Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex appointed as new patron of Brighton's Martlets Hospice

Claire Irving (Martlets Chief Executive Officer), Andrew Blackman (Lord-Lieutenant) and Juliet Smith (Martlets Chair of Board of trustees)

Andrew Blackman, who became the Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex in 2021, has been appointed as the new patron of Brighton hospice charity Martlets

The Lord-Lieutenant’s appointment was announced after a tour of Martlets’ sites, including the inpatient unit, which is temporarily based at Maycroft Manor, Carden Avenue. He was also guided around the new building work, taking place at the Hospice site in Wayfield Avenue, Hove. He was accompanied on his tour by Juliet Smith who is a Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex and Chair of Martlets Board of Trustees and Claire Irving, Martlets CEO.

His visit also took in a tour of Martlets’ shop and warehouse on Old Shoreham Road. Throughout the day he was able to meet some of the charity’s staff and volunteers and find out more about Martlets’ work in providing life-changing hospice care to the communities of Brighton & Hove and the Deans and the Havens.