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.
Join us for lunch, tea and cake, or just for a space to relax
Open from Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 3pm and Saturday 12pm to 2pm, the Heart of the Hospice café offers a range of delicious home-cooked hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks in a spacious, sensitively-lit area, designed and maintained to make you feel at home while you are here.
All proceeds from the sale of food and drink goes directly back to the charity to help fund the care of local people living with a terminal illness.
The Heart of the Hospice café was built thanks to a grant from the Department of Health.
What’s on offer?
Each weekday, we’ll have a cooked-to-order café menu and daily specials, with at least one vegetarian option, a cold snack, and dessert. There will also be a selection of jacket potatoes, sandwiches, toasties, and a varied salad bar.
Monday 28 April: Turkey Schnitzels, Cheese & Potato Pie
Tuesday 29 April: Beef Lasagne, Vegetable Lasagne
Wednesday 30 April: Chicken Fricassee, Pepper Fricassee
Thursday 1 May: Steak Bordelaise, Vegetable Carbonara
Friday 2 May: Lamb Burgers, Mixed bean burgers
Saturday 3 May: Cafe Menu
Monday 5 May: Closed for Bank Holiday
Tuesday 6 May: Sweet Chilli Salmon, Vegetable Quiche
Wednesday 7 May: Hunter’s Chicken, Mixed Bean Enchiladas
Thursday 8 May: Pork Meatballs, Vegetable Bolognese
Friday 9 May: Fish and chips, Battered Halloumi and Chips
Saturday 10 May: Café menu
If you like our food, why not order it to have at home? We have a range of items available to order including sandwiches, savoury pastries, cakes and cookies which are perfect for a family get together or team meeting.
Find out more via the link below.