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.
Caring for people with MND and their carers
If you, or someone you know is living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), our experts are here to support you.
Prospect Hospice has teamed up with the MND Association to ensure all people across Swindon have the support they need, thanks to specialists clinical professionals working with the wider community.
Their role is to make sure your care is well-coordinated and that you are well-supported to the end of life.
This advanced service offers specialist information, sign-posting, support and guidance from diagnosis and throughout your illness.
Our MND specialists work across the community and can visit you in your own home.
We can offer:
*Information about MND, including information for you and your family to read in your own time
*Advice and support with advance care planning
*Referral to wider, more holistic Prospect Hospice support, including educational courses, emotional support, complementary therapy
*Information and advice on palliative care
*Advice, education and support for health care professionals and nursing homes
*Referrals to community teams who can offer further support
*Benefit information*Access to Motor Neurone Disease Association support
To find out about how we could help you contact us via: Telephone: 01793 816180 Email: bswicb.mndserviceprospect@nhs.net
Our teams are available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. If you contact us outside of these hours, we’ll come back to you as soon as we can.
Please note, this is not an emergency service. For any urgent out of hours advice please call Prospect Hospice’s 24-hour advice line on 01793 816109.
MND Connect
The MND Connect team offers information and support on all aspects of motor neurone disease (MND), including symptom control, practical management, improving quality of life, clinical research and signposting to other organisations.
The advice line is available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and 7pm to 10:30pm.
Call on: 0808 802 6262 Email: mndconnect@mndassociation.org
Find out more about this service here.