£100,000 a week down but Severn Hospice work must continue
An open letter from Heather Tudor, chief executive of Severn Hospice.
"The effects of the Covid-19 emergency for Severn Hospice have been instant and far-reaching.
We have to raise £2 for every £3 we spend on care and almost overnight we lost almost all of our ability to generate that income.
Our 28 high street shops and our new eBay shop were closed overnight as we – willingly – observed the social distancing imperative and within a week we made the call to halt our planned fundraising events for the summer.
In addition, we had to instruct all of our fundraisers and support groups to stop their activity. Our key sources of charitable income were literally being turned off one by one. We calculate the impact is in the order of more than £100,000 a week.
