Everyone who registers with www.simplyfundraising.co.uk will be sent a Simply Fundraising pre-paid debit card. Top up the card with your normal spending money whenever you want to. Then, just spend as normal, whenever you wish, with one of the shops or businesses linked to the simplyfundraising directory. A donation will be made to the J's Hospice every time the card is used. Sainsbury's, Boots and Debenhams are among the retailers taking part, so it's easy to raise regular money for the J's just by shopping!

"If I use my Simply Fundraising card to buy my monthly supermarket shopping, I can raise over £100 a year for the J's Hospice." Rene Latta, J's Hospice supporter.

Simply Fundraising prepaid debit cards are managed through Clydesdale bank and can be used anywhere that the MasterCard symbol is displayed. The J's Hospice will receive donations from Simply Fundraising on a monthly basis and supporters can keep a track of their donations via the www.simplyfundraising.co.uk website.

Thanks to the incredible support of shoppers in Chelmsford, we raised a grand total of £848 from the 'Music in the Mall' day.

If you weren't there, you missed out on a musical extravaganza with eight acts playing. However, there's another chance to hear them. All the acts who played feature on the J's CD Acoustic Soul Club Vol 2. Find out how you can get your hands on a copy by visiting our 'Get involved' page.

We would like to thank the management of High Chelmer Shopping Centre and the shops for their support in this event.

Mother's Day offered another great fundraising opportunity at Sainsbury's Chelmsford. Staff put on a flower gift wrapping service. The J's team were there to help Lyn Bracci and Helen from Sainsbury's to wrap the flowers until midday on Sunday when they sold out! We also had several people collecting through the weekend and raised a staggering £800.

Thanks to all the staff and customers at Sainsbury's for their generosity.

J's supporters gathered for two of Britain's favourites, curry and bingo, at the Shafiques restaurant in Writtle.

After a splendid curry buffet of Indian cuisine, it was eyes down and pens at the ready. Over 100 people attended the event and raised just over £1,000.

Thanks so much to the wonderful staff at Shafiques and everyone who took part on the night.

138 people came along to our 6th annual quiz held at the Writtle sports and social club. The quiz, raffle and games raised an amazing £1.300 on the night.

Many thanks to Barry and Sue Linger and Chris Hibbitt for his great quiz and everyone who helped make this another successful night for the J's Hospice.

For those of you who don't know who Lloyd Scott is - he's the man who ran the London Marathon in 2002 in a deep-sea diving costume during which he broke the world record for the slowest marathon time.

Lloyd, who's from Essex, used to be a football goalkeeper, but is now best known for his charity marathons. Having survived cancer, Lloyd understands the need for The J's Hospice and its age-appropriate aims and has happily agreed to become one of our patrons. We are so glad to have him on board.

Many thanks to Lloyd for all his support so far and into the future.

The J's are very grateful to have been chosen as the beneficiary charity for The Wollastons Race for Business 2010 and would like to thank all those concerned for choosing us.

Around 1,800 people take part in the 5K race helping to raise thousands of pounds for charity. You can help us make this the biggest and best race yet by taking part in fancy dress. One of our patrons, Lloyd Scott wants to make this a big, fun event and there will be prizes for the best fancy dress.

We have entry and sponsorship forms available, so please contact us for more information on 01245 351514.

The J's Hospice is now the chosen charity for The County Hotel in Chelmsford. Staff are going to help us by providing rooms for events, hosting events and helping with food.

We're also proud to be one of three charities supported by the Mayor of Chelmsford, Councillor Tony Sach. The other two are; The Chelmsford Association for Disabled Sport and Kids Inspire. Thanks to everyone for raising awareness of the charity.

David East, the Chief Executive of Essex County Cricket Club, is pleased to announce that the club is supporting the J's Hospice. The J's will be helping 18 to 40 year old young adults from the East of England and this is the age range that most of our players fall into. We realise that something can happen to anybody at anytime and they may need the assitance of The J's. We want to help raise funds to deliver their services and to raise awareness of their work.

"We look forward to developing and forging a strong relationship with the J's over time. To start with, our shops will stock the new CD and book that the charity have. This is something exciting and new for us, and I am sure we will find many other good ways to help and work together." said Mr East.

Acoustic Soul Club Volume 2, on sale now from Sainsbury's, North Springfield, Chelmsford and from The J's Hospice.

The CD is £7 and features 15 songs, including 12 recorded by local artists.  The album includes tracks from Andy Fairweather, Gallagher and Lyle and Ade Edmonson's band, The Bad Shepherds. It's a fantastic album and all proceeds go towards The J's Hospice.

We've got a brand new children's book on sale too. Professor Potts presents the Fantastical Flight of the Ugglebuck Bird. Written by Simon Pitt, who came up with the story for his own children, the book costs £4.99 and is aimed at 3-8 year olds.

Please support The J's Hospice by buying the book or CD and telling your friends. Both are available online at Amazon.co.uk.

A local bike ride in Essex for all abilities. This bike ride is exclusively run by supporters and staff at The J's Hospice, so all funds will go towards the charity.

The ride takes place on Sunday 4th July 2010.

The route is 100 miles, 30 miles or 15 miles. It will start and finish in Chelmsford. More information about the exact route will follow soon.

To take part in the 100 mile ride you will need to give a £25 registration fee and raise a minimum of £25 in sponsorship. For the 30 mile ride, the fee is £15 and sponsorship is also £15. For the 15 mile ride, the fee is £10 and sponsorship is £10.

The ride is for all abilities and our aim is to make it the biggest bike ride in Essex, so please tell your friends and for more information, get in touch with the office on 01245 351514.

You can now find us at 58 New London Road, Chelmsford, CM2 OPA. Our contact details are the same, ring us on 01245 351514, email us at info@thejshospice.org.uk or find us on Twitter as 'thejshospice' or on Facebook at 'The J's Hospice'.