At Prospect Hospice, we provide outstanding, personalised and compassionate care for everyone in Swindon, Marlborough and the surrounding areas affected by a life-limiting illness, completely free of charge. For more than 40 years, we’ve been a dedicated, non-hospital, end-of-life care service for patients and their loved ones - around the clock, every day of the year. Our mission is to ensure that anyone can access the best possible expert care whenever and wherever they need it – whether at the hospice or in their own home. As a charity, we only exist because of the generosity and support of our amazing local community.
Find out about the range of end-of-life care services that we offer to patients and their families. These delivered free of charge and are designed to provide compassionate, personalised support during every stage of a life-limiting illness in every kind of care setting, to anyone who needs it.
We couldn’t do what we do without considerable support from our local community. Find out all the different ways in which you can support Prospect Hospice, including fundraising, volunteering and purchasing from our shops. All contributions are greatly appreciated and enables us to deliver care that is free of charge to our patients and their families.
Our café sits at the heart of our hospice in Wroughton and serves a range of delicious home cooked meals to suit all tastes. Whether you're looking to catch up with friends over lunch or relax with coffee and cake, our Heart of the Hospice café has you covered.
Whether shopping with us in person or online, or donating your pre-loved goods, we thank you for supporting us through our shops where you help to raise around £2million a year for Prospect Hospice.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and we're always looking for outstanding people to join our team at the hospice across all areas of the charity.
Prospect Hospice is the leading provider of education and training for end-of-life care in Swindon and north Wiltshire. Working closely with you, our colleagues within partner organisations, we want to ensure that the very best care is available to everyone facing the end of life. This is why we provide education and development opportunities, all of which aim to encourage learning and build confidence in end of life care and support.
Tuesday, 23 March is being recognised as exactly one year since everyone around the UK was placed in a national lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19.
Prospect Hospice is supporting this National Day of Reflection, to remember those who have died during the pandemic and to show support for families, friends and colleagues who have been bereaved.
Carolyn Bell, director of services at Prospect Hospice said: “We know from our own experience of families and loved ones who have been bereaved, the impact that the pandemic has had on them. Many have been unable to properly say goodbye to loved ones or grieve. It’s important to us all at Prospect Hospice to acknowledge the enormous effect the pandemic has had on everyone in our community and across the country.
“Our staff will come together at 12 noon for a two-minute silence to reflect on the past year and what this has meant for you. This has been a tough year for many people and for many reasons and we hope you will take your own time to reflect on your life and that of other people.”
The pandemic has also had a huge impact on how the hospice delivered its services, as most of their patients, their loved ones, and others in the community couldn’t come into the hospice building. It meant that they needed to look at delivering their care differently and it did this by taking far more of its expert services out into the community, and into people’s own homes.
The Wroughton charity provides specialist end-of-life to people in the local community when they need it most and their services are provided completely free of charge. They are 70 percent funded by the community, and the pandemic has had a huge effect on their finances. They have had to close their shops and cancel their fundraising events because of Covid-19, which has left a gap in their funding.
CEO Irene Watkins is now urging the community to get behind the charity for them to continue delivering top-class services and support people suffering from terminal illnesses. “You’ve helped make Prospect Hospice what it is and we’re only here thanks to the generous donations of local people. For that, we want to say, thanks a million!
Irene continued, “The charity is asking for your help by supporting our fundraiser, called Thanks A Million. We’ve called it Thanks a Million because the hospice was founded 40 years ago by the community, who have supported us ever since. So, we’re saying ‘thanks a million’ for what you’ve done, and for continuing to do your bit to help us ensure we have accessible services.
“There are various ways that people can take part in the fundraiser, including making a donation or creating their own personalised page for their family and friends to donate. However, you are able to help, we really appreciate your support, thanks a million.”
To find out more visit: www.prospect-hospice.net/fundraising-support-us/thanks-a-million/
18 March 2021
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