Prospect Hospice has been part of the Swindon community for over 40 years, caring for local people at the end of their lives. As a charity, we rely on the generous donations of the public to help us raise the vital funds we need to ensure everyone is offered our outstanding care free of charge.
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.
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.
Prospect Hospice supporters Mid-West Big Band and Delta West Saxophone Quartet got in the swing and raised £851.00 in aid of the hospice.
In February they filled the fantastic acoustics of Christ Church with the swinging sounds of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and more.
Big-Band members and organisers, Len Morphew and Tony Baker, were overwhelmed with everyone’s support which saw over 100 people turn up and listen to the bands get in the groove for the hospice. There was even a small group of people up jiving in the corner!
Both Len and Tony would like to say thank you to the very talented Bob Cutting, for joining them on the night as their professional guest director, and a special mention goes to Gerry Mason, who performed with the big band on the night, on what was his 80th birthday!
Len and Tony would also like to say thank you to Swindon cafe Baristocats and Pizza Express for their kind generosity along with everyone else who kindly donated prizes for the raffle which was ran by hospice volunteers.
They would also like to thank Christ Church for providing the fantastic venue, and everyone who came along and helped to raise a fantastic amount for the hospice.
Hollie Ricketts, Community Fundraiser said: “I would like to say, on behalf of us all at Prospect Hospice, thank you to Len, Tony, the Mid-West Big Band, Delta West Saxophone Quartet and everyone else who supported the Big Band night in aid of the hospice.”
“We are truly grateful to them all for their kind support. We would also like to extend our thanks to everyone who attended the evening in aid of Prospect Hospice and donated so generously, raising such a great amount in aid of the hospice and towards the dedicated end-of-life care we provide across Swindon, Marlborough and north east Wiltshire.”
Pictured left to right: Tony Baker, Hollie Ricketts, Len Morphew
26 March 2019
22 March 2019