2024 Fete

Another great fete!

Unbelievably,  the sun shone on our fete on Saturday 14th September – the first really sunny day there had been for a long time.

Held at Fair Park, Westheath Avenue, Bodmin by very kind permission of Bodmin Town Council who were so helpful with all the equipment – gazebos, chairs, tables and support all the way.

The fete had originally been scheduled for June, but, because Fair Park had been under repair at the time, it had to be postponed until September.

The fete was opened in superb style by Neil Caddy of Hits Radio, Cornwall, (formerly Pirate FM) and the entertainment continued with the talented young dancers of KBSK and Future Youth Dance with music and entertainment supplied all the way through by the wonderful Tina and her team. Ward stalls, Bodmin Hospital League of Friends stalls, Inner Wheel and Motor Neurone disease stalls were ladened with goodies, games and all sorts of delights, while Hugs Foundation stole hearts with their beautiful miniature ponies. The Police were besieged by youngsters wanting to sit in a Police car and to know how everything worked, youngsters also enjoyed sitting on the impressive Blood Bikes, and the First Responder team held lots of interest with their demonstrations – and there was so much more – it made for a very busy and enjoyable afternoon for all.

The fete is organised by Bodmin Hospital League of Friends; Fete organiser, Jess Finnemore and all the committee would like to thank everyone who helped in so many ways, local businesses who donated prizes and goods for stalls, Bodmin Lions who were there to erect and dismantle the site, Inner Wheel, friends and family all pulled together to make it a very enjoyable afternoon and, at the same time, raising valuable funds for the patients and staff in the hospital, purchasing equipment and services not supplied by the NHS

Many thanks to photographer Adrian Jasper for the pictures.

Open Garden

The Lodge, Fletcher’s Bridge, 13th and 14th April, 2024

Bodmin Hospital League of Friends was delighted to be invited again by Tony Ryde and James Wilson to provide light lunches and teas for their ‘annual’ opening of their beautiful garden, The Lodge, over a weekend in mid April.  The garden opens under the umbrella of the National Garden Scheme  but BHLF keeps the refreshment monies for itself.   We were able to sit in the courtyard of The Lodge as the wind had dropped away (well sort of) and happily the sun shone on and off, actually more on than off, especially on the Saturday which gave that day’s teas a rather ‘Garden Party’ feel as everyone just appreciated being able to sit in the open, sample the delicious treats on offer, and chat about the amazing trees and shrubs that were in bloom in the garden.

A fabulous sum of £580 was taken for the teas and refreshments and BHLF is delighted with that result.

Snowdrop weekend at Pencarrow provides great support for Bodmin Hospital

The Friends of Pencarrow and the Molesworth-St Aubyn Family invited Bodmin Hospital League of Friends to be one of the charities to benefit from Snowdrop Weekend this year. Over the weekend of 10th and 11th February, BHLF had the Saturday and Wadebridge Concern the Sunday, and both charities were given the Old Servants Hall in which to raise funds. BHLF did hot drinks with biscuits, Tombola and a Home produce stall and raised around £380 on the day. Takings on the gate were divided equally between Friends of Pencarrow, Wadebridge Concern and the Bodmin Hospital League of Friends and cheques of £1500 were presented to each charity at the Friends of Pencarrow AGM on 6th March. On accepting the BHLF cheque, Chairman, Susie Gore thanked both the Friends of Pencarrow, the Molesworth-St Aubyn family and the staff of Pencarrow, saying how appropriate that in the year of the loss of Iona, Lady Molesworth-St Aubyn who had been President of BHLF and a very active member of the committees of both BHLF and before that St Lawrences Hospital, that BHLF should be invited to the Snowdrop weekend and raise such a fantastic amount for their funds to enable them to supply services and equipment for the staff and patients at the hospital which are not supplied by the NHS.

L-R: Shirley Kent, Chairman of Friends of Pencarrow, Susie Gore and Peter Brandreth, Treasurer of Friends of Pencarrow.

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