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.
We’ve all heard of walking a mile in someone’s shoes, but how about walking 26.2 miles?
That’s what sixteen Prospect Hospice’s supporters did to raise money for the Hospice. Three groups took on a 26.2 mile walk around London to raise money in memory for loved ones.
One group, Jackie Ruffell, stepdaughters Abby and Laura, and family members and friends Jane, Leigh and Zara all took up the challenge of walking the distance of a marathon to raise money in memory of Jackie’s sister, Vanessa Hobbs, or Ness as she was known. Prospect Hospice cared for Ness partly at home, but mainly in our Inpatient Unit in Wroughton.
Jackie’s lasting memory of our care was very positive: “There was so much laughter and joy in the hospice, with all the staff, and the care was amazing,” she says. “There were always lots of doctors and nurses around and everyone made all the family, not just Ness, feel incredibly comfortable.”
Ness’s family and friends didn’t only take part in the marathon walk; there was also a cake and sausage roll sale at Nationwide Building Society, where Abby and Laura work, and Nationwide even match-funded £500. About £4,000 was raised in total. According to Jackie, there’s more fundraising on the horizon: “We’re not finished yet,” she says. “The donations are still coming in, and we’re already looking at what we can do this year. We’ve an eye on the Starlight Walk as a great event we could all do together”
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