What do you think of when you hear the word hospice?
A sad place, a difficult place to be, a clinical space? After all, a place which provides end of life care is hardly going to be seen as a place people make plans to visit, let alone a place people want their mum and dad to be…
These misconceptions can often make people hesitant to accept hospice care, but for one family, the opportunity to receive support from Wakefield Hospice was a beacon of light.
Please help provide families like Nellie’s the support they need…
As we continue to push on from the huge challenges of the past two years – now more than ever we need your support, we are not just Wakefield Hospice, we are Wakefield’s hospice, we are Nellie and Diane’s hospice, and we are your hospice too.
The Wakefield Hospice Resilience Appeal aims to raise £250,000 to safeguard the hospice’s future during these financially uncertain times, it’s a big target to reach but for families like Nellie’s, the service provided by Wakefield Hospice is simply priceless.
Diane: “When I look back on my favourite memories with my mum – the holidays to the coast, sitting with a Horlicks and watching the fishing boats returning at 6am, the family Christmas’s we shared – the hospice has allowed us the time to reminisce and to just be a family once again, something I am eternally grateful for.”
Nellie: “From having the honour of lighting the beacon at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, down to my favourite poached egg on toast every morning, Wakefield Hospice brought light back into my soul, I’ve always said I wanted to die at home, but after being at Wakefield Hospice my thoughts have completely changed.”