Fancy a pint of cottage pie? Caring hospice chef helps poorly patients eat by turning classic meals into savoury smoothies
Daily Mail
Darren Walker, chef at St Leonard’s Hospice, creates smoothie meals for patients.
End of life care champions trained by hospice
Dorset Echo
The Weldmar Hospicecare Trust is working with the Dorchester hospital to run a programme of training days for nurses and healthcare assistants to improve care for patients nearing the end of life.
One Direction star in hospice charity match
Worksop Guardian
One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson’s Three Horse Shoes team faces a Doncaster Rovers XI at the Keepmoat Stadium for a charity match for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
Partnership working must focus more on needs of beneficiaries, says report
Third Sector
James Rees of the Third Sector Research Centre says there is uncertainty about what type of partnership works best.
Branding Inside Out: a Best Practice Guide
CharityComms
CharityComms launches branding best practice guide (free to download).
Old people’s final wishes remain unfulfilled by poor planning
The Guardian – housing network
The vast majority of older people want to die at home, but very few achieve it. How can extra-care housing help?
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
More4 – tonight, 10pm
In tonight’s episode, Richard Dawkins will interview a patient from Havens Hospices to discuss views on life after death.






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