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.
A huge thank you from all the team at Prospect Hospice to everyone who participated, fundraised and volunteered to make our Prospect Paddle 2023 along the River Thames a great success.
It was a wonderful day and fantastic to see so many participants and your supporters rallying around for this special event.
The event has raised £11,611 to help Prospect Hospice deliver outstanding end of life care for our local community. It’s not too late to sponsor a paddler or you can donate via our website. Thank you to all of you who got behind your friends, family and colleagues and gave generously towards their sponsorship.
A special thank you to our wonderful volunteers, including a team from Nationwide. Your help and support from helping to set up, register participants and cheering them all along the River Thames was invaluable.
Thank you to everyone involved in helping to make it a night to remember including:
Kathy Marston, Dave Mellor, Craig Tyldesley, Peter Kirk and Sarah Clark – our paddle board instructors who volunteered their time and expertise.
McConks, Cotswold Canoe Company and ChilliSUPco who provided equipment free of charge.
Barnes coaches who provided us with a minibus and driver to take our participant from Lechlade back to Castle Eaton.
The Red Lion, Castle Eaton which kindly allowed us to use their venue free of charge and put on some delicious treats for everyone.
This event was kindly sponsored by Imagine Cruising.