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 supporters Christine and Bob brought over 100 members of their local community together and raised £690 for the charity by hosting an afternoon tea.
Having recently moved to Purton they thought that an afternoon tea would be a great way of getting the local community together in aid of the local hospice.
They saw that the village were great supporters of the hospice and got in touch with the fundraising team for a Make a Brew, Make a Difference coffee morning pack.
The event which took place in September had good weather which allowed everyone to enjoy their afternoon tea in the garden. Christine and Bob decorated their home with bunting, Prospect Hospice buckets and banners and had cream tea style china.
Christine said: “I was blown away by the support of the local community in Purton who donated raffle and tombola prizes, who donated cakes, and over 100 people turned up on the day to support our event raising money for Prospect Hospice.”
She would like to thank three ladies for their spontaneous and much needed support with washing up and collecting empty cups and plates.
Christine’s top tips to help you put on an event:
Community fundraiser Hollie Ricketts added: “I would like to thank Christine and her husband Bob for their fantastic support of the hospice, to all local businesses and individuals who supported the event with prizes for the raffle and tombola and to the local community of Purton and surrounding villages who came along on the day and donated so generously to the hospice.”
30 November 2018