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 45 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.
When I was really scared about my future, Prospect Hospice were right by my side so I didn’t feel alone.
I’m Alex, and I’m a patient at Prospect so I’ve seen first-hand the difference you make when you play the raffle and help fundraise for your community hospice.
Will you join me and play the raffle today? You’ll help Prospect be there for more families at the hardest time in their lives. You can play here.
Two years ago, I found out that secondary cancer had spread to my spine and hip. My daughter was 9, my son 17. And I was the carer for my husband, who is disabled by long Covid. My whole future changed straight away.
I’d read that typical life expectancy for my condition is three years. I remember thinking: What can I fit in that time? Will I get to see my daughter go to secondary school? Will I see my son get his university degree? All the things you hope to do. It all came crashing down.
Pretty quickly, the wonderful cancer nurses at the Great Western Hospital referred me to Prospect Hospice. At the time, I didn’t think the hospice would help unless it was at the end of life. But that’s not the case at all.
My cancer means I’m at risk of sudden paralysis, and I was really worried about what would happen. I’m not afraid of dying but I am afraid of not being able to walk or look after my husband and children properly. That was my biggest fear.
Kim from Prospect’s Family Support Team visited us at home, and I got the chance to ask lots of questions. She said we could get a hospital bed for our living room really quickly if we needed one. And, if I wanted a break or time to heal after an operation, I could stay at the hospice so my symptoms would be managed. She was so reassuring.
It was later I found out that all this amazing care was free of charge. And that the government provides just 18% of the funding the hospice needs to stay open and provide specialist care. That’s why your support for the raffle is so urgent.
I also visited the hospice as an outpatient to help me manage my pain. It was wonderful to get this care and find the headspace to catch up with everything that was happening to me.
It was helpful to see what the hospice looks like on the inside, too. I saw a patient out in the sunshine in the garden, which was lovely. It felt like a safe, warm space. A home from home. I could picture what would happen when the time comes for me, and I could tell that I will be looked after when I need it.
Prospect took away a lot of my fears, and the anxiety I felt about being ill. If there’s an emergency, I know I’ll be able to contact the team and they will help me quickly.
This summer, I’m hoping to spend special time with family and friends. Swim in the sea, go for walks on the beach, watch the sunset. All the time I know that, with Prospect, I won’t be alone, and we won’t be forgotten.
Prospect are specialists and whatever happens, it’s not going to be a surprise to them. They’ll know what I need before I do! And they’ll take the strain off my family during the years I have left. Right now, Prospect is there for all of us in our community across Swindon and north-east Wiltshire – but they urgently need our support to keep their doors open.
21 August 2025
25 July 2025