Zoe's Place 'confident' Liverpool baby hospice can be saved amid huge support from community. Since announcing the closure, local businesses and famous faces have come together in support of the hospice, with Liverpool-based clothing brand Montirex donating more than £100,000 and the Hot Water Comedy Club raising over £18,000.
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00:00A Liverpool baby hospice is confident it can be saved after news of its imminent closure
00:05created waves of support. Zoe's Place has been hoping to build a new hospice at Haymans Green,
00:10near to its current location on Yewtree Lane, West Derby. However, long waits for planning
00:14permission and spiralling costs led the charity to last week announce it would be forced to close
00:19by the end of the year. Since announcing the closure, local businesses and famous faces have
00:23come together in support of the hospice, with Liverpool-based clothing brand Monterex donating
00:28more than £100,000 and Hot Water Comedy Club raising over £18,000. Now, just over a week
00:34since the shock announcement, Zoe's Place's fundraising total is at more than £1.7 million,
00:41with the charity saying we're so confident that the Liverpool site can be saved.
00:45The charity's trustees recently met with West Derby MP Ian Byrne, who described the meeting
00:50as extremely positive and noted that a designated builder can begin work on a new building once
00:56pledges are in place and land has been purchased.