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.
It all adds up
Take one of our household collection boxes for your home and fill it with your loose change to raise money for Prospect Hospice. All those unwanted pennies really do add up!
By holding one of our boxes it shows your support for our work in the community and generates much needed funds towards our services. Last year our household and business collection boxes raised over £107,000 for us.
Because it makes such a big difference, we make it easy for you to get your donation to us. You can either drop off your donation at one of our shops, at the hospice in Wroughton, or we can arrange for it to be collected by one of our official Box Collectors. If you would like to order a collection box, please use the form below.
Our Box Collectors are volunteers in the community who collect from people within their neighbourhood twice a year. If you would like a collection box or if you are interested in becoming a Box Collector yourself, please register your interest by completing the form below.
No cash? No problem. Our Good Thyngs QR code allows you to make contactless donations through your smartphone.
Simply locate one of our boxes in local shops, pubs and businesses across Swindon, scan the QR code and follow the instructions.
For more information on how to use a QR code on a smartphone, click on the flowchart PDF below.
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Rob’s wife Sophie was cared for by Prospect Hospice
The care we offer to patients and their families costs £7.5m every year, seventy-two percent of which is raised through the support of our community. Read more about our amazing supporters.