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.
Entering the Temple:
Start: Tuesday 8 April @ 9:00 am
End: Tuesday 8 April @ 4:30 pm
Location: Nationwide House, Swindon
Prospect Hospice invites you to a one-day conference exploring spirituality in palliative and end of life care.
Join the hospice team and an expert panel of thought leaders to:
• Listen to a range of perspectives on spiritual care • Consider how to harness the power of the individual and the local community to support end of life work locally • Develop practical ways of encouraging and facilitating contemplation of spiritual matters for patients at end of life
Speakers to include:
• Gill May, Chief Nurse for Bath and NE Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board • Rachel Clarke, Author, palliative care doctor and activist • Ken Blanton, Psychoanalyst consulting in palliative care and UKCP certified psychotherapist, spiritual care adviser, Prospect Hospice • Sheila Popert, Medical Director, Prospect Hospice • David Cain, Cannon, Bristol Cathedral
All are welcome.
This conference would be of particular interest to clinical staff including GPs, community nurses and HCAs, interfaith leaders, church networks, hospice staff and anyone working within palliative and end of life care.
Cost: £50.00
Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon