In May 2020, plans to expand the Hospice at Home team were fast-tracked in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. A year on, we catch up with Jane Carpenter, Hospice at Home Team Lead for Cambridge City, South and Huntingdon. Together with Emma, Team Lead for Wisbech and the Fens, they look after a dedicated team … Continued
With the promise of restrictions being lifted, Fenland has an air of excitement around it. With many restaurants, shops and businesses reopening, the community are feeling positive. Toni Bird, Fundraising Coordinator at Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre, tells us about the latest fundraising efforts in Wisbech: “I have noticed a real enthusiasm around fundraising for … Continued
In 2022, the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity will be celebrating 40 years of helping patients with a life-limiting condition and who are reaching the end of their lives, and their loved ones. We will also be launching our new five-year strategy to help us develop our care and services, as needs change and we cope … Continued
Arthur Rank Hospice is hosting a series of thought-provoking talks and conversations around death, dying and bereavement, helping to tackle this prevailing taboo. Dying Matters Awareness Week Dying Matters Awareness Week (10-16 May 2021) is a national campaign which traditionally runs every May, encouraging people to talk about death, dying and bereavement. In conjunction with … Continued
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity invites you to remember and celebrate the people you love on Sunday 6 December, with Light up a Life sponsored by Peasgood & Skeates. 2020 will be a unique year for the poignant event, with friends, family, supporters, colleagues and volunteers joining together to watch a special film premiere at 5pm … Continued
Visitors to Arthur Rank Hospice Charity will notice a colourful new addition to the window of the Evelyn Day Therapy Centre’s activity room, as they walk down the corridor from Reception towards our Inpatient Unit. Some of our supporters may do a double take: the pretty green, red, blue and yellow tree – with its … Continued
Our Hospice at Home team provide specialist hands-on care and support in people’s own homes or usual place of residence, when they are approaching the end of their life. We recently recruited Jane Carpenter to lead our dedicated Hospice at Home team. We asked Jane to tell us a bit more about her role and … Continued
The latest addition to our retail offering is The Retail Hub, where preparations are well underway at the Eastern Counties Leather Industrial Estate between Sawston and Pampisford. We hope to be able to accept donations from mid-October, and plan to open for browsing and buying from the start of November (watch this space). Whilst the … Continued
Let’s start at the beginning – what is Life Story/Celebration Work? In short, this is when someone shares their memories with another person, so it can be captured either by video, audio, as a photo book or in a written transcription. A person’s story can then be kept or shared with loved ones, providing a … Continued
Over the past few months, like many organisations across the world, we have asked colleagues who do not need to work in the office to work from home. In a Hospice, there are many roles which can’t be undertaken from home and we remain exceptionally grateful to all our colleagues who have come to the … Continued
Caring Communities Volunteers In February 2020, plans were put in place to roll out our Caring Communities scheme to patients discharged from the Hospice’s Day Therapy service. Later in the year, the scheme was to be extended to support patients already receiving care from Arthur Rank Hospice’s Community Team. Originally, the scheme recruited ten volunteers … Continued
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hospice had to rapidly adjust its services. Some services had to be paused, reduced, or offered in a different (often video or telephone) format in order to protect the safety of patients; other core services were rapidly expanded to help cater for the pressing healthcare needs of the … Continued
