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The Great Outdoors: nature, gardens and cold water swimming at Thames Hospice
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The Great Outdoors: nature, gardens and cold water swimming at Thames Hospice

Thames Hospice's Senior Nurse, Marta Gil, explains why a nearby lake is a powerful focal point for patients and her colleagues, for National Garden Scheme's Gardens & Health We...
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St Cuthbert's Hospice have been holding a National Garden Scheme open garden for years. They tell us why it's become such a celebrated annual event, and about its many benefits to the hospice.
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Gardens and Health Week: Hospices and The Great Outdoors

For National Garden Scheme’s Gardens and Health Week (2-11 May 2026), we’re showing why The Great Outdoors is such an integral – and wonderful – part of hospice care.
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Find out how Mo Kamran, an aspiring medical student, gained unique insights into the value of hospice care through the Volunteer to Career programme at St Michael's Hospice
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The Volunteer to Career programme

Find out how Mo Kamran, an aspiring medical student, gained unique insights into the value of hospice care through the Volunteer to Career programme at St Michael's Hospice
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In November 2024, Michelle was admitted to Hospice of the Good Shepherd. This is the story of how the hospice gave her one last Christmas with her family: husband Jeff, and children Harry and Alfie
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Michelle's Special Christmas at Hospice of the Good Shepherd

In November 2024, Michelle was admitted to Hospice of the Good Shepherd. This is the story of how the hospice gave her one last Christmas with her family.
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Hospice care doesn’t stop at Christmas, when dedicated staff go the extra mile to give patients and their loved ones the gift of happy memories, and quality time together
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How hospices give the gift of time at Christmas

Hospice care doesn’t stop at Christmas, when dedicated staff go the extra mile to give patients and their loved ones the gift of happy memories, and quality time together.
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Welfare support at hospices - Big Give
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Taking away financial worry at the hardest times

We spoke to two hospice welfare advisers, Chloe and Sandra, about the difference their work makes for patients and families.
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“They’ve done everything they can to help us feel less alone” - Barney and Rafferty’s story

Barney and his wife Harvie live with their three young children in a small village in East Cumbria, nestled within the Yorkshire Dales. Their youngest son, Rafferty, is 24 months o...
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