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World’s first neuroscience and play-based digital family mental health solution partners with Dorothy House
Revolutionary new mental health app lumin&us, for parents of children aged 3-12, has partnered with our Family Support Team to offer patients and their families free access to their award-winning, wellbeing app. A digital addition to Dorothy House’s in-person and group therapeutic…
Volunteers’ Week 2025 at Dorothy House
Volunteers’ Week returns after reaching its 40th anniversary last year. From 2-8 June 2025, Dorothy House is joining thousands of charities and voluntary organisations across the UK, recognising the invaluable contribution volunteers make to our communities. Volunteers are at the heart of…
Dorothy House’s Midnight Walk 2025 – Nikki’s story
Nikki and her friend, Lisa Last year, Nikki Morgan-Nash took part in Dorothy House’s Midnight Walk, an event for people to come together, raise money for the Hospice, remember loved ones, and most importantly, have some fun! We spoke to Nikki to…
Trek Machu Picchu – Amy and Ellie – Going on a Bear Hunt in Peru
We spoke to intrepid adventurers, and friends, Amy and Ellie, who have signed up together to take part in next year’s Trek Machu Picchu with Dorothy House Hospice Care. They’ve made a great start on their fundraising and are both really looking…
The Culture of Dying – Dying Matters Awareness Week (5-11 May 2025)
5 May marks the start of Dying Matters Awareness Week, a campaign initiated by Hospice UK as a way of bringing communities together to break the stigma around death, dying and grief. This year’s theme is the “Culture of Dying Matters.” Death…
Spoiler alert: keep your eyes peeled!
Something exciting is coming from 12 May! We will be launching our new bus advertising campaign, reaching into our 800 square mile community with our message to consider your legacy. Following on from a very successful Hospice UK national campaign, we are…
Over £100,000 raised in this year’s Men’s Walk to Support!
The Men’s Walk to Support returned to Dorothy House on Saturday 8 March with over 500 men in attendance, all walking to support the work of the Hospice. After winning Event of the Year at the South-West Chartered Institute of Fundraising Awards…
Writing your own ending – Julia’s story
What comes to mind when you think of ‘end of life planning?’ It could be finances, family, medical care, or funeral wishes. However, what many don’t consider is that end of life planning can also be thinking about how we want to…
Dorothy House Gender Pay Gap Report 2024
Annually, Dorothy House Hospice Care undertakes a Gender Pay Gap Report and this information is collated from a snapshot review on 5 April each year. To read the full review for 2024, please click the link below. Gender Pay Gap Report 2024…
‘Together in Adversity’ campaign raises £1,000,000 for Dorothy House
On 6 January 2025, in the face of a critical financial shortfall, we launched our Together in Adversity campaign to protect the specialist end of life care we currently provide to our patients and their families across our 800 square mile patch. …