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Supporters' fundraising stories

Jess’s intrepid skydive jump

Jess’s intrepid skydive jump

Jess, one of our wonderful Occupational Therapists, recently took part in a skydive, raising over £2,800 to support Katharine House Hospice. 

Allan Love: king of adrenalin-fuelled challenges

Allan Love: king of adrenalin-fuelled challenges

During the summer of 2025, Allan decided to take on not one, nor two, but three of the Katharine House Hospice challenge events. Read on to find out why!

GRAF raises the game year after year

GRAF raises the game year after year

The team at GRAF UK in Banbury have been supporting Katharine House Hospice since 2018 and over the years have become one of our biggest charity partners.

Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy

Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy

Read about how Chacombe Primary School organised a summer fun run. They had such fun, they're now looking forward to the Schools Santa Run this December.

Claire Bryant: fundraising superstar

Claire Bryant: fundraising superstar

Find out how Claire, one of our specialist palliative care nurses, has raised so much money for the London to Paris cycle challenge she’s taking on in September.

BRITA: local charity partner

BRITA: local charity partner

We are thrilled that BRITA has chosen Katharine House Hospice as their local charity partner for their Bicester office for 2025.

Challenge events supremo

Challenge events supremo

Read all about Carley's many challenge events and how you can use rain and cake to bribe anyone into sponsoring you.

Disco nights

Disco nights

Find out how Tracey and Gemma's idea for an '80s-themed disco night took off and why it has become an annual date in many people's diaries.

Geoff Jenkins Memorial Cup

Geoff Jenkins Memorial Cup

Read about why Nige and his family started the annual memorial cup event in memory of their father and how it has grown year on year.

RC Baker and the Christmas Tractor Run

RC Baker and the Christmas Tractor Run

Back in 2016, Jennie Steenkamp from RC Baker Ltd in Barford St Michael had a vision … to create a spectacular Christmas Tractor Run to raise funds for Katharine House Hospice.

Andy and Chantelle’s Christmas Tractor

Andy and Chantelle’s Christmas Tractor

Read about The Christmas Tractor, formally known as the KFS Tractor but is now kindly powered by the Turney Group. The tractor takes part in the Banbury Christmas Tractor Run each year as well as doing its own mini-tour around Oxfordshire. 

Gifts in kind making a big difference!

Gifts in kind making a big difference!

Behind the scenes are a team of amazing people making sure that our hospice has that home from home feel. Read about how different local businesses support Katharine House.

Cleenol support through three generations

Cleenol support through three generations

Cleenol’s association with Katharine House Hospice dates back to its foundation. They have been long-term supporters of the hospice, spanning over three generations. 

Walraven’s shining example of support

Walraven’s shining example of support

The team at Katharine House are always delighted to hear that a local business has chosen us as their charity to support and we are always excited to see what they get up to.

The perfect partnership

The perfect partnership

Katharine House Hospice has been proud to work with Zurich Community Trust and the Zurich team in Chipping Norton since 2019.

Corporate challengers!

Corporate challengers!

Our local business community does love a challenge and in 2024 they didn’t disappoint. Not only did staff raise thousands of pounds for Katharine House, they also pushed themselves out of their comfort zone, worked together as a team and ticked something off that bucket list!

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