National Nurses’ Day is the perfect opportunity to thank and celebrate everyone who makes our hospice such a wonderful, welcoming and professional place for patients and their families. Today focuses on all the nursing and medical team for all the wonderful compassionate care delivering care to patients on a daily basis. There are many ways …
Here’s an insight from our fantastic Retail team how one supporter was inspired by Flog it! … Have a rummage for us! Do you know what you have stored in your attic…garage…cellar… spare room …under the bed? Let me share a true story… A St Mary’s supporter watching the TV show Flog It suddenly got very …
Dying Matters Awareness Week, 2-6 May, is our chance to get our community talking about dying and grief. We want everyone to be #InAGoodPlace when they die – physically, emotionally, financially, spiritually, and crucially, with the right care and support. St Mary’s Hospice has supporting services at every stage to help patients and their loved …
We are looking for 500 people from across Furness and South Lakes to become ‘hospice heroes’ — by sponsoring one of our nurses. St Mary’s nurses are out and about in every town and village across Furness and South Lakes, providing care for people with life limiting illness in their own homes, 365-days-a-year, as well …
On 23 March, let’s take time to connect, supporting the millions of people who are grieving, and remembering the family, friends, neighbours and colleagues we’ve lost during the pandemic. Whether sudden or expected, the death of someone close to us can be devastating. We will all feel the pain of grief at some point in …
Find out how you could make a difference as a trustee … We have a number of vacancies on St Mary’s Hospice Board of Trustees and are keen for our board to more fully represent the community we serve. Some of the skills and experience we specifically need is in Communications and Marketing, …
Some of you may recognise our wonderful Family and Bereavement Support team member Donna. Donna came to St Mary’s as a nurse and has since made a huge impact in our Family and Bereavement Support team. Donna has supported hundreds of families with their grief since she started in the role. Not only is she …
We are recruiting for Staff Nurses: Full and Part-time Are you a kind, caring and compassionate Staff Nurse with a passion for providing hands-on high quality palliative and end of life care? We are looking for Registered Nurses to work across our In-Patient Unit and Hospice at Home services. We are a small hospice with …
St Mary’s Autumn Draw has raised a staggering £32,892! A big thank you to every one of you who purchased raffle tickets for our Autumn Draw 2021. We have once again been overwhelmed by our community’s support. Our lucky first prize of £2,500 went to a wonderful hospice supporter in Grange. You can see the …
St Mary’s Hospice is expanding the services it offers to the South Lakes and Furness community — with new jobs available to help meet demand. A new dementia service — one of the first of its kind in the area — will launch early in 2022. To help get the hospice ready for that development, …
