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.
As the New Year begins, Prospect Hospice pledged to support Keep Britain Tidy’s new campaign, Buy Nothing New Month. Taking part allows us to help our supporters to protect the planet and save their pennies, by living more sustainably and considering the effects of their spending habits on the planet.
The campaign challenges people to prevent and reduce the waste they generate by buying nothing new for one month, choosing instead to buy second hand items, or donate things they no longer want or need instead of throwing them away, as well as repairing, upcycling, and reusing.
Buy Nothing New Month aims to move people up the waste hierarchy, encouraging people to prioritise other measures above recycling waste, such as preventing it in the first place, and reducing items that could become waste – while also saving money.
And what better way to do this than donating your unwanted items to us to raise money to help us care and support local people living with a terminal illness, or buying high quality preloved items from one of our wonderful shops?
As a charity we recognise that many of our supporters and customers are still feeling the effects of the cost of living crisis and that many are concerned about climate change and want to take steps to reduce their carbon footprint.
Now in its second year Buy Nothing New Month takes place from 1 to 31 January, 2024. 65% of participants last year managed to buy nothing new for a whole month.
Click the button below to find your local charity shop or visit our eBay shop online.
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Our team would love to hear about any preloved bargains you find in our shops during Buy Nothing New Month. Don’t forget to tag @prospecthospice in any social media posts, along with @keepbritaintidy, and use the hashtag #BuyNothingNewMonth.