Find out more about the Wine at 9 nationwide wine party on 17 September, how it helps those in need and why you should join in
What is Wine at 9?
Wine at 9 is a fundraising event that takes place at 9pm on 17 September to raise funds for hospice care. It benefits Help the Hospices and is sponsored by Tesco.
You can hold a Wine at 9 event at home or out with colleagues to raise funds with wine raffles, quizzes, tastings and events. Some ideas include:
- Wine-tasting evening
- Cheese and wine parties
- Wine from around the world
- Wine quizzes, raffles and competitions
- A red and white themed evening
Why should you join in?
The UK's 220-plus local hospices are for people who have life-threatening illnesses. Hospice care is based on the simple idea - that the person is more than the illness. Each of us - sick or well - has unique physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Hospices try to respond to these needs in ways which place the highest value on respect, choice and empowerment.
Hospice care is provided for adults and children in a number of places - at home, in day centres, on specialist hospital wards as well as in 'a hospice'. All this care is provided free of charge and is only possible because of the commitment and support of local people. On average local adult charitable hospices receive less that 30% of their income from the NHS - around 5% for children's hospices leaving them to raise nearly £300 million a year. This makes local charitable hospices the biggest fundraising cause in the UK.
Last year hospices cared for nearly 250,000 people. Ninety-five per cent of adult hospice admissions are for cancer-related conditions but hospices also care for people with a variety of other non-curable illnesses such as HIV/Aids, Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson's disease and rare genetic diseases.
How does the Wine at 9 event help?
Wine at 9 will help hospices to raise vital funds and could be used to pay for:
- The cost of a nurse
- Counselling and bereavement services
- Hospice care provided in the home
- Complementary therapies, such as massage and aromatherapy
- Capital items for the hospice itself such as beds and equipment
Find out how you can be a part of Wine at 9 or learn more about Help the Hospices