Hospice Care Week

From sharing stories to supporting your local hospice, Hospice Care Week is a chance for us all to celebrate hospice care nationwide. 

Hospice Care Week 2022

What is Hospice Care Week?

Hospice Care Week 2022 took place from 10-14 October 2022.

It was our chance to celebrate hospice care nationwide, and the amazing work that is being done to make sure everyone can benefit from brilliant end of life care.

We shone a light on the incredible work of hospices in opening up end of life care for all.

So whether with your local hospice, with your organisation or just with friends and family, you could show your support in Hospice Care Week.

Ellie and Kate from St Luke's Hospice, Cheshire
#HospiceCareWeek stories

We want to remove barriers to good care

Meet the hospices opening up end of life care.
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Hospice Care Week resource pack

We're pleased to present our 2022 Hospice Care Week resource pack for hospices, to help more than 200 hospices across the UK celebrate hospice care during 10-14 October.

Going yellow at Wirral Hospice

Go Yellow

Will you join us in going yellow during Hospice Care Week, and raise money to support our vital work?

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Hospice Care Week stories

Read more about hospices opening up end of life care across the UK.

As part of Hospice Care Week we share a fascinating and insightful recount of life and death from Sophia, a former hairdresser turned palliative care nurse

Hospice Care in Focus: Putting dying back into living

As part of Hospice Care Week we share a fascinating and insightful recount of life and death from Sophia, a former hairdresser turned palliative care nurse.
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Hospice Care in Focus: Equality, diversity and inclusion

Hospice UK’s Hospice Care Week is an opportunity to shine a light on the incredible work of hospices across the UK in opening up end of life care for all. Over 200 hospices work ...
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Hospice Care in Focus: end of life care and homelessness - St Gemma's Hospice
Hospice care stories

Hospice Care in Focus: End of life care and homelessness

Over the past few years, St Gemma's Hospice in Yorkshire delivered a project to address end of life care for people experiencing homelessness.
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Masonic Charitable Foundation
Grants

Hospice Care in Focus: Promoting equality

Through our partnership with the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF, the Freemasons’ charity), St Luke's Hospice in Winsford received £22,000 towards promoting equality and incr...
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Latest from Hospice UK

The latest news and events from us here.

Hospice UK is calling for immediate action by the UK Government to ensure that hospices can continue to deliver vital services to those in need
Dying Matters

Hospice UK calls for action over rising costs

Hospice UK is calling for immediate action by the UK Government to ensure that hospices can continue to deliver vital services to those in need.
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Read how a Dying Matters Community Grant has enabled people in Brighton to start conversations about death in a virtual videogame world
Dying Matters

1,000 Conversations about Death: a video game revolution

Read how a Dying Matters Community Grant has enabled people in Brighton to start conversations about death in a virtual videogame world.
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Wales Manifesto, Senedd building
News

Welsh inquiry examines end of life care during the pandemic

A new report by a cross-party group of MSs has looked at experiences of palliative and end-of-life care in the community during the pandemic, revealing the difficulties experienced...
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