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.
With lockdown enforced and social distancing in place, charity events across the country have been cancelled in their thousands. One of those hardest hit was local charity Prospect Hospice who estimated that they’d lose £2million in income this year dues to cancelled events and shop closures.
However, despite that, the charity has decided to focus on the positive and start planning for 2021 to give its supporters something to look forward to.
Amy Francombe, events and community manager at Prospect Hospice, explains: “The cancellation of all our events has hit us really hard but we can’t dwell on that. We have to stay positive and look forward to bringing our supporters together when we can to raise funds for the hospice.
“We’ve been working really hard to get everything in place for our 2021 events and I want to thank all the venues we’re working with for their support in getting these dates in the diary. We know our supporters love our events and really want to do something to help us. We can’t wait to see everyone again.”
The hospice’s flagship fundraising event, Starlight Walk, will take place on Saturday 26 June, leaving Swindon Town Football Club around 8pm. The event sees hundreds of people pounding the pavements around Swindon in a circular walk and it raises thousands of pounds each year. All money raised at this event goes directly towards paying for nursing care of hospice patients.
This year, in celebration of the hospice’s 40th anniversary, the charity was going to host a ‘back to the 80s’ themed events to celebrate its founding and, with so many supporters excited about the idea, the theme will stay for 2021. Supporters are encouraged to dig out their leg warmers and crimp their hair in celebration of over 40 years of hospice care in the area.
Earlier this year, the charity introduced a shorter version of the Starlight Walk for children to take part in which starts much earlier to ensure that children are tucked up in bed in time for school the next day. The event will return in 2021 and will take place on Sunday 7 March.
“We were planning a new event for 2020 but Covid-19 had other plans for us,” says Ms Francombe. “We had so much interest that we simply had to try again and It’s a Prospect Knockout will take place at the Swindon Cricket Ground on Sunday 18 July.
“For those who remember the TV programme back in the 70s and 80s, you’ll know what fun it can be. For those who haven’t seen it, I encourage you to Google it. Once you see it, I know you’ll want to join in.”
For full details of all Prospect Hospice 2021 fundraising events, and to register your interest in taking part, click here.
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