St Richard's Hospice provide free specialist palliative care for patients living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Each year the hospice team supports over 2,000 patients and family members in Worcestershire. Patients are cared for in Day Hospice, the In-patient Unit or in their own homes by a specialist team including nurses, doctors, social worker, family therapist, counsellors, physiotherapist, occupational therapists and Citizens Advice Bureau worker as well as many trained volunteers. In the In-patient Unit specialist staff are on hand 24 hours a day to manage patients' symptoms and where, if they so choose, patients may spend the last few days of life in comfort and dignity. St Richard's is grateful for all donations towards the £4.8m they need to raise this year to continue their work.