Cecelia Goubert pledges to leave a gift in her will

Cecelia Goubert has pledged to leave a gift in her Will to the hospice as a thanks for supporting her when her beloved husband, Arthur died in 2015.

Cecelia has pledged to leave a gift in her will to the hospice as thanks for supporting her when her beloved husband, Arthur, passed away in 2015.

Arthur was due to go into the hospice but died in The Christie before he could get there.

Cecelia said, "Someone from the hospice mentioned counselling and I just poured my heart out to Lucy, and we did hours of counselling. I thought the people supporting me most after Arthur's death would be my family but instead it was the hospice. I want to support the hospice because it was my family -  it was there for me - from my counsellor to the people behind reception and I can't ever forget that.

"By supporting the hospice, you are not only helping the patients but their loved ones too - those people who have been left behind. My story is the survivor's story. I was very much on my own. I thought "how am I going to do this?" but they were there supporting me. What's available at the hospice is so valuable, it's so incredible this place that makes you feel as though you are at home.

"I wish I could do more right now but I can't. Doing this is my little way of knowing I'll be helping even when I'm no longer there."