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.
In a jolt of electrifying energy, a local hospice is thrilled to announce the winners of its ‘Name our electric vans’ competition that got the community buzzing with enthusiasm and pun-tastic creativity.
The ‘Name our electric vans’ competition was launched in August to spark the community’s imagination, and they delivered.
Jeremy Lune, CEO at Prospect Hospice, said: “Our community has truly outdone itself with their inventive entries. After careful consideration, we’re proud to say that the winning names that will light up Wiltshire’s roads are ‘Super-van’ and ‘Spider-van’.
“These winning names aren’t just spectacular; they capture the essence of the hospice’s mission to care for the community while honouring the everyday heroes who stand by their side.”
The two electric vans being named were generously donated by Arval UK last year and are used for deliveries to the charity’s shops and furniture donation collections.
“Acting as part of the judging team was both fun and challenging as we had to hone the entries down to the final choices,” said Stuart Chamberlain, head of remarketing B2B & partnerships, Arval UK. “The range of suggestions was vast and there were some very interesting contenders, but we were all unanimously agreed on the winners.
“The volume of entries received is also recognition that the vans, their drivers and those who work or support Prospect Hospice are all simply superheroes. We hope they like the names that have been selected for their Arval electric vehicles.”
“While the heroes who support the hospice through donations, fundraising or shopping in our charity shops might not star in a Hollywood blockbuster or walk the red carpet, the difference they make is immeasurable,” said Victoria Canavan, head of retail at Prospect Hospice. “Last year, Prospect Hospice provided 18,551 hours of free patient care which was only made possible by our dedicated supporters who raise millions of pounds a year.”
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