At the end of last year the hospice took delivery of four cuddle beds thanks to the efforts of Louise Ryan and her family from York, who raised almost £60,000 following the death of her husband Nick in 2023.
Since then they have gone on to raise even more money, and another local family have been fundraising too.
As a result the hospice has now raised enough money to buy nine cuddle beds.
Ms Ryan said: “I thought my sister-in-law was crazy when we started raising money for one – so to end up with this many is absolutely fabulous.”
Clare Burton and her family raised the money to pay for another of the cuddle beds by doing a sponsored bed push from the hospice to Church Fenton near Tadcaster – a distance of about 14 miles.
Her late husband Gary also received care at St Leonard’s.
Ms Burton said: “We raised £22,500, everyone was just so generous, that we could give a cuddle bed to the hospice was just the best present ever.”