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Hospice care is one of the UK’s outstanding success stories. It
has radically transformed the way we care for those at the end of
their life. Help the Hospices, the national charity for the
hospice movement, provides support to hospices through -
training, education, grant-aid, advice and national
fundraising events.
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Given completely free of charge, the majority of hospice care in
the UK is provided by around 200 local charities. The costs are
high - collectively around £484 million a year. The Government
contributes an average of 33% of running costs for adult hospices
and 15% for children’s (England). The rest is dependent on
charitable fund raising.
Hospices care for those suffering from cancer and other terminal
illnesses, whilst also providing support to their friends and
families. They provide a wide range of services - pain control,
symptom relief, skilled nursing care, counselling, complementary
therapies, spiritual care, art, music, physiotherapy, reminiscence,
beauty treatments and bereavement support - through the able
skills of both staff and volunteers. The care provided
is based upon individual need and personal choice.
"The support and expertise of all the staff
was beyond anything we had ever imagined. It extended beyond
patient care and involved our entire family. We never ceased to be
amazed by the degree of help, understanding and empathy shown by
everybody."
Son of a hospice patient
Further information about the charity can be obtained from
www.helpthehospices.org.uk
The Cause Towergate is
supporting
Masters in Hospice Leadership in
conjunction with Lancaster University Management
School
The Towergate Charitable Foundation has
provided the funds for a postgraduate qualification designed to
address development needs and challenges facing leaders in
palliative and end-of-life care.
A pilot programme has been developed to
include chief executives, senior managers and suitably qualified
people who aspire to lead hospices both in the UK and overseas. It
is envisaged that the pilot group of 17 participants will become a
laboratory for developing strategies, conducting research and
informing the development and succession of leaders in the hospice
movement.
The content, structure and learning methods of
the pilot will provide the flexibility for individuals to pursue
issues of particular relevance to their personal development within
the specific context of end-of-life and palliative care.
The Masters programme runs from March 2008 to
October 2009 and comprises inter-connected modules with distance
learning and action learning designed to embed learning into the
working environment. Between modules, participants will carry out
practical work-based assignments which encourage them to apply
learning from the taught modules to their particular context.
Participants will have the option to exit with
a Diploma in Hospice Leadership and/or take a two-year break and
then resume their studies
Read the list of hospice personnel
that have received Towergate Scholarship grants of £5000
Helping Local Hospices with
Towergate Grants
Towergate is No 1 Hospice fund raiser
Towergate, together with our colleagues, at offices across
the country, raised nearly £135k for 58 local hospices
between January and June 2008. Help the Hospices
confirmed that this fantastic achievement makes our colleagues
across 63 businesses their biggest fund raisers at a local
level.
See the latest fund raising stories
from Towergate businesses across the UK on behalf of local
hospices and other charities.
David Praill, the Chief Executive of Help the
Hospices said:
"It is really remarkable how much Towergate staff have got
behind supporting their local hospice and equally impressive that
they are willing to throw themselves out of aeroplanes to raise
money!
All good wishes – many congratulations and a huge thank you to
all involved."
Towergate Charitable
Foundation - Innovation in Fund Raising Grants
In 2008 the Towergate Charitable Foundation has provided an
Innovations in Fund Raising Grant of £54,600 to Help the Hospices.
All 196 member hospices around the UK have been invited to apply
for a grant of up to £10,000 to help them launch a new fund raising
scheme. The 7 hospices that have benefited from the Grant have been
advised.
See the list of Hospices that
have been awarded the Grants.
Read the
Richard House acknowledgement of Towergate’s Innovation
Grant.
Read the Dove House acknowledgement of
Towergate’s Innovation Grant.
From time to time Towergate makes donations to support specific
hospices.
Read the thank you letter from CEO of Help the Hospices to Peter
Cullum.
Read the thank you letter from Brian House Hospice May 2008 about
receiving a £5k grant.
