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The Dying Matters Community Grants programme has announced five exciting new projects for 2024

28 March 2024

2024 Dying Matters Community Grants projects announced

The Dying Matters Community Grants programme has announced five exciting new projects for 2024.

Improving access to care for Muslim communities at The Kirkwood

28 March 2024

Improving access to care for Muslim communities at The Kirkwood

The Kirkwood are working hard to get out into their local communities, educating people about hospice care. Find out how they're widening access to hospice care for everyone.

Hospice Thought Leadership Increasing Diversity

Hospice Thought Leadership

28 March 2024

Increasing diversity: why and how?

Steph Edusei, Chief Executive at St Oswald's Hospice, discusses why increasing diversity in the hospice sector is important, and how you can go about doing it.

Scottish parliament

27 March 2024

Response to publication of Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland

Hospice UK responds to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, introduced to Scottish parliament by Liam McArthur MSP

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22 March 2024

Hospice UK gives evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry

Hospice UK gives evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry

Lymphoedema Awareness Week helps raise awareness about the condition - like Richard, who was helped by Lewis-Manning Hospice to take a trip out on a boat

Hospice care stories

07 March 2024

Lymphoedema Awareness Week and hospice care

Lymphoedema Awareness Week helps raise awareness about the condition, and why it’s important to understand it. Read how hospices support people with lymphoedema.