The Bishop’s Lent Appeal 2023
A hospice can provide a warm and loving space to families in the bleakest of times.
The family of the late Ian Bentley, former Archdeacon of Lynn, found this during his final days at the Priscilla Bacon Lodge in Norwich.
The current lodge was built in 1979 and there is now a chronic lack of specialist palliative care beds within Norfolk and Waveney. This year’s Lent Appeal is raising money in memory of Ian to help complete a new lodge next to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, with space for 24 beds, a wellbeing centre, education rooms and a chapel.
Ian’s friend Archdeacon Steven says, “Ian Bentley’s ministry touched many people throughout the Diocese, and this is an opportunity to support the hospice in which Ian spent his last days. The new larger building will enable many more to be helped and supported at a very difficult and challenging time.”
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