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.
Prospect Hospice is under genuine threat of closure. Our funding from the NHS hasn’t risen in 10 years, while everything has become more expensive. It’s left us around £1 million short of what we need this year.
Will you give today and save our hospice?
Prices have been rising fast over the last few years. The cost of medical care is climbing. The price of energy to power our equipment has rocketed. It means that while our inpatient unit has room to look after 12 people, we can only afford to look after six. And the hardest part is that more people than ever need our care.
What could your support do?
£25 could pay for an hour of support at home from a nurse.
£60 could pay for an hour of a patient’s stay on our inpatient unit.
£100 could pay for a series of specialist physio sessions.
Prospect Hospice has always been here for our community. We want to say we always will be. But right now, we need you.
Sinéad first came across Prospect Hospice under heart breaking circumstances when her husband-to-be, Harry, fell ill.
“Harry was a rare case. He was just 25. His cancer caused paralysis, so from the beginning, the hospice’s physio team was involved. How they were able to adapt and tailor the service was incredible.
“They came to the house and provided such a positive focus for him every day. It gave us structure and injected hope into our lives.”