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.
Those dedicating their time to volunteering at a local charity can rest assured that their experience will be well supported after it received an accreditation honouring its commitment to its volunteers.
Prospect Hospice ,which offers free end of life care to those living in Swindon and north east Wiltshire, relies on around 850 volunteers to deliver its services and raise the £8million a year it takes to be able to offer all of its services at no charge to its patients and supporters.
It has now been awarded Investing in Volunteers status for the second time in recognition of the way they support those who give up their time to help the charity.
Su Starkey, head of volunteering, learning and inclusion at the charity, said: “Our volunteers are an integral part of the charity and we work hard to ensure each individual is given a full induction to their role, that the role is well suited to them and that they have the opportunity to feedback and help their role and the hospice develop.
“Investing in Volunteers status for us is incredibly important. It’s not easy to get we’re the only organisation in north Wiltshire to carry the accreditation. It demonstrates the commitment we make to each of our volunteers to ensure that their experience with us is a good one.
“As an organisation, we’ve made a commitment to ensuring that our volunteering opportunities are open to all so, regardless of your experience, your age, your race, gender or religion, if you’d like to volunteer with us, we’ll work with you to find something that suits both you and the hospice to ensure you get the most out of your time with us.”
Just under 60% of those who volunteer with Prospect Hospice do so in their shops located across the local area with others taking on roles helping at events, assisting administration staff and supporting patients.
All volunteers who join the hospice team undergo an induction process preparing them with anything they need to be able to carry out their role. All volunteers are given a dedicated person in the charity to report to so they can help guide them and offer any support they need and the volunteer services team will be in regular contact to make sure they’re happy and thriving in their role.
Volunteers are also kept up to date with developments at the hospice via a quarterly magazine and further information can also be found on a dedicated volunteer website. Those who have committed a large amount of time are also rewarded at the annual long service awards with other social events taking place throughout the year for all those who volunteer.
Due to the pandemic, the hospice isn’t currently seeking new volunteers as it is unable to take them through the full induction at this time, however, they are keeping in contact with those who would like to donate their time to the hospice in the future.
If you’re interested in finding out more about volunteering with Prospect Hospice click here, email the team via volunteering@prospect-hospice.net or call 01793 816193.
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