The Countess of Brecknock Hospice provides respite and palliative care to adults suffering from life-limiting illness who live in Andover and its surrounding villages or who have a connection with the area, together with comfort and support for their families, friends and carers.We are hugely reliant on voluntary donations to maintain the exceptionally high standard of services and care we provide. Put simply, if we don't support the Hospice, it won't be there to help when it is needed.

In April 2019, 43-year old Kevin Heaton was diagnosed with cancer, he underwent treatment and had a major 8.5 hour operation to remove his oesophagus and stretch his stomach to create a new oesophagus. The family were told that the operation was initially successful but sadly in December they were given the devastating news that it had spread to his liver and in February he lost his battle to cancer.

Kevin’s brother, who has raised over 2k by organising a family absail back in September said “Doctors were confident that the operation was a success, but just before Christmas we were told that the cancer had spread to his liver.

“Kev was determined to fight the cancer.

“It was then just after Christmas that Kev received the results of another scan and got the devastating news that the cancer was now terminal.”