00:00 The show on the Tyne Trail is now over and the sculptures that were decorated by local
00:06 artists were put up for auction this week. The money raised from the auction goes towards
00:11 helping St Oswald's Hospice continue their work. Diane's husband Bob used the hospice
00:17 after he was diagnosed with bowel cancer.
00:21 So he did tell me during the course of his treatment if he became too ill he would really
00:28 like to go into St Oswald's. So he made his end of life care wishes known to the medics
00:38 and the palliative care nurse and the GP. Unfortunately Bob had two consecutive evenings
00:47 where he could not, his legs gave way and the second evening he required admitting into
00:57 Cramlington Hospital and it was then that the decision was made, the time had come for
01:03 him to go into St Oswald's and so he was such a happy bunny, he settled immediately and
01:14 I'm just so grateful that he got his wish to pass in such a beautiful place as St Oswald's.
01:23 Diane now volunteers with the hospice and she said it is her way to give back after
01:27 they helped her and her husband Bob.
01:30 We have followed the Shaun on the Tyne Trail from the very start when it was announced
01:34 the sheep would be taking over Newcastle and you could see the buzz from the people who
01:38 were hoping to take a Shaun home.
01:41 Well it's fantastic, it's a little bit bittersweet if I'm honest because it's been such a fantastic
01:46 summer we've seen so much joy that this whole art trail has brought to people and it's kind
01:52 of this is the end but it's not because they're all going off to their forever homes now and
01:56 they'll bring even more joy when they're there so yeah and then just excitement to see how
02:02 much we managed to raise, it's a huge amount that we need to raise to keep the hospice
02:06 going and this is going to be a big part of that.
02:10 Well we need to raise about £9 million each year through voluntary giving and that's everything
02:17 that people do be it gifts and wills, be it regular donations, be it Great North Runs
02:22 but this is a huge part of that.
02:25 Some of the sheep sold for £10,000 and the total amount of money raised from the auction
02:30 was over £195,000 and all of that money will be going towards keeping the St Oswald's Hospice
02:37 open so they can continue their work like they did for Diane and Bob.
02:42 And of course now we've had the Elmers, the Snow Dogs and the Shauns visit Newcastle to
02:47 raise money for St Oswald's but after asking if the charity plan to do any more art trails
02:53 they said they aren't sure yet and need to do what's best for the hospice so we will
02:58 have to wait and see if there will be another art trail in the future.
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