Alan Duerden

Duchess of Kent House Hospice

Fundraising for Duchess Of Kent House Charity
£445
raised
by 17 supporters
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Participants: Peter Broadbent

Story

In his Will, Peter stated he doesn’t want people to send flowers.  He felt money would be best spent on research into cancer.  The rest of his family feel the same.  We would prefer – and we are pretty certain that Peter would agree – that any money people were thinking of spending on flowers should instead be donated to Duchess of Kent House or to Cancer Research UK.  Peter spent two weeks at Duchess of Kent House – the staff there were the only ones able to manage the pain he was in – and anyway he preferred the food there!

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About the charity

Duchess of Kent House (hospice) has 16 in-patient beds, day therapy facilities (3 days a week), out-patients and a Family Support Service (bereavement), providing palliative (hospice) care for the population of west and central Berkshire. In the last 15 years over 12,000 patients have been treated and cared-for by a team of 50 (full-time equivalent) consultants, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational and speech therapists, admin & site staff, etc. This care continues after death for those relatives who wish it through the FSS. All care is provided free of charge, according to need. As with all parts of the National Health Service there is never enough money to pay for all aspects of what we technically call ‘specialist palliative care’. This is where the independent charity Duchess of Kent House Trust comes in. Since 2002, the Duchess of Kent House Trust (independent charity) has raised £1,500,000 for the unit to pay for the Family Support Service, 2 in-patient beds otherwise not available, the dietician, chaplaincy, psychologist, aromatherapist, and equipment. Please support this local charity caring for local patients and their families. Thank you very much.

Donation summary

Total raised
£445.00
+ £112.82 Gift Aid
Online donations
£445.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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