Thirteen years ago St Richards Hospice provided a safe, calm, supportive place for my family in the precious last days of my father's life. The hospice team provided him with incredible care & the whole family with valuable support.

Over the last eighteen years as a candidate and MP in Worcester I have visited the hospice on numerous occasions and I have always been impressed by the passion of the team there, the wonderful environment they create in the most difficult circumstances and the care that is taken for all their patients and their families. We've seen elephants & giraffes parade the streets of Worcester for the hospice and I've been able to plant a tree for the late Queen's Commonwealth canopy there. As St Richard's prepares to celebrate its 40th year in Worcester I want to do my bit to say thank you and so along with my sister Shara and my wife Charlotte, I will be walking the length of the Malvern hills to raise funds. 

St Richard’s Hospice is an independent charity caring for adults with a serious progressive illness, improving their quality of life from diagnosis, during treatment to their last days and supporting those important to them.

Each year the hospice team supports more than 3,100 patients, family members and bereaved people in Worcestershire.

It costs £9.72m to run the hospice (21/22 audited accounts), which includes patient care and all the necessary support services.

St Richard’s relies on donations and gifts in Wills for the majority of its income with the remainder funded by the NHS