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.
A night-time charity walk around the streets of Swindon is set to return next year for the 15th time.
Prospect Hospice’s Starlight Walk has become a fixture in the calendar of many local people as they walk the 10km or 15km in memory of loved ones and to help raise vital funds to care for others in the community living with a terminal illness.
Taking place on Saturday 24 June, the circular walk will once again start and finish at Swindon Town Football Club but the route will be new for those taking part. The local charity also welcomes participants to dress up in their finest ‘festival fever’ outfits as we embrace the return of a full summer of activities across the country.
Sheryl Crouch, head of income at Prospect Hospice, said: “At our 14th Starlight Walk earlier this year we set the theme ‘back to the 80s’ and our walkers didn’t disappoint. We had some fabulous outfits, and a lot of outrageous hair, so picking the theme for the next one needed to be just as good. For the next Starlight Walk, we’ve devised the ‘festival fever’ theme so think about Glastonbury, cowboy hats, sequins and glitter – we just wouldn’t advise walking 10km or 15km in wellies.
“Dressing up is all part of the fun for many of our walkers but it’s not compulsory. For those that do, we can’t wait to see how they interpret the theme.
“There is, of course, a serious side to why everyone gets together on the night. Many of those taking part have experienced hospice services after we cared for someone they loved at the end of their life. They’ve seen just how important our personalised care is and why fundraising is so important.
“Our Starlight Walk raises a phenomenal amount of critically needed income to care for local people and all the money raised in sponsorship from this event goes directly towards our nursing care; supporting our patients and their families.
“There is a moment along the walk where there’s an opportunity to remember those who are no longer with us but, above all, it’s a night of celebrating life and an opportunity to have fun with friends, family and colleagues.”
Entry to both routes is priced at £15 per person and those booking before 1 April 2023, will receive the early bird discount and pay just £12 for their registration fee.
For further information about the event, or to pay your registration fee, click here.
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