Day Therapy

The Charity's prime financial responsibility is funding Day Therapy at Arthur Rank House.

The aim of Day Therapy is to provide physical and emotional support and alleviate the anxiety and fear experienced by patients. Patients and their carers have access to specialist professional care, complementary therapies, art and craft therapies and the mutual support of fellow patients.

People who have been diagnosed with life-limiting illness can be referred to Day Therapy by their General Practitioner or District Nurse.  Any health or social care professional should be able to talk to to you about being referred.

The Education Department - Schools Project Co-ordinator

The Education Department offer sessions to teachers and support workers in primary and secondary schools who to help children cope with loss and bereavement.  The Schools Project Co-ordinator’s remit is to broaden this service further by reaching out to sixth form colleges and nursery providers, and by offering schools  tailor-made education sessions for staff and to help teachers plan sessions around loss and grief.  The  Schools Project Co-ordinator will also be working with local primary schools by bringing children into Arthur Rank House to share stories with patients about school and creating artwork from that to be displayed.   It is hoped that as well as being mutually therapeutic for both patients and school children, this project will also help dispel some of the myths around hospices and introduce a new audience to what we do. 

For more information about the work the Education Department are undertaking, please contact Cathy Alban-Jones on 01223 723003 or e-mail cathy.alban-jones@cambridgeshirepct.nhs.uk

Hospice at Home provides specialist palliative care for adult patients at the end of their lives enabling them to remain at home if that is their wish.

Our dedicated team of highly trained and experienced nurses provide medical care, emotional support and personal care.

In addition to the care given to patients, the Hospice at Home nurses also offer vital support to families as they face the emotional and practical challenges of caring for a loved one.

• Funding several vital staff posts
• Providing free transport for patients and their relatives
• Funding our Bereavement Counselling service
• Supporting education for staff and volunteers via the Dr Tim Hunt Education Fund
• Running the Tea Bar and maintaining the Visitors' Kitchen
• Undertaking major refurbishment projects including the courtyard, Italian and Day Hospice Gardens,
• Hairdressing Salon
• Shower Room
• Library
• Rehabilitation Suite
• Single room

The Arthur Rank Hospice Charity funds all aspects of volunteering including funding our Voluntary Services Team and providing full training and support for all our volunteers.

For more information about the role of volunteers please visit our volunteers page