PEMBROKESHIRE-BASED Paul Sartori Hospice at Home Service, who provide a range of services to end of life patients and their families, benefitted recently from the much-anticipated Neyland Sartori Store’s: Summer Ladies Night.

The unique retail experience added to the previous successful Ladies Night’s, and was held on Wednesday 3 rd July, at the Sartori Shop Kensington Road, Neyland. These events are so popular and renowned now that there were long queues well before the doors opened at 7pm – welcoming not only local ladies, but also a beautiful summer evening!

Twice a year these much-anticipated, exclusive events in Neyland raise amazing amounts for people living in the final stages of a life limiting illness and support their families, and this event was certainly no exception, raising an amazing £1600 for the charity. The Ladies Nights in Neyland, are, due to the size of shop, only open by invitation.

It is well-supported by regular customers to the shop and locals alike. The prudent shoppers are welcomed into the store; greeted with a complimentary drink and given exclusive shopping rights to the wears on offer.

There was an excellent range of quality pre-loved clothes including designer and special occasion wear (some brand new with tags) and many other items including hats, handbags and shoes at great prices!

The air was full of excitement throughout the evening as ladies perused the shop for bargains; supported other shoppers and casually chattered amongst themselves.

Once again, the volunteer team at Sartori Store, Neyland, who are the backbone to this event, have been busy for months preparing for this event. And this special Summer Ladies Night could not have taken place without the efforts of the volunteers who helped organise the event: Celia, Jane, Diane, Cathy and Maggie.

Also helping on the night and serving drinks to the customers were local teenagers completing their Welsh Baccalaureate and Duke of Edinburgh – Josh, Cara and Jessie.

All the shoppers had a wonderful evening and the volunteers were delighted to welcome all who attended.

Maggie John commented: “Another successful Ladies Night. I love these evenings. It is wonderful to see everybody! The atmosphere is very special – I can’t wait for the next one! We (volunteers) all like getting involved and a lot of time goes into preparing for the event, but it is worth it!”

“The special thing about these evenings is that we provide a relaxed atmosphere for our ladies to enjoy shopping for themselves. It is a relaxed atmosphere which they share with their friends, while having a glass of wine and leaving with a bargain, or two!” added Maggie.

“We have a great community spirit in Neyland and it was great to see so many locals out supporting Paul Sartori”, Maggie concluded.

The Paul Sartori Hospice at Home Service provides a range of services to people living in the final stages of a life limiting illness, including home nursing care, equipment loan, complementary therapy, bereavement and counselling support, clinical nurse specialist in palliative care, physiotherapy, advance care planning and training.

The services provided by the Paul Sartori Hospice at Home Service enable people in the later stages of any life limiting illness to be cared for at home with dignity, independence, pain free and surrounded by those they hold most dear.

Further information on the charity and its services can be obtained by visiting their website www.paulsartori.org, or by phoning 01437 763223.