Poole self-storage business gives free space to Lewis-Manning

Store & Secure, run by sisters Sophie and Lucy Maidman, is giving the charity space at its bright yellow Joyce House building in Hamworthy.

The building is named after the sisters’ mother Joyce Maidman, who died in 2020.

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Sophie Maidman said: “We are delighted to be able to make this gesture to Lewis-Manning Hospice Care. We are aware of the incredible work that they do and the difference that this makes to the patients and their families that it supports across Poole, East Dorset and Purbeck.

“After our mother died we were contacted by Lewis-Manning Hospice Care’s family support and bereavement team to see if they could help us. This was hugely appreciated by us all.”

Lewis-Manning’s chief executive, Clare Gallie, said: “The storage being offered to us by Store & Secure will save our charity approximately £5,000 each year. We will use the space to store retail shop items, hospice equipment that is needed, but not every day and also items that we need to legally save.

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“It’s a wonderfully generous gesture by Store & Secure and we are hugely grateful.”

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care, which is in its 30th anniversary year, provides care to patients and their loved ones facing a life-limiting illness in Poole, Purbeck and East Dorset.

It supports nearly 600 people a year and develops new services based on need and identified gaps in the area. It needs to raise £2.3million a year for its work.