Employee volunteers from TSB help spruce up our grounds
We were delighted to welcome volunteers from TSB’s regional team to the hospice for the first corporate volunteering activity to take place here since the pandemic.
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Car care kits to keep nurses on the road this winter
Ilkeston-based funeral directors, Bespoke Funeral Care, have donated fifty winter car care kits to help our hospice nursing team stay on the roads this winter.
Celebrating 310 years of long service
We were very proud to present sixteen staff and volunteers with long service awards totalling 310 years of dedication and support.
We’re celebrating Hospice Care Week
We’re celebrating national Hospice Care Week (10-14 October) by highlighting our care in the local community and dispelling some common myths along the way.
Talking to bereaved children about traumatic events
When traumatic and sad events make headline news, it is important to consider how and what to communicate to children and young people.
Bereaved couple celebrate engagement
After the tragic death of his wife and son within a few weeks of each other, George Palmer sought the help of our bereavement group to deal with the loss.
Can you give hope to grieving children?
Our fundraising appeal will help care for bereaved children and young people like 15-year-old Maisie. When her grandparents died just months apart, Maisie struggled to express her grief and felt alone.
Our new drop-in in Derby city centre
Our new weekly drop-in service is for people affected by serious illness or bereavement.
Mount Everest climb raises £5000 for hospice
David Winsbury was just five years old when he vowed to climb Mount Everest one day. Despite twice being delayed due to Covid, he has finally realised his dream, raising more than £5,000.
Our exercise classes help patient ‘feel good again’
Our exercise programmes have helped patient Kate ‘feel good again’ after she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2018.