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.
Here’s what fundraising gamer and Prospect hospice supporter, Martin has to say about his experience of online gaming.
How easy was it to set up a live stream fundraiser?
Very easy, if the game is played through the game engine Steam you can use your graphics card to show your game live on Facebook.
What made you decide to fundraise in this way?
I play a lot of online games and there is a massive following for watching how people play the games.
Why did you choose to raise money for Prospect Hospice?
I chose Prospect Hospice because my wife works there and I know of all the very good work they do for the local community.
What are your top tips for live stream fundraising?
Make sure the game is of current interest to keep you going for the 24 hour period, the higher the interest the more likely you are to stay awake.
Make sure you have plenty to drink and sugary snacks to keep up the energy levels.
Have a second screen (ipad,phone,monitor) that you can watch the live stream on so you can answer any messages.
Get plenty of advertising through local media (Facebook, local press, local news, twitter) with links to your live stream as this should generate more donations for your charity.
If using headphones make sure they are comfortable, Wi-Fi ones are the best if you have a good Wi-Fi provider.
Make sure your chair is comfortable and take regular breaks, make sure the screen is not to close to avoid eye strain.
Last but not least, try to stop anyone talking to you when you have your headphones on, you cannot hear them and you will have to pause the game each time.