Artistic support for hospice: Nurse Maude Hospice

ARTarama 2020 is a don’t miss event for those wanting to buy exceptional works of art donated by artists to raise money for Nurse Maude Hospice.   For 10 years ARTarama has been successfully adopted by both artists and the general public alike as a unique opportunity to showcase the talent of Canterbury artists while […]

Coming home…

Having just celebrated its first anniversary, the Nurse Maude Hospital has become home for those needing long-term residential, end of life, complex and respite hospital-level care.   With its large established garden and streamside walk, the residents enjoy warm and secure surroundings, each with their own ensuite, large communal and smaller private lounges. Nurse Maude’s […]

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Wardrobe art needed: Nurse Maude

Sue Bramwell, Nurse Maude’s General Manager of Marketing, says most people do it at least once in their lives and some on a regular basis. It’s acquiring wardrobe art, that piece of clothing that looked perfect in the shop but has hung, unworn, in your wardrobe from the day you brought it home.     […]

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Loving second home Guaranteed: Nurse Maude

The Nurse Maude Hospice Shops are a well-known feature in Christchurch since the first hospice shop opened in Merivale ten years ago. No quite so well-known however, is Maudes on Trade Me. While the hospice shops sell clothing, Maudes on Trade Me sells everything from antiques to sporting and household items. “If it’s still in […]

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Winter demand for hospice shops: Nurse Maude Hospice Shops wants your last season warm winter clothing

With winter nearly upon us, the city’s Nurse Maude Hospice Shops are desperately short of warm jackets, tops and jerseys in good condition. “Every jacket, jersey, pair of boots or winter top donated is directly supporting the Nurse Maude Hospice,” says Sue Bramwell, Nurse Maude’s General Manager Marketing. “And with good quality winter clothing selling […]

Nurse Maude's General Manager of Marketing Sue Bramwell

Fashionable philanthropy: Q&A with Nurse Maude’s General Manager of Marketing Sue Bramwell

For more than 10 years, Sue Bramwell has put her considerable entrepreneurial skills to work for Nurse Maude, partnering commercial enterprise with a charitable imperative. Metropol talks to the dedicated General Manager of Marketing about her love of philanthropy and her dedication to the vital service that has been caring for the community since 1896. […]