It is great to see our volunteers coming back to our reception and provide a warm and friendly welcome to St Mary’s. Our volunteer Norma shares her experience: “After weeks of hibernation, the options of daily walks, mask making, reading, Whatsapp chats, decluttering, new recipes, or not, was fairly exhausted. Returning to volunteering felt good, …
If you are looking for a socially distanced and safe way to celebrate the bank holiday weekend in style, FUDSTOCK@HOME 20 have got the answer – you favourite homegrown festival from the comfort of your own home, all to support St Mary’s Hospice! This brilliant and fun packed festival is coming to homes on Saturday …
From Monday 3rd August, you’ll be able to take advantage of the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme at our Orangery cafe! Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday throughout August you can receive a fantastic 50% off your bill up to the value of £10 per person. Thanks Boris! So have a treat and fundraise while …
We understand that the current extraordinary circumstances may mean many people are unable to say goodbye to family and friends as they would wish to. We have just held July’s online Remembrance and Reflection service in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. This is shared live through our closed facebook group. …
COVID has brought unexpected death across our community leaving many grieving. This series of videos from St Mary’s Hospice aims to help you support those you know who have lost someone. Being bereaved can be a lonely time, and isolation can make it more difficult. St Mary’s is here for our community. Here’s how you …
This is Cath enjoying her challenge this week to take part in 20 minutes of exercise. She joined the chair based yoga session accessed through our online Living well and staying connected group and is staying active! Lockdown meant she was not moving as much and Cath said she was starting to notice the effects. …
And what strange months they have been! We imagine yours have been too. A week before national lockdown began, St Mary’s Hospice recognised that those most at risk were those we saw regularly either as patients or volunteers. That’s people living with advancing illness and older people. At that point we sent all volunteers home …
More than ever it’s OK to ask for help. We are proud to be part of this video: how we are here for our community, featuring our Inpatient Unit, Hospice At Home, Family and Bereavement Support and Living Well Teams alongside essential services across our area. If you or someone you know needs a helping …
We understand that the current extraordinary circumstances may mean many people are unable to say goodbye to family and friends as they would wish to. We have just held June’s online remembrance service in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. This is shared live through our closed facebook group. You can …
St Mary’s is recognising the wonderful support that carers’ give by launching a Carers’ Coffee Catch Up zoom, timed to start in Annual Carer’s Week (running 8th to 14th June 2020). Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers. St Mary’s has …
