Directors and investment managers at Brewin Dolphin Exeter and Taunton office, raised a glass of orange juice to toast Hospiscare as their new charity of the year for 2016.
The wealth management company is kick-starting the New Year with a ‘Dry January’ in support of the local charity’s ‘Lose the Booze’ campaign to help raise funds.
In 2015 Brewin Dolphin Exeter office raised just under £2,000 for The British Red Cross and throughout 2016 they will raise further funds for Hospiscare as their newly elected charity of the year.
This year we have supported an amazing 2,254 patients as well as their families and friends.
What really counts though is how we look after our patients, their families and friends, not a number. Every patient, family member and friend is an individual, so I’ll let Tony, an Exeter patient’s husband, tell you of his Hospiscare experience.
“I take great comfort in knowing that my last days together with my beloved wife Dawn were so special and precious because of Hospiscare. I am passionate that this amazing charity can be there for others, because without the hospice and the...
Staff and volunteers are getting into the Christmas spirit at our Exeter hospice.
Every day grateful Exeter people are popping in to the city hospice with gifts including hampers, boxes of chocolates, biscuits, cakes, candles and flowers.
The hospice, in the grounds of the RD&E, is decorated with six Christmas trees and festive flowers beautifully arranged by our volunteer flower ladies.
Hospiscare patron Lady Clarissa Clifford visited with presents, while Marina Cornall from St David’s donated a lovely large Christmas floral display which her mother-in-law Joan...
“As soon as I enter Exeter Cathedral I make a beeline for Liz for a cuddle and a catch up!”
It’s not me being talked about but Liz, one of our amazing bereavement supporter volunteers. I was at Hospiscare’s Light Up A Life Service in the cathedral and met a lady who comes along every year.
She comes for two reasons, to remember her mum and catch up with Liz. When her mum died she found that our care continues with a dedicated support volunteer.
It was the first time I had attended this service and it was exactly as everyone had described to me; a lovely evening of...
Nearly 1,200 people attended Exeter Hospiscare’s Light Up a Life remembrance service at the city’s cathedral.
The Dean of Exeter Cathedral, the Very Reverend Jonathan Draper welcomed the congregation saying the cathedral was invented for services like this. While the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, Bishop of Crediton and a vice-president of Hospiscare outlined the local charity’s work and said the care given would not be possible without the support of so many people and thanked the congregation for attending.
Exe Valley Strings and the Exeter Police and Community Choir performed,...
Exeter Hospiscare has reassured terminally ill people that its doctors and nurses provide individual and specialist care and do not follow a tick box approach.
The local charity spoke out after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said end-of-life care in England must be tailored to the needs of dying patients rather than a "tick-box approach.”
NICE issued a new framework for healthcare professionals to provide people with the best possible care in their last days of life and said patients must be treated with respect and compassion.
Corporate supporters of Exeter Hospiscare attended a Christmas drinks reception at the city hospice.
Guest speaker Express & Echo editor Jon-Paul Hedge praised Hospiscare saying: “When I visited the hospice I was unbelievably taken aback by the place. I have visited other hospices but what stood out was the quality and calibre of the staff. "
Jon-Paul ran the London Marathon for Hospiscare saying he was spurred on by thinking about the care given at the hospice. He congratulated Hospiscare on another amazing year.
Competition in Exeter for your charity pound is fierce.
Raising the £5 million we need each year keeps everyone at Hospiscare under pressure – sometimes I get a little steamed up and ask these questions – out loud in the office!
What if we couldn’t raise the money and Hospiscare closed its doors?
Then I ask what difference would it make to Exeter if other charities closed their doors? Eventually I calm down. I always say that the odd huff and puff does you good, it certainly keeps me focussed on my job.
I’m part of the fundraising team which, along with our...
Working in a hospice is in equal parts uplifting and draining. I get to work with the most amazing people and then sometimes, sadly, have to say goodbye to them too.
The communications office is directly above the 12 bed ward so on a day-to-day level I could be separated from the heart of our work here at Hospiscare. To make sure I stay connected with what we are really about, people, I often wander downstairs and chat with folk who are around.
Occasionally I interview patients or their loved ones and it can be difficult to hear their stories, but more often than not it is...
