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“The purpose of God is Togetherness”.

For those of us within the Judaeo-Christian tradition, there is a deep well of understanding that as human beings we are called to develop bonds and relationships of care and trust. The emphasis on our behaviour is to love one another – including those we would fear or dislike – and to live in harmony and unity across the brokenness and divisions of the world.

This approach is to work at different levels – personal, communal, national and international. In all things we are to seek justice and truth, the fruits of which will be fairness...

Although we may not be aware of it, in the last few generations in the West we have increasingly become ‘indoor people’. Whereas once almost everyone was a farmer or a gardener and spent most of their time outside, we have overwhelmingly moved to a more comfortable culture of life indoors. If we analyse our time, most of us will discover that our daily routines are spent in a building or a vehicle. The majority of the UK population will travel in a car, bus or train to work in a school, office, shop, hospital, warehouse, factory, etc. The amount of time we are exposed to the elements is...

We’ve raised £890 on Just Giving! No, wait, add gift aid of £100 and that makes it £990 and still counting!

That’s a recent conversation at our house. Our good friend Ruth Regan died last year and her husband Kevin is taking part in Hospiscare’s sponsored Men’s Walk to thank Hospiscare for its “outstanding” support given to them both.

The donations and comments on Kevin’s JustGiving page are a wonderful testament to Ruth, Kevin and Hospiscare.

After being married for 47 years Kevin was understandably bewildered and confused by his new life alone, but the Men’s Walk...

Hospiscare, if you think about it, is a strange name for a charity.

It looks like a spelling mistake! If you were naming a new charity today you would pick something different, more dynamic and action focussed.

But 34 years ago, yes that’s how long we’ve been around, it made perfect sense. In fact it was a touch of genius!

Isca is the Roman name for Exeter, so we thought we would bring together the three things we did - Hosp(ice) Isca (Exeter) and Care. What a great name, capturing all the essential elements of the service we were starting. Hospiscare, Exeter’s own...