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.
We recently introduced a weather proof bike shelter at Prospect Hospice, to encourage more staff to enjoy the benefits of cycling to work and an increasing number of people from across the organisation are now enjoying the health benefits of their daily ride.
Katie Stewart from our voluntary services team says: “I live in Park South, and earlier this year I decided to invest in a push bike and its one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. My route to and from work every day is always different and I get the added bonus of seeing some wonderful wildlife. The last couple of months with the heatwave were challenging and it certainly tested my cycling abilities but in the end I got to spend a lot of time in the sun and enjoying the lovely summer.”
Michelle Jones, our digital marketing specialist, added: “I live in Old Town so once I’ve dropped my daughters at Lethbridge school, I cycle down Croft Road in to Wrought to get to work and I love it. I don’t manage to do it every day, it’s a long trek back up the hill but having the option to when I want is a huge benefit of me working at Prospect Hospice. I can’t run and I don’t like gyms so I really appreciate being able to incorporate exercise in to my working day”.
With more staff enjoying the benefits of cycling to work, we are confident that more staff will take to two wheels rather than four in future.
Pictured are Katie Stewart, Gillian Sherwood and Michelle Jones, who all regularly cycle to work at the hospice.
12 June 2018
01 May 2017