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.
Dance lessons are underway for the seven fundraising couples taking part in a charity event to help raise vital funds to support local people living with a life limiting illness.
The couples will meet every Tuesday for six weeks in total at St Joseph’s College where they will be taught how to waltz and jive by teacher Maria Howse ahead of the Prospect Does Strictly final on 13 November, in front of a live audience.
Maria has been the Principal at Cadley Dance Studios since 1990, and has supported Prospect Hospice for many years. She said: “I am delighted to be involved in the Battle of The Ballroom. Prospect Hospice cared for the former Principal of Cadley many years ago and it feels great to give something back to such a fantastic charity. It’s great fun teaching such an enthusiastic group of people and I am really looking forward to seeing them strut their stuff on the dance floor on the final night.”
Lisa Curtis, corporate and major donor fundraiser, said of the lessons: “Our couples were a little nervous at first but Maria made everyone feel welcome and relaxed. There were plenty of laughs and smiles on the first go and everyone is looking forward to the next one.”
Each couple has pledged to raise £300 each in sponsorship for taking part in this event and that money will all go directly to the hospice where it will be used to enable local people to access our range of services which are all offered free of charge. Thank you to everyone who has supported them.”
If you weren’t able to take part, there’s still a chance to get involved by being part of the audience at the grand finale and cheering on the contestants. Tickets for standard seating are priced at £10 each and are available to purchase from our website.
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