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.
Christmas raffle – terms and conditions 2024 By purchasing a ticket you are helping Prospect Hospice to continue providing care and support, free of charge, to patients in their homes and at the hospice in Wroughton.
Entries All entrants must be aged 18 years or over and reside in Great Britain to either buy or sell Prospect Hospice raffle tickets. Employees that work within Prospect Hospice lottery and data administration team are unable to take part in the Prospect Hospice raffles.
Prizes 1st prize – £2,000
Closing date The closing date is Friday 10 January 2025 for postal entries and Wednesday 25 September 2024 for online entries. Any entries received after this date will be treated as donations to Prospect Hospice. The draw is scheduled for Friday 17 January 2025. We reserve the right to defer the draw date if legal restrictions and resultant delays in processing prevent the draw taking place on this date.
Notification of winners All winning numbers will be published on our website at www.prospect-hospice.net/raffle within two working days of the draw. Winners who enter via post, online or face to face will be notified either by telephone and/or post shortly after the draw. Where a winning number was bought in a Prospect Hospice shop, then prizes will be paid within 14 days of receipt by us of a valid claim made to lottery@prospect-hospice.net. Any uncashed or expired prizes will be taken as a donation to the hospice six months after the date of issue.
Legal Information We are members of both the Hospice Lotteries Association and the Lotteries Council. Licensed by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005 www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk Licensee name: Prospect Hospice Limited. Account number: 5080 https://registers.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/5080 The persons responsible for the lottery are Helen Baxter. Prospect Hospice, Moormead Road, Swindon SN4 9BY. Registered Charity Number 280093. All profits generated from the Prospect Hospice raffles go directly to the running costs of Prospect Hospice.
During our last Christmas raffle in 2023, for every £1 raised, 84p was transferred directly to the hospice as profit.
Chances of winning
Your chances of winning a prize are approximately 1 in 38,175 based on entries to our last Christmas raffle in 2023.
Gambling support For help, support or advice about problem gambling, visit www.begambleaware.org
How you hear from us We will use your data to contact you from time to time with information about the hospice that we feel may be of interest to you, like our events, activities, news and ways you can get involved more if you want to. You can change your contact preferences and how we communicate with you any time on 01793 816161, via dataadmin@prospect-hospice.net or on our website www.prospect-hospice.net/how-you-hear-from-us. For more information on how we use your information please visit www.prospect-hospice.net/privacy-policy. If you would prefer not to receive raffle tickets from us in the future, then please let us know by visiting www.prospect-hospice.net/noraffle or call 01793 816190.
Because of you, local families receive the care they need at the most difficult time. Thank you so much for your continued support.