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.
After pausing for the pandemic, Prospect Hospice’s Spring Run will return in 2023 and this time runners will be able to choose between three distances: a 2.5km fun run or the 5km and 10km multi-terrain routes.
Whether you’re an experienced runner or new to the sport, this event is open to everyone who wants to challenge themselves to running a distance and, for the first time, both the 5km and 10km will be chip timed.
Taking place at Stanton Country Park on Sunday 12 March, the event will help raise vital funds to help care for local people living with a life limiting illness.
Sheryl Crouch, head of income at the charity, said: “We’ve spoken for a while about how the pandemic affected our fundraising and not being able to hold events had a huge impact on donations to the hospice. Thankfully, we’re now back into the swing of it and, with a few events under our belt, it’s wonderful to be able to bring back some of our supporter favourites with some added features.
“Our spring run was a popular event with hospice fundraisers and is a lovely way to banish the winter blues and embrace the outdoors again as spring begins. This year, we’ve added to our 5km and 10km routes with chip timing which, from feedback, we know is greatly valued. We’re also introducing a new 2.5km fun run which all the family can enjoy.
“Sponsorship for these events is incredibly important and it helps ensure that local people are able to be cared for at the end of their lives. Just £25 in sponsorship will help ensure a nurse is there for a patient either at the hospice or at home for a whole hour, ensuring they’re cared for while the school run needs completing or the food shopping needs to be done.”
All runners will receive a medal as they cross the finish line and the 5km and 10km runs will, for the first time, be chip timed to give you a result. Prizes will also be awarded for the winners of the 10km run.
Early bird entry fees for the 2.5km fun run is £6 per person with the 5km entry priced at £12 and the £10km costing £15 to enter. Early bird entry fees apply until the end of 2022 with prices rising slightly from 1 January 2023.
To find out more about the event, or to sign up, click here.
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