Shropshire's Hope House hospice campaign given wings
Colourful butterflies are set to become an emblem of Shropshire's Hope House, raising money for the charity.
Hope House has teamed up with the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry to develop the rainbow coloured, metal butterflies that will be sold to families and supporters of the children's hospice.
The British Ironwork Centre already produces metal forget-me-nots for the Severn Hospice and others across the UK.
Centre chairman, Clive Knowles, said: "Following the success of our forget-me-not metal flower campaigns which now spanned hospices across the UK, we are now working alongside Hope House to develop a whole new fundraising campaign.
"We have been working hard to develop the prototype samples for these new metalwork butterflies and are very excited about the results so far.
"They are a creative step towards developing something unique and in tune with the children benefitting from Hope House’s amazing services.
"The hospice is completely thrilled with the direction that the butterfly designs are going and the fundraising staff looking forward to seeing the final product in the coming months."
He said the new campaign was part of the centre's continued efforts to facilitate and enable hospices across the UK to collectively raise a total of one million pounds in 2019.
"In 2018, we enabled a total of six hospices to achieve a whopping £179K through various Forget Me Not metal flower campaigns. In 2019, as part of our National Hospice Support Programme, we are hoping to quadruple our efforts towards reaching the million mark.
