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 new fundraising idea timed to celebrate the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation is set to raise money for a local hospice as it tries to regain expected money lost by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prospect Hospice is one of hundreds of charities nationally inviting supporters to take part in a virtual balloon race where participants follow balloons as they float across a digital sky on a journey shaped by real world weather, geography and atmospheric conditions. The event starts with a mass ‘release’ from Westminster Abbey next Tuesday 2 June, the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation.
There is a skill element, however: participants design their own balloon’s colour and pattern and select the helium contents and rubber thickness before labelling it – all elements that affect how it flies through the air. And, at just £3 per balloon, the hospice’s fundraisers are urging the whole family to take part in a fun challenge that can be enjoyed from the comfort of home.
Prospect Hospice’s challenge events fundraiser, Sally Bere, is optimistic that whole families will want to take part in the event. “It’s fun and, with balloons costing just £3, it’s an affordable way for everyone to help raise some funds to enable us to support patients and families who are feeling especially vulnerable currently. You can design the balloon, or balloons, to your own specification and then get on Google Maps to see how far it’s got – and because it’s a virtual event, there’s no cost to the environment.
“There’s a serious side, of course,” she adds. “It’s no secret that Prospect Hospice faces the biggest crisis in its 40 year history this year as our regular fundraising events have been cancelled through the summer. We have had to find new ways to raise the funds we need to care for people and I hope that people will see this as a fun and affordable way to support our care.”
There are prizes available for the people whose balloons get furthest in the event, with a £500 top prize, an Apple iPad for the second placed balloon, and ten £10 book tokens available for the next ten balloons.
To buy a balloon or balloons, and take part in this event, click here.
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