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.
Hospice patron Jonathan Wilkes has given his support to our Thanks a Million campaign after a member of his own family was cared for by Prospect Hospice.
He said: “Thanks to generous donations from local people, this fantastic charity has been able to be there for those at the end of their lives, supporting them and their families. Families just like mine.
“I’ve seen first-hand the incredible work this highly skilled charity offers after a member of my own family was cared for by them in their last days. The support they gave to us all was second to none and we’ll always be grateful to them for that.
“As a local charity, they rely on donations from the public to offer all of their services free to anyone that needs them. Yes, that’s right. It’s incredible to think that no one ever has to pay a penny for any of the care or support they receive from Prospect Hospice.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has hit them hard. With their shops closed and fundraising events cancelled, their income dried up almost overnight last March.
“Amazingly though, they have still managed to provide the specialist end of life care that so many people need. Often, they’ve done this by keeping the patient at home, safely away from areas where they might be at risk and, at a time when so many patients in hospitals haven’t been able to have visitors, the hospice has enabled them to stay where they’re surrounded by their loved ones.
“So I want to say thanks a million to everyone at the hospice for being there for those families over the last year and I’m asking you, if you can, to now be there for the hospice.
“This wonderful charity, which supports those with a terminal illness and makes those last days and weeks of life just that little bit better, urgently needs your support to help them through this pandemic until they can begin their traditional fundraising activities again.
“That’s why I’m asking you to support their 36 hour digital fundraiser ‘thanks a million’ on 25 and 26 April to raise as much money as possible for the hospice to see them.”
To find out more about the challenge and get involved in the event this weekend, click here.
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