25/01/2026
Burns Night Success – Thank You from Portcullis Practice
Our Burns Night event last night was a huge success, and we would like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the evening so special.
First, thank you to Wistanstow Village Hall, and in particular Mike the Caretaker, who was incredibly helpful throughout.
Thank you to Jigmith Ceilidh Band and Lee Blasdale for providing fantastic music and dancing, and to Abby Carter for the delicious catering.
Special thanks to Allan Caswell for his passionate Address to the Haggis!
We are also very grateful to Jays Bars for their wonderful service during the evening.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the following local businesses for their generous donations of raffle prizes. Their kindness and community spirit helped make the event extra special, and we are truly grateful for their support:
Lunts Pharmacy – £100 voucher for The Queens, Ludlow
Julie Shutt Medical Aesthetics – £80 voucher
The Bucks Head, Church Stretton – Free meal for two
Co-op, Church Stretton – Two boxes of chocolates
Berry’s, Church Stretton – Voucher for a cream tea
Woodland Stays – £150 discount off a 3-night stay
Saxtons, Church Stretton – £10 voucher
Salts, Church Stretton – Raffle prize
Newington Garage Services, Craven Arms – £25 fuel voucher
Walls Butchers, Craven Arms – £10 voucher
Greggs, Craven Arms – £10 voucher
Cyril Bason, Craven Arms – £10 voucher
One Stop, Craven Arms – Bottle of wine
Vines Stores, Church Stretton – Bottle of champagne
A special well done to Blue Team! (Siân Wood, Catherine Beanland, Sally Wood, Holly Chadwick, Salamah Yadam, Poppy Hazeldine, Liam Stevens, Heidi Morris, Judith Sharod and Isabel Aida Barber Chavez) for all their hard work and enthusiasm.
What started out as a bit of fun in 2025, saw all staff at Portcullis Surgery split into four teams – Blue, Yellow, Red and Green – with the challenge of raising as much money as possible for the Severn Hospice Perry Ward Appeal.
So far, we have raised a combined total of £4294 for Severn Hospice 🎉
The next big event planned will be our wonderful secretary Yvonne Brookes who is planning to run the Manchester marathon in April this year. This will be Yvonne's first marathon so please consider donating to her team (Red Team) and help her raise her donations.
Red Team
https://gofund.me/9ac290fc2
If you would like to help any of our teams raise even more money for Severn Hospice, please consider donating to your preferred team via the links below:
Yellow Team
https://www.justgiving.com/page/chloe-edwards-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL
Green Team
https://gofund.me/5985f0219
Red Team
https://gofund.me/9ac290fc2
Blue Team
https://www.justgiving.com/page/catherine-beanland-6
More information about Severn Hospice:
https://www.severnhospice.org.uk/perry/
Severn Hospice supports families from the moment they are referred, for as long as they need care, across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales.
Their services are provided free of charge, but they rely on donations to continue their vital work. For every £1 donated, 84p is spent directly on care, with the remaining 16p used to generate a further £1.
Last year alone, these donations enabled Severn Hospice to support 3,000 local families when it mattered most.
Thank you once again to everyone who supported this wonderful cause 💙
