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Eleanor Buckley @EleBuckley

Butterfly Companion Volunteers Coordinator @RCHTWeCare with @AnneRobsonTrust. New & unwelcome interest in brain cancer as a carer. All views my own. 🦋

Joined February 2013
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A beautiful day to visit West Cornwall Hospital to begin planning for @RCHTWeCare Butterfly Companion Volunteers to support patients who spend their final days in Penzance. Ward managers are keen to work with me to trial an ‘on call’ volunteer companion service 🦋📞
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As part of @RCHTWeCare Volunteer Week celebrations, Trust Chief Executive Steve Williamson met Butterfly Companion Jean to learn more about the amazing work of an end-of-life companion volunteer. Our team are all supported by the expertise of @AnneRobsonTrust 🦋
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Today @RCHTWeCare staff visitors can meet a Butterfly Companion in The Royal restaurant. As part of @DyingMatters Week we’re promoting the support available to patients in their final days or hours of life.
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We’ve got a brill new banner ⁦@AnneRobsonTrust⁩ ready for ⁦@DyingMatters⁩ Week, when ⁦@RCHTWeCare⁩ staff visitors can meet a butterfly in The Royal restaurant to learn more about our support in the hospital 🦋
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Great session with the @RCHTWeCare acute physiotherapy medical rehab team yesterday, explaining the support that Butterfly Companions provide end of life patients their families. Recruiting them as eyes ears on the wards so together we can help more patients🧑‍🤝‍🧑 🦋 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
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The ⁦@RCHTWeCare⁩ Butterfly Companions had a great team supervision yesterday, including an introduction to Jewish death practices from Jeremy of Kehillat Kernow. He showed us his prayer shawl & gave a great insight into the preferences a Jewish patient may have. 🦋
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We never expect thank yous, but when the Butterfly Companions @RCHTWeCare receive cards from grateful families it’s hugely encouraging for all the volunteers. 🦋 @AnneRobsonTrust
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I’ve learned a lot about brain cancer in the last four weeks including this shocking statistic. Grateful to those campaigning today. In our house we’re focused on recovery from surgery and awaiting an initial appointment with oncology. #LessSurvivableCancersAwarenessDay
The Brain Tumour Charity@BrainTumourOrg
11 Jan 2024
Today is #LessSurvivableCancersAwarenessDay, and we’re highlighting today that the UK is falling behind other countries. We’ve compared survival outcomes between the UK and comparable countries and found that brain tumours and other less survivable cancers continue to lag behind.
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Thank you @ChaplaincyRcht for creating this beautiful, simple way for visitors, staff and volunteers to remember loved ones no longer with us, or patients we hold in our hearts ♥️🦋. It was lovely singing as part of the scratch choir at today’s carols in the chapel too 🎵
RCHT Chaplaincy@ChaplaincyRcht
13 Dec 2023
Remember a loved one this Christmas by writing their name on a star and hanging it on our Christmas Star Memory Tree which was launched today at the Treliske chapel. @RCHTWeCare #christmasmemorytree
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Thanks @Skentelbery for the chance to talk @BBCCornwall about the Butterfly Companions supporting dying patients & their families @RCHTWeCare. This pilot was generously funded by @RCHTCharity with expert support from @AnneRobsonTrust. Thanks to @RCHTWeCare we’re here to stay🦋
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So sad I’ve spent the day of the Butterfly Companions Christmas party in my sick bed 😥. My fab ⁦@RCHTVoluntarySv⁩ and ⁦@ChaplaincyRcht⁩ colleagues hosted brilliantly and we won the ⁦@AnneRobsonTrust⁩ countrywide quiz!! ⁦ The cards I made the volunteers 🦋🌲⬇️
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8 brilliant new ⁦@RCHTWeCare⁩ Butterfly Companions trained yesterday with the help of ⁦@LizPryor3⁩ ⁦@AnneRobsonTrust⁩ ⁦@rchtpallandeol⁩ ⁦@ChaplaincyRcht⁩ ⁦@RCHTVoluntarySv⁩ and ⁦@RCHTPtExp⁩ welcome to the 🦋 team 💙
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A privilege to share the Butterfly Companion Volunteer Team’s story with the @RCHTWeCare public board meeting today, even if #Stormciaran had me presenting unexpectedly from the dining table! @AnneRobsonTrust 🦋🌪️☔️
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust@RCHTWeCare
2 Nov 2023
📣 It's time for our Public Board Meeting! Click the link to join 👉 bit.ly/RCHTBoardMeetinginPub… The agenda can be found here 🔽 ow.ly/hpcS50Q0v6O
Text reads: Trust Board in Public. Thursday 2 November 2023 at 9.45am. Please see our website for information on how to join our meetings online. www.royalcornwallhospitals.nhs.uk

ALT Text reads: Trust Board in Public. Thursday 2 November 2023 at 9.45am. Please see our website for information on how to join our meetings online. www.royalcornwallhospitals.nhs.uk
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Today the @RCHTWeCare Butterfly Companions gathered for a team supervision celebrated making over 200 patient visits since June by enjoying 🦋 cupcakes 🧁
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What a wonderful start to the weekend @AnneRobsonTrust 🦋. I can’t wait to share this lovely feedback with the team. V grateful to the visitor who took the time to write this at such a hard time for their family. Thank you 🙏
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This week the @RCHTWeCare butterfly companions supported a patient his partner by walking their dogs around the hospital grounds! And today Val and Penny had a lovely @PetsAsTherapyUK moment with Aggie before all 3 valued volunteers set off on their visits 🐾🦋 @AnneRobsonTrust
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The Butterfly Companions work closely with the brilliant @ChaplaincyRcht team. We regularly refer patients to each other and the chaplains are available to support volunteers who have encountered a difficult situation and want some extra support 🦋
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One of the @RCHTWeCare Butterfly Companions was asked by a patient’s family how they might talk to their great grandchildren about the death of great grandad. Thanks @PenhaligonsFs for brilliant prompt response to my request for resources to help equip us for future questions 🦋
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The butterfly companions are now helping @rchtpallandeol get beautiful homemade blankets made by the Friends of @RCHTWeCare to the patients we visit. Rooms were brightened families touched by today’s gifts 🌈🦋🧶
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Daniel is the latest Butterfly Companion to start volunteering. He’s fitting in a fortnightly shift alongside his job and busy family life. Thank you Daniel 🦋🙏 @RCHTWeCare @AnneRobsonTrust
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