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<\/a><\/p>\nNightingale House provides specialist palliative care services, completely free-of-charge, to patients and their families.<\/p>\n
Services include a 12 bed inpatient ward, a 15 patient daycare unit, an outpatient clinic, a specialist lymphodema unit, occupational therapy, complementary therapies, physiotherapy including a hydrotherapy pool and an ambulance service.<\/p>\n
The hospice also offer range of bereavement support services, including a specialist service for children and young adults.<\/p>\n
It costs \u00a37000 per day to run and relies heavily on the generosity of the general public to raise funds.<\/p>\n
Choir member Morgan Cavanagh, 9, sang a solo version of Tawel Nos (Silent Night in Welsh) for passing shoppers at Eagles Meadow.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cSinging at Eagles Meadow is a lot of\u00a0 fun. Singing solo was a bit scary at first but when you get half way through you get used to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did it last year as well so it was quite easy for me. I sing a lot. I have a lot of favourite songs. I\u2019m looking forward to Christmas and I hope Father Christmas brings me more teddies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fellow choir member Lily Arrowsmith, 7, added: \u201cSinging at Eagles Meadow was really good. I\u2019ve been practicing by singing around the house. I\u2019ve been singing Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re raising money for charity and that\u2019s important because we\u2019re helping other people who need the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lily\u2019s proud mum Lisa Arrowsmith said: \u201cI enjoy it coming to see the kids singing. My daughter is involved and I feel very proud. She loves her singing and she\u2019s been looking forward to this. She\u2019s pretty excited and she can\u2019t wait for Christmas day.<\/p>\n
Mrs Jo Ferrari, assistant head of Hafod-y-Wern Community Primary, said: \u201cIt\u2019s really good that the children can come out here to Eagles Meadow and sing in their community. They\u2019ve been given an opportunity to raise money for a good cause, and show people the things that they\u2019ve been doing in school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe usually try to get out at Christmas once or twice, and the parents always come to support he children so it\u2019s lovely, and the children are singing beautifully.<\/p>\n
\u201cNightingale House is a very good cause and we always do our carol singing for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a way for children to learn about charity, and about giving back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also donate to the local food bank, and we try to support local charities as much as we can.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings like maths and English are very important but we also want the children to develop a sense of social responsibility so for them to get the chance to come to Eagles Meadow today to do in practice is brilliant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re doing our best to be Christmassy because all of the staff are in Christmas jumpers today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eagles Meadow Manager Kevin Critchley was delighted the school choir had come to the shopping centre to sing.<\/p>\n
He said: “They sang beautifully, creating a lovely festive atmosphere at Eagles Meadow and raising money for the vitally important Nightingale House hospice.”<\/p>\n
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