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.
Prospect Hospice supporter Amy Standen arranged a Disney-themed Scarecrow Trail in Chiseldon in August this year, in aid of Prospect Hospice and raised £535.
Amy attended a trail in another village and thought that Chiseldon would be a nice location to hold one of her own.
She put the idea out to the community via their Facebook page and had a great response and support from everyone.
34 families signed up to build and display a Disney scarecrow in their gardens and businesses were very generous with trail winning prizes. The local Spar and farm shops backed the community trail by selling copies of the maps to anyone who wanted to get involved.
The trail ran for two weeks and the prize winners were drawn out of a hat at the end.
Amy said: “I was blown away by the effort that was put in to make the scarecrows and the support from the community. Not only did the people of Chiseldon support it so fantastically, but more people travelled from further out, including from Old Town and Wanborough to join in on the trail.”
She would like to say thank you to all of the families who supported it, to the Spar and Farm shop for selling the maps, to Chiseldon House Hotel for donating a great prize and to everyone who took part, bought a map and supported Prospect Hospice. She also would like to thank Lucy Morton at Lu Lu Pattern and Print who created the trail maps.
Community fundraiser Hollie Ricketts added: “On behalf of us all at Prospect Hospice I would like to say a huge thank you to the community of Chiseldon and beyond, for choosing to support the hospice with their Scarecrow Trail and for raising a fantastic amount. I would also like to say a big thank you to Amy for her dedication in arranging such a great event for the local community.”
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