A Worcestershire hospice has been awarded £75,000 from The Eveson Trust towards its care of patients and families. The new funding from the Trust, which supports charities benefitting residents in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the West Midlands, is being donated to St Richard’s Hospice.
St Richard’s is an independent charity offering free, expert care for adults with an illness that cannot be cured, and support for their loved ones and carers.
Each year the hospice team supports more than 3,000 patients, family members and bereaved people in Worcestershire.
St Richard’s Director of Business & Income Generation, Abby Holliday, said: “We are extremely grateful for this generous donation which will help us continue to care for patients and loved ones when they need us most.”
Ms Holliday added: ”Each year it costs around £12 million to keep our services running and 80% of that is raised through voluntary support, including the generosity of organisations like The Eveson Trust.
“Our heartfelt thanks goes to The Eveson Trust and everyone in our community who supports our care. The backing of our community remains vital for our future.”
For more information about St Richard’s Hospice visit www.strichards.org.uk
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More information about St Richard’s Hospice
Who does St Richard’s Hospice care for?
St Richard’s cares for people with an illness that cannot be cured, who have complex needs which cannot be met by other services. These include cancer, and neurological, respiratory, cardiac and renal conditions.
All its services are available to people registered with a South Worcestershire GP. The St Richard’s In-patient Unit cares for people across Worcestershire.
St Richard’s cares for people by:
- Supporting people, their loved ones and carers, to manage their illness and remain independent for as long as possible, giving emotional, social, practical and spiritual support
- Providing dedicated, individualised palliative and end of life support helping people to control their pain and other symptoms of concern
- Offering support to enable a person to live well through the course of their illness alongside other therapies that are intended to prolong life
- Supporting our patients, loved ones and carers before and through bereavement
- Working in collaboration with our communities to ensure we are inclusive, respect diversity and provide equitable access to meet the needs of our patients, their loved ones and carers
- Working in partnership with other health care providers and organisations
- Encouraging wider understanding that death and dying is a part of life
- Supporting the local community to be well informed about the care available to them
- Supporting the health and social care workforce through learning and development to provide high-quality, individualised palliative and end of life care
Where St Richard’s cares
St Richard’s offers free care and support for people in the hospice, in the community, in GP surgeries, by telephone or by digital options.
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