Charity launches £1 appeal this May to raise vital funds for hospice care in County Durham A CHARITY is launching a new appeal this May to encourage residents to donate £1 each with hopes of raising much-needed funds. Nurse-led hospice Willow Burn, in Lanchester, County Durham, hopes residents of Derwentside will donate £1 to the charity in a bid to fund up to 20% of the vital hospice services. The new campaign is part of ‘Willow Week’ (May 10-16, 2021), the hospice’s annual awareness week, which was first launched in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the work of the nursing, care and counselling team at Willow Burn.