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.
Accessing information about local bereavement support has been made easier following the creation of a new information pack, led by Elisabeth Cranley, Prospect Hospice Volunteer.
The information pack will be used by our Bereavement Team and those bereaved who are under our care. It consists of two folders, providing information and signposting to people about other bereavement support organisations and local social activities.
Lucinda Gomiciaga, Bereavement Care Coordinator said: “We recognise how important it is for people who are bereaved to have information about, and access to, a variety of support services both locally and nationally.
“We are thrilled with all the hard work and energy that Elisabeth has put into creating such a wonderful resource and look forward to being able to share this with our bereaved families, carers and with the rest of the hospice.”
Elisabeth said: “I was asked to help prepare accessible information for use by the Bereavement Team and have created two folders, one which includes information on other organisations in the area, this folder is primarily for reference by staff in the Family Support Team and the other hospice teams.
“The second folder includes information on ‘Local Social Activities’, covering the whole of the hospice’s catchment area. This folder will be accessible to all who attend our bereavement support groups and those who are in a caring role.”
When you have been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, the people closest to you are affected by it too.
Supporting you – discover how our Family Support team can help by clicking here.
21 May 2019
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