{"id":19293,"date":"2024-08-09T12:24:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/?post_type=good-news&#038;p=19293"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:51:00","slug":"lauren-has-high-hopes-of-raising-money-for-local-hospice","status":"publish","type":"good-news","link":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/good-news\/lauren-has-high-hopes-of-raising-money-for-local-hospice\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren has High Hopes of Raising Money for Local Hospice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>After hearing how they had helped her colleague, Forbes Burton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauren-jones02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Jones<\/a> is skydiving to raise money for St Andrew\u2019s Hospice.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Lauren will be jumping from 15,000ft in the air (almost three miles up!)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>She\u2019ll reach speeds of 120mph as she freefalls for the first minute<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>St Andrew\u2019s Hospice provides end-of-life services for children and adults<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lauren Jones, case administrator at business consultancy, Forbes Burton is hoping to raise as much as possible for St Andrew\u2019s Hospice. She\u2019ll be hopping in a plane and ascending 15,000ft above ground before leaping out into the wide blue yonder. During this jump, the first minute of her descent will see her hurtle back to Earth at speeds of up to 120mph, covering almost two miles in just 60 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether she\u2019s nervous about jumping out of a plane three miles up in the air, Lauren said \u201cI\u2019m not actually sure how good I am with heights. I guess I\u2019ll find out when I\u2019m up there!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lauren\u2019s colleague had seen his father spend his last moments in the hospice and was incredibly thankful for the care and attention he was given there. Sadly, the elderly can often be treated like a hinderance, and once dementia takes hold, even some care homes don\u2019t seem to treat them like people anymore. This made her colleague even more grateful of St Andrew\u2019s Hospice\u2019s efforts to provide a comfortable and dignified stay for his father\u2019s final days.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us will eventually visit the hospice with loved ones, or maybe even ourselves. They charge nothing for their services and admit everybody from terminally ill children to the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to donate, Lauren\u2019s JustGiving page can be found here \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/forbes-burton-skydive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/page\/forbes-burton-skydive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hearing how they had helped her colleague, Forbes Burton\u2019s Lauren Jones is skydiving to raise money for St Andrew\u2019s Hospice. Lauren will be jumping from 15,000ft in","protected":false},"author":12313340,"featured_media":19298,"template":"","good_news_category":[11],"class_list":["post-19293","good-news","type-good-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","good_news_category-charity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/good-news\/19293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/good-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/good-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12313340"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/good-news\/19293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19303,"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/good-news\/19293\/revisions\/19303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"good_news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebusinessculture.co.uk\/hey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/good_news_category?post=19293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}