Meet our sponsors

Midnight Moo

Specsavers

Specsavers are our headline sponsor for the MK Midnight Moo 2022! Specsavers has been a family-run business for over 35 years, providing the best value optometry, audiology and other healthcare services for their customers.

Steve Moore is the Retail Director and a Trustee of Willen Hospice. We are extremely grateful for their continued support of the MK Midnight Moo and the Hospice.

Midsummer Place

Midsummer Place has been the home of the Midnight Moo for many years. It will be the starting point where we will hold the warm-up and get the party going, and also the finishing point for our 10-mile Moo. We are grateful to Midsummer Place for allowing us to use their venue once again.

Midnight Moo Mile Markers

At each mile, friendly volunteers from these local companies will be their to cheer you on!

Prestige Estates MK
Prestige Estates MK is a professional lettings and property management agent covering Milton Keynes, Buckingham and Towcester areas.

MK College
MK College offers a broad variety of qualifications, including vocational courses, apprenticeships, higher education, professional certificates as well as employability skills and community training.

WD40
WD-40 is an American brand and the trademark of a penetrating oil manufactured by the WD-40 Company based in San Diego, California. Their United Kingdom office is located in central Milton Keynes and is the headquarters for their growing EMEA (Europe, India, Middle East, and African) business.

energie Fitness MK

energie Fitness MK is #MoreThanAGym – wherever you are in your fitness journey, their friendly and highly trained team will help you achieve your goals. Claire, Rob and the energie Fitness Kiln Farm members are great friends of Willen Hospice and are always happy to support our events. Their energie Fitness Gym in Kiln Farm is the half mile marker for our Midday and Midnight Moo.

InReach Group

InReach Group are your one-stop business partner for all technology solutions in IT, Telecoms and Managed Print in Milton Keynes, and across the UK.

Up & Running

Up & Running are a hub for runners, with great customer service and technology helping runners and walkers to find their perfect footwear. They support our Moo events by being a collection point for our Moo packs at their MK store based in Elder Gate.

Midday Moo

Marshalls Amplification

Marshall Amplification are our headline sponsor for the MK Midday Moo 2022. Marshall has been celebrated by some of the world’s greatest bands and musicians including: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Slash, Oasis, Muse, Gorillaz and Bring Me The Horizon. They have been running their factory in Bletchley since 1967, and this year Marshalls are celebrating their Diamond Jubilee.

Marshalls are fantastic supporter of the Hospice. Just a few of the amaizng ways they have supported Willen includes,

purchasing contactless donation points for us during the pandemic, hosting our 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner, contributing to the funding of our Building a Legacy project, and Marshall’s Alex Coombes is one of our trustees. We are extremely grateful for their support.

Papa Johns Pizza

Papa Johns will be giving away free slices of pizza at our Midday half-moo mark. The first Papa John’s pizza was made in a broom closet in Jeffersonville, IN, to now more than 5,000 locations in 45 countries and territories around the world. Their Papa John’s UK & European Campus head office is based in Milton Keynes and are always keen to get involved in the local community.

MK Rugby Club

MK Rugby Club are fantastic supporters of the Hospice and our Midday Moo will be starting and finishing from their home at Emerson Sports Pavilion.

MKRUFC are fantastic supporters of the Hospice. In fact, Gary Spinks, Chairman of Milton Keynes Rugby Club, and his friends are completing a ‘Ring of Fire’ cycle challenge in Spain to raise funds for Willen Hospice and the Rugby Club.

Talbot Inn

Talbot Inn in Loughton are one of our pub stops again this year for the Midday Moo! The local pub is very active in community and have been a venue for numerous fundraising events for Willen Hospice in the past.

Shenley Leisure Centre

Shenley Leisure Centre is another stop on our Midday Moo route. Our Moo’ers can enjoy a sit down and a drink on their way round at The Sportsmen’s Rest Bar & Café attached to the Leisure Centre.

The Big Food Festival

Our Midday Moo is taking place on the same day and at the same location as the Big Food Festival! Hang about after you’ve completed your Moo and treat yourself to some well-deserved local streetfood.

Could you be a sponsor?

If you’d like to raise awareness of your business by sponsoring our Summer of Moo please email corporate@willen-hospice.org.uk

In a typical year...
£11.23
our cost, per minute
11,000
phone calls to patients at home
600
fabulous volunteers
700
patients cared for at home
3,200
home visits
300
patients at the hospice
18,000
of cups of tea
290
counselling sessions
We can only provide the care we do thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, through their continued volunteering, fundraising and donations throughout the year. Your donation will enable us to continue providing care and support to those facing a life-limiting diagnosis, and to support their loved ones.