Home Bargains pledges £2.5m to save Zoe’s Place baby hospice from closure

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Liverpool-based retail giant, Home Bargains, has pledged £2.5m to help save Zoe's Place. Earlier this month, the charity announced it would be forced to close by the end of the year unless it could raise enough money to build a new facility.

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00:00Liverpool-based retail giant Home Bargains has pledged £2.5 million to help save Zoe's place.

00:08Earlier this month, the baby hospice announced it would be forced to close by the end of the year

00:12unless it could raise enough money to build a new facility.

00:15The lease on its current home on Yewtree Lane, West Derby,

00:18expires next year and long waits for planning permissions and spiralling costs

00:23halted plans to build a new hospice at nearby Haymans Green.

00:26The charity said it had 30 days to raise the funds needed for its new home.

00:30Now Liverpool-based retailer TJ Morris Ltd, which trades its Home Bargains,

00:34has pledged £2.5 million to save the specialist baby hospice.

00:38The huge contribution accounts for nearly half of donations so far,

00:43with the total fundraising amount currently standing at £5.4 million,

00:48just £1 million off the hospice's target of £6.4 million.

00:51Zoe's Place has until November 9th to secure the rest of the funds needed for its survival,

00:55but the charity says Home Bargains' pledge marks a pivotal moment for the campaign.

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