St Mary’s is delighted that our four beds on our Inpatient Unit are now open and with a plan to move to eight and full capacity longer term. We understand our community needs increased Hospice at Home cover and are working to deliver that with the IPU in place too. We are always pleased to …
Dying Matters is a national campaign that started in 2010. Each year hundreds of events take place as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week, which this year runs from May 13-19. The campaign aims to encourage people to become more comfortable talking about death and grief, and to sort out the practical issues about their …
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. From this week we will be holding monthly online remembrance services in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. Lynsey Lawson( Clinical Lead) explains a little more …
We asked our supporters to get involved with the 2.6 Challenge – and, as always, they didn’t let us down! Joining in with the national campaign to ‘save the Uk’s charities’, our supporters did a variety of extraordinary challenges to raise funds for St Mary’s whilst on lockdown. An amazing £9,000 has been raised by …
Cumbria Community Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund This week, a further £142,293 was awarded from the Fund to projects helping families on low incomes, homeless people, isolated older people and many more get through the coronavirus crisis. St Mary’s Hospice Ulverston has received an award of £10,000 to help support the adaptation and enhancement of services …
NFU Mutual Agents and their staff at the local South West Lakes agency are delighted to have nominated local charity St Mary’s Hospice, to receive a donation of more than £3000 from a national £1m ‘Agency Giving Fund’ launched by NFU Mutual’s Head Office. In light of the national emergency this country is facing, NFU …
St Mary’s Hospice is working hard to deliver its services with patients staying on the Inpatient Unit and those being cared for at their homes in the community. Effective Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is vital to help to protect patients, their families and St Mary’s nurses, doctors and health care assistants providing frontline care from …
This Sunday 26th April, I should have been on the start line of the London Marathon, running and raising money for St Mary’s Hospice. Unfortunately, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the London Marathon, along with many other huge events across the UK, have been either cancelled or postponed until later on in the year. The …
It is not always possible for people to be cared for at home and St Mary’s inpatient beds are vital for patients who require more support for complex needs, want respite care or those individuals who wish their end of life care to be at the hospice. On Monday 13th April St Mary’s proudly re-opened …
Our Living Well Team would like to share some gentle tips for coping in isolation during this time. Please visit our website or follow us on social media for the latest updates and to keep in touch. Click here for the latest video from the team.
