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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, funerals are now limited to only allow close family members to attend to reduce the spread of the virus.
Information you may find useful about funeral planning
Following national guidance and to ensure that social distancing takes place, from 26 March 2020 new, emergency measures have been put in place for local bereavement services.
Where funerals are taking place, attendance has been reduced and should consist of the immediate family only. This does not include the official that is conducting the service. No person diagnosed as suffering from COVID-19 is permitted to attend a funeral until they have been confirmed as recovered. Services will now have shorter time limits and funeral directors will be able to assist with the rules about social distancing.
More Information about funerals in Swindon can be found on the local council website here
Further information that may be helpful
During the global Covid-19 pandemic, we are facing a tragic loss of life, often under very difficult circumstances.
People who have been bereaved at this time may experience additional and deeper emotions because of the restrictions in place due to COVID-19 familiar people they would turn to and usual support networks may not be accessible. There are some helpful support resources from Cruse here.
What else you can do?
Information you may find useful
Spiritual and pastoral support
At a time when we face a crisis in our lives, many people who do not regularly attend a place of worship seek to make sense of what is happening, through prayer, reflection, and by receiving the spiritual and pastoral support from an appropriate person of faith. This is particularly true during the current COVID-19 pandemic, during which physical distancing adds to the sense of isolation. Most places of worship, of all faiths, have a website, which contains their contact details. Most also have a social media presence and many are live-streaming their services and other points of connection.