Melton piemaker links up with Vale of Belvoir hospice in fundraising drive
An award-winning piemaker has linked up with a Vale of Belvoir hospice to help raise much-needed funds for the services it gives to families.
Brockleby’s, which has a base at Asfordby Hill and a shop in Melton Mowbray, has launched a special new product, the ‘Dove Cottage Pie’, to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Stathern hospice.
The business has offered to donate £1 from the sale of every Dove Cottage Pie, directly to the hospice, which helps to support local individuals and families living with palliative and life-limiting conditions.
Dan Smeeton, CEO at Dove Cottage Day Hospice, said: "We are incredibly grateful to Brockleby’s for choosing to support Dove Cottage Day Hospice in such a unique way.
"We approached them with the initial idea and they responded by rolling out an initial production of 1,000 pies.
"We are proud to be working with such a respected local business and look forward to seeing our community get behind this fantastic initiative.”
The Dove Cottage Pie, which contains minced beef, gravy and potatoes, can now bought online through the Brockleby’s website www.brocklebys.co.uk, as well as from their bakery and shop.
In the coming weeks, customers will also be able to buy the pie, alongside a selection of other Brockleby’s products, from the hospice’s charity shop on Canal Lane, at Stathern.
Ian Jalland, owner of Brockleby’s, commented: “As a local business, we are passionate about giving back to our community.
"Dove Cottage Day Hospice provides invaluable support to families in our local area and we wanted to find a practical way to help.
"We hope customers will enjoy the Dove Cottage Pie, whilst knowing that their purchase is making a real difference to local hospice care.”
Dove Cottage Day Hospice relies heavily on charitable donations and community support to continue delivering its specialist services which include a range of counselling, wellbeing and support groups for carers in addition to its core day care and dementia support services.
With annual costs of over £704,000 – of which less than four per cent is funded by the government – the charity hopes that the new partnership with Brockleby’s will offer an additional opportunity for local people to support the hospice.