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 45 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.
Turning your unwanted items into vital end of life care for local people
Our shops will be pleased to accept donations of pre-loved goods but, before donating, please check our list below for items that we can accept. If you have a large number of items to donate, we recommend contacting the shop you will be donating to to check that they have the room to accept this as we have limited storage facilities at a number of our shops. For the contact details and opening times of all our shops, please click here.
Please help us by not leaving donations outside our shops, as this may be considered fly-tipping. Unfortunately, items left outside often cannot be sold to support the hospice, and we also have to cover the cost of removing them.
We would really appreciate donations of the following items:
We work with our trusted delivery partner, Boxmove, who manages free furniture collections in Swindon and the surrounding areas. They’ll collect your items from your home and transport them safely to our shops.
Book your free furniture collection by completing the online booking form. Alternatively, you can call our furniture store on 01793 376177 and leave a message with your name and number. Please note that we are currently unable to accept donations at our distribution centre in Wroughton.
Every purchase you make of a pre-loved item you buy from one of our shops, helps us to to ensure that anyone can access the best possible expert care whenever and wherever they need it – here or at home. As a charity, we only exist because of the generosity and support of our amazing local community. Thank you.
Did you know that by adding Gift Aid, your donations are worth 25% more to Prospect Hospice?
If you sign up in one of our shops, it only takes two minutes and costs you nothing.
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