A charity shop in Beaconsfield has reopened in a “touching reminder” of the hospice’s history.

Deputy mayor Cllr Anita Cranmer cut the ribbon on the newly revamped South Bucks Community Hospice bookshop and emporium, in Maxwell Road.

It is the third of the hospice’s shops to be refurbished this year.

As Cllr Cranmer, hospice CEO Jo Woolf, and the staff celebrated the reopening, they also reflected on the history of the charity, founded in the 1980s by nurse Edie Pusey, who lived in the town for several years before her death.

Cllr Cranmer said it was a “pleasure” to be able to reopen the shop where Edie lived, adding that this made it “even more special”.

Ms Woolf said: “We have moved this year from Pusey House on Amersham Hill to our wonderful new hospice, Butterfly House.

“It is right that we never forget all that Edie Pusey did for us and her patients, and her name will live on forever. 

“It was great to have the Deputy Mayor of Beaconsfield re-open the shop. 

“All of our shops are hugely important to us because they raise the money we need to pay for our nurses and to fund the care for people with life-limiting illnesses. 

“We only receive 3 per cent of funding from statutory sources so we rely on our shops to pay for what we offer patients.”

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