Community Snapshots

It is with sadness we announce Lou’s passing on March 29th, 2024. In recognition of Lou’s contribution to Little Haven as our first community nurse, we invite all members of Little Haven to attend her funeral service to be held at the Gympie Crematorium tomorrow – Wednesday April 10th at 10am. Some years ago Lou

Sunday the 22nd of October saw the inaugural ‘Doing it for Toots’ Little Haven Palliative Care Charity Day at Gunabul Homestead. It was a beautiful day, with over 100 players and raising over $17,000. Thank you, Rob, Debbie, Bill, all of your helpers, the Gunabul Homestead team and the 40 plus very generous business sponsors.

Great turnout for the Little Haven AGM on Wednesday night the 11th October 2023. Lovely to see so many of the team, volunteers and community supporters coming along for this very social night. Thank you to all the presenters for your informative reports. Well done us on getting the business side of the meeting wrapped

On Saturday evening the 3rd of June, Little Haven’s CEO Sue Manton attended the 43rd Changeover Dinner of the Lions Club of Gympie South. The event was held at the Gympie South Bowls Club, with lovely dinner prepared and served by the dedicated ladies from the Bowls Club.

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Kandanga’s Biggest Morning Tea Little Haven’s CEO, Sue, had the honour of being a guest speaker. For those who don’t know, Sue has been a speaker at this event in previous years,

The 2020 – 2021 Little Haven Palliative Care Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday the 27th October 2021 at Little Havens centre with approximately 60 guests in attendance. You can find the full annual report here. Below are photos from the night. Back to Annual Reports

Little Haven now has a new POP UP shop open in The Dolphin Centre at Tin Can Bay – Next door to the NAB. Open from 8am – 1pm daily you will find Diana and volunteers sorting through lots of wonderful hand crafts, jams, pickles, clothes, plants, books and all kind of wonderful bric a

According to recent research… ‘from improving our health and happiness to promoting a sense of belonging, boosting mood and making friends, the case for volunteering keeps building’. You need only stop in at the Little Haven Market Place at 68a Crescent Rd to see proof of this. My trip last Saturday certainly reinforced it to

Look at this incredible boy, 10 (almost 11) year old Flynn Hutchison, proudly handing over (at a safe social distance) his hard earned money to Little Haven Palliative Care on Friday afternoon.

Some of you will know Graeme Chisholm as a talented organist, some as a much loved Head Master but to Little Haven he was a Godsend – our biography volunteer. A man with a willing ear and an open heart who over the past 8 years sat with about 50 of our patients, listened to their life stories, put their memories into words and bound them up in a book as a precious keepsake for families.

It is absolutely a great day anytime community minded folk come in and hand over a bag of money. So it was for Sue Manton, CEO of Little Haven when organisers Leith Hornsby and Kathy Sandison dropped by with the proceeds of funds raised on August 4th at the Circus with A Purposes (CWAP) Trivia

You’re invited to a Learning to Relax Workshop Learning to Relax Workshop is a two hour session running at the Little Haven Centre. Anyone affected by cancer can participate, including patients, their partners, caregivers and friends. This workshop is for those wanting to introduce relaxation into their daily life. Many people facing cancer have said

“Dying is everyone’s business, and although every person dies, the majority of Queenslanders have a very poor understanding of advanced planning for a quality end of life, palliative care or the process of dying. “

Last Saturday night the Lions Club of Gympie South held it’s 39th Annual Changeover Dinner and Brandy Murley and Sue Manton were invited along as representatives of Little Haven. All funds raised by the clubs hardworking members are distributed annually back into our local community or used to support other charitable needs/events, including the many

Each year Origin holds internal awards to recognise employees for their contribution to health, safety, environment and community (HSEC). Along with the recognition for their commitment to improving workplace health and safety, the finalists are awarded $500 to donate to a charity of their choice. Luke Chaille, the Gympie/Maryborough Origin LPG terminal manager was one

An exciting night last night the 4th March 2019, with 150 accountants and their teams from Countplus (see www.countplus.com.au ) gathered at their Annual National Conference. As part of their conference a Charity Auction was held at the Noosa Heads Surf Club with Little Haven Palliative Care Inc. chosen to be the beneficiary of the

This lovely letter of thanks (pictured below) was in the Letters to the Editor Gympie Times 19.01.19. As a follow up from the Happy Wrappers morning tea held at Glad Brennans place last Friday, Little Haven would like to add our sincere thanks to the supporting businesses mentioned and give a huge THANK YOU to

A YOUNG boy who raised money by collecting bottles and cans for the container exchange scheme this week donated half his earnings to Little Haven.

Another Heart of Gold Film Festival done and dusted for the year. 5 long days preparing and serving mostly fresh local produce to enhance the experience for festival goers and raise a few dollars for Little Haven as well. My heart is full of gratitude for our 30 odd volunteers (and staff donating their time

Introducing Australian (Soprano) ‘Diva’ Clarissa Foulcher, originally from Sydney and now living in Brisbane, Clarissa has toured nationally with Opera Australia in the Pirates of Penzance and My Fair Lady. She has been seen regularly in Queensland as a soloist with Underground Opera and the Toowoomba Opera Players. Clarissa was part soloist with Opera Queensland’s

Recently one of the Little Haven nursing vehicles had the windscreen broken from a flying stone on the Bruce Highway. We booked the car in for repair with Gympie Autoglass and the next day not only was the service prompt and professional but when we went to collect the vehicle, owner Wally Emmerson, said there’d

A very thought provoking tale to share from an excellent article (link to full article provided below) There once was a frail elderly man who lived with his son, daughter-in-law and four-year-old grandson. One day, the son became impatient with his elderly father, because in his old age he caused a mess at every meal.

TODAY- Commencing at 2pm at The Wesleyan Methodist Church, Exhibition Road, Gympie. Service followed by releasing of doves and afternoon tea. The annual Little Haven Memorial Service provides a chance for the community to reflect on the memory of loved ones and pay tribute to the patients we have cared for over the past year.

Taking a leaf from 10 year old Tasmanian boy Oliver’s brilliant idea to help Hobart’s homeless “Free on a tree” campaign Little Haven decked our Winter Tree on Mary with a selection of warm coats. With the temperature dropping to around 2 tonight we hope like Oliver “that people who need the coats will take