Spotting something elephant related is becoming a regular occurrence on our lunch breaks 🐘 Yesterday we scanned our first elephant on the app, & today spotted this beautiful ele-creation on the village post box! 📮 Who knows what tomorrow will bring 🧡

Have you downloaded our app yet? 📱 You can unlock exclusive rewards, and vote for your favourite sculpture on the app - there's a leaderboard and our herd are going trunk to trunk! 🐘 To download our app from the App Store or Google Play Store search 'March of the Elephants'.

We are appealing for information after an elephant sculpture was damaged in Lichfield city centre. The item, that was set-up to raise funds for St Giles Hospice, was knocked off its base on Bore Street and damaged. Read more: orlo.uk/wDFD6

A fun trip to manorfarmfruits this morning where we installed our March Of The Elephants book bench! 🐘 We couldn’t have asked for better weather ☀️ ….and to make it even more perfect, one of the first children to have her pic on the bench was called ‘Summer’ ☀️🌻⛱️🕶️

Woman becomes first person to complete run between all of the elephant sculptures on St Giles Hospice’s art trail buff.ly/4digBYV

A touching sound bite from today’s BBC broadcast that truly encapsulates #TeamStGiles. At 92 years young, our incredible volunteer Joan continues to inspire us all with her dedication and warmth. 🧡

Three London hospices - St Raphael's Hospice, Princess Alice Hospice, Royal Trinity Hospice - call on the government to step in after their requests for more funding went unmet. At least one-fifth of hospices in the UK have cut services or plan to. Sustainable funding is needed now. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

St Giles Hospice nurse crafts special bear to support elephant art trail buff.ly/3AI2aPJ

Another packed edition of The Lichfield and Burntwood Independent newspaper is out now - produced and distributed entirely by our volunteers once again, and only possible thanks to our advertisers and members 🗞️ Find a out how to get your copy here 👉🏻 lichfieldlive.co.uk/lbi-map

Today marks the end of a profoundly difficult time for St Giles. Following consultation, we've sadly said goodbye to a number of valued colleagues, and we've consolidated our services to focus on our core specialist palliative care provision. Read more: buff.ly/3O66tbk

Birmingham hospice cuts 21 jobs and 8 beds amid 'funding crisis'. St Giles Hospice has made cuts to address a £1.5 million funding deficit. hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/bir…

A hospice has announced it must close eight beds and make 21 staff redundant to cope with financial pressures. St Giles Hospice, in Lichfield, warned in the summer it was dealing with a £1.5m a year deficit. Full story: bbc.in/4ftc3jV

Really pleased to say I am presenting an ITV programme on hospice and end of life care. Since my mum received hospice care a decade ago I’ve been investigating the state of the sector. Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? will air on ITV, 8:30pm, Thursday 28th November.

'They swooped in like angels really.' A decade after his mother received hospice care, ITV’s Daniel Hewitt investigates their funding crisis. His journey reveals how limited NHS support - just a third on average - has left many hospices on the brink of collapse.

As this evening's documentary comes to a close, we'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to our friend and colleague, Kelly, and her husband, Dave, who bravely agreed to share their story 🧡 #ITVTonight ITVX ITV Daniel Hewitt

Wedding at St Giles Hospice helps bride make father’s wish come true buff.ly/4kaoK5U