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.
Swindon pensioner Audrey Gooding’s plans for her 80th birthday are up in the air – as she has just signed up to celebrate it with a sponsored wing-walk for Prospect Hospice.
Audrey, who became an octogenarian on 23 September 2022, is a familiar face in Prospect Hospice’s reception area, where she volunteers once a week.
But while she plans to continue this work, the thought of her impending 80th birthday made her want to do something a little more unusual.
“I’ve done lots of volunteering in my time, including face-painting at fetes and shaking buckets, but I’ve also always wanted to try wing-walking,” said Audrey.
“Then I suddenly thought I could do a sponsored wing-walk for Prospect Hospice as a celebration of the big Eight-Oh. My husband considered having me certified, but he paid the £150 registration fee for the aeroplane flight, and I am aiming to raise at least £700 for the charity.”
Even though this is the first time she will have been perched on the wings of a 1940s Boeing Stearman biplane, Audrey’s not a stranger to completing physical challenges to raise funds for Prospect Hospice.
“I used to do a two-mile fun run, have abseiled from Swindon Town Football Club and Jury’s Inn, and have completed a few Starlight Walks,” says Audrey, who lives in Upper Stratton.
“As you get older, though, it’s harder to find sponsors among your own friends as they are also pensioners on a fixed income, so I’m hoping that the lovely people in Swindon will also sponsor me. Prospect Hospice is a wonderful charity, and we are very lucky to have it, so the more we can all do to help it care for those who need it, the better.”
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