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.
Clare Spearing is supporting the hospice’s Thanks a Million fundraiser after her best friend Claire Bassett was cared for by Prospect Hospice at the end of her life.
Clare said: “Claire Bassett was my best friend. We’d known each other over 15 years and used to live next door to each other. Despite becoming very ill, Claire was determined to raise funds for Prospect Hospice. She even came up with a name for us all – Claire’s Bears. The last fundraising event she took part in was Prospect’s Starlight walk in 2016. I pushed her all the way round the 15k route in her wheelchair.
“Prospect Hospice was incredibly caring and supportive of Claire and the family, and the staff there were determined the time she had left would be as lovely, and normal, as possible. When it was her husband Paul’s birthday they brought out banners and cake in Claire’s room to help them celebrate.
“It was never any problem how long visitors stayed, and in the last few days before Claire died we were able to take her out into the hospice’s lovely garden and enjoy the sunshine together. The atmosphere was as far from a hospital as you can get, and we are so very lucky in this area that if we or our loved ones ever need end-of-life care, we’ve got this fantastic service and no one has to pay a penny for any of the care received.
“That’s why I’m supporting the Thanks a Million appeal. Last year my nine-year-old son Max and I did two sponsored 5k walks independently because Starlight couldn’t go ahead in June 2020. This year we’ll also be supporting, and I’m taking a Thanks a Million page and asking friends and family to give what they can.”
To support the hospice’s Thanks a Million challenge and donate so local people can receive free end of life care, click here.
21 April 2021
19 April 2021