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July 15th – July 22nd Each year Little Haven Palliative Care and Cancer Support celebrates our proud service to the Gympie community providing the best model of dignified end of life care for the terminally ill, support for chemotherapy patients and counselling and follow up for the bereaved. 2018 represents 39 years of developing compassionate

Get race ready and swept up in Melbourne Cup Fever at The Little Haven VIP Melbourne Cup Luncheon Venue: The Pavilion, Track-side Gympie Race Course, Exhibition Rd, Gympie Your best seat in the house to view JOHN BUCKLEY ELECTRICAL MELBOURNE CUP DAY HARNESS RACING CARNIVAL Time:  11:00am – 3:30pm Last year’s event sold out… so book tickets NOW to avoid disappointment! Bookings

Monday October 10th the Little Haven Shop will be livening up Condies Arcade with our Pop Up bargains available across 3 shops! 8.00 am – 4.00 pm Monday to Friday and Sat mornings October 10th – Nov 5th Condies  Arcade, 163 Mary Street Thanks to very generous community donations of quality goods, the shops are bursting at the seams with a

Monday 10th July to Saturday 8th Aug 8.00 am – 4.00 pm Location: 123 Mary Street Plants, furniture, craft, books, clothing, crockery, electrical goods, mobility aids, homemade cakes & preserves and everything in between.  If the Little Haven Shop doesn’t have it – it’s not worth having! Everything going out at bargain prices. Don’t miss your opportunity

The Springtime Garden Party held biannually is always a lovely way to spend the afternoon but this year was exceptional …. Gorgeous spring day, gardens looking magnificent, large crowd, beautiful hat parade, Delicious sweet treats stalls and a happy and supportive crowd. The Auction of quality craft items and other goodies donated by local businesses was

After a VERY successful 3 week stint the Little Haven POP UP shop closed last Saturday and the Marketeers can now enjoy a well earned rest. They do an amazing job and we are very lucky to have generous donations come in the door nearly as fast as they go out. Thank you to all involved.

8-11 October 2015 The Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival Celebrating 24 karat films that will make audiences laugh, cry…and think! Festival Cafe The wonderful team from Palliative Care will once again run the Festival Cafe in 2014. A selection of delicious light meals, cakes and scones, cheese platters and other wonderful snacks plus

Please join Little Haven Palliative Care at Springtime at Springhalls~ Saturday September 13th 741 Shadbolt Road Cedar Pocket Saturday 13th September 1.30 – 5.30pm A fun afternoon with fantastic music by The Noosa Jazz Factory, finger food, games on the lawn, raffles, fair stalls, auctions and a most fashionable hat competition! Licensed Bar Enjoy the jazz by

SIMPLY INSPIRATIONAL QUILTS & CRAFT Saturday August 2, 9.30am – 4pm Sunday August 3, 9.30am – 3pm The Rotary Club of Gympie is proud to, once again, present an impressive showcase of contemporary, inspirational and traditional quilts and craft, with some great surprises thrown into the mix. Come along and see if you agree with

Little Haven Shed Sale This Saturday 20th Feb 7am – 12 midday with Sausage Sizzle 12 Chapple Street Sheds (Opposite Railway Workshops) Furniture Galore Potted plants Clothes Books & Videos Linen, odds, sods and everything in between All goods sold at a very reasonable price. Delivery by negotiated price can be arranged. Donation of goods for the

“How would we live our lives if we were fully aware that we are mortal. What if we realised that we were going to die sooner than we think. What if we accepted it ….” In this wonderful 5 min video from ehospice  Dr. Alejandro Jadad speaks about Acceptance http://vimeo.com/58946248

Little Haven has provided professional and compassionate in home hospice care and support to over 2000 families burdened by illness, death, grief or loss. With no fee for service, funding the ever growing demand for our support requires a constant annual community fund raising effort. We know there are many people who would love to support Little Haven’s

The next Volunteer Induction Day will be held on Friday 8th May 2014, from 10am to 3pm. The Induction process aims at  welcoming and familiarising new volunteers to Little Havens mission and values and introduce them to roles within the organisation they may have an interest in helping out with. After completing induction, volunteers should

It is quite natural to be afraid about palliative care. It conjures up images of a death sentence and the use of morphine to make patients stuporosed until they die. Palliative care deals with death and is therefore always stuck with this myth and misunderstanding about what it is. Palliative care is not just about

I offer the following passages to all our carers, be they nurses, doctors, respite volunteers or loving family members who often feel powerless in what they can do for the dying patient. Being Often the most difficult role of a carer or a family member is knowing when to “let go” with someone at the

Ask yourself what your goals are as you enter into the final phase of life. How can you make yourself the most comfortable? Do you want: to continue on exactly as before, with no thought of what will come? to pursue aggressive care and treatment? to allow nature to take its course? to take complete