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Vanessa physiotherapist

10 June 2020

Carers’ Week 2020: Hospices support carers during Covid-19

This week is Carers’ Week, which this year takes the theme ‘Making Caring Visible’, highlighting the vital role these often overlooked people play in society.

Family support

09 June 2020

Training for schools: supporting children through Covid-19, grief & loss

Sarah Popplestone-Helm, Head of Family Support at St Richard’s Hospicein Worcester, writes about supporting children in school affected by Covid-19 and bereavement.

St Oswald Hospice

09 June 2020

Covid-19 survivor goes from final ‘goodbye’ to ‘I do’ thanks to hospice

When cancer patient Jay Dixon was left fighting for his life after contracting Coronavirus he never thought he’d see his wedding day. Three weeks later close friends and family o...

St Clare Hospice

08 June 2020

Colour to care: Hospice launches colouring and activity books to help ease anxiety and raise vital funds

St Clare Hospice in Essex has partnered with local artists, illustrators and tattooists to launch two colouring-in and activity books aiming to ease people’s anxiety while the Co...

Care homes

08 June 2020

Care homes take centre stage during Covid-19

Care homes have taken centre stage as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.To mark Carers’ Week, University of Edinburgh Research Fellows Dr Jo Hockley and Dr Julie Watson, and Anne...

Volunteer Graham

05 June 2020

Volunteers’ Week 2020: “The telephone buddy scheme has been a lifeline”

St Catherine’s Hospice in Sussex has set up a scheme to make sure patients who can’t attend the day centre due to Covid-19 remain connected to the hospice with regular phone ca...