhygienic carpets have been ripped up and replaced with brand new tiles, as has the administration and reception areas of the office thanks to the generosity of Tiletoria in Paarden Eiland who donated over a 160sq of new tiles for the purpose.                                 

The guttering on the house which we call ''home'' has for many years needed attention. This has now been replaced and our thanks go to Longspan Gutters for this upgrade. We can now welcome the winter without any hesitation.

We would like to thank Tiletoria & Longspan Gutters sincerely for their kind contributions.
 

ST LUKE'S HOSPICE WEST COAST CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF CARING