Here for you, for as long as you need
We provide palliative and end of life care to adults (18+) with a progressive, treatable but not curable life-limiting illness or with severe frailty, and also their family (including children) and carers.
We care for people across our 700sq mile catchment area which covers Bath & North East Somerset (BaNES), and parts of Wiltshire and Somerset. Our services provide physical, psychological and/or spiritual support, and are free of charge. We’re available day and night to ensure that you have the right care, at the right time.
When someone is ill, it’s not just the patient who is affected. Life can be turned upside down for the family and for friends and carers. That’s why we’re here for you, for as long as you need.
Donate now
Your donation will help us care for even more patients and their families when they need it the most. Not only will it support people at the Hospice at Winsley House, but it also supports your community and those that wish to be cared for at home. Thank you.
How you can support us
Men's Walk to Support - we've raised over £100,000!
We’re still overwhelmed at the response to the Men’s Walk to Support, and we’re delighted so share that the event has raised a staggering £100,000!
All of us at Dorothy House could not be more grateful for the support given, and this money will go such a long way to support patients, families, and carers, both here at the Hospice and out in the community.
Join our Monthly Givers
Help us to ensure that nobody in our community has to face death alone with a regular monthly donation to the Hospice.
As a Monthly Giver to Dorothy House, you will be joining our amazing group of supporters who believe in our care, and want to help make sure that we can continue to reach more people, now and into the future.
The care that your money could help provide is invaluable. Our patients only get one chance to have a good death, and the memory of how a loved one dies remains with their family forever.
Upcoming events
Wingwalk
Join us on 9 May at Rendcomb Airfield to take to the skies on the top wing of a Boeing Stearman biplane!
Flown by one of the Aerosuperbatics Wing-walking display pilots, you’ll experience an exciting series of flypasts, zoom climbs, steep dives and banks in front of the family and friends you bring along on the day.
How do you fancy reaching new heights this spring to raise vital funds for palliative and end of life care in your our local community?
Survival Challenge
Step out of your comfort zone and join us from 1 – 5 June to take part in our Survival Challenge!
The challenge is a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills, make new friends, get away from the crazy day-to-day living and relax in the wild.
Hosted at a secret location, 2 hours away from Winsley, you’ll meet with other challenge-goers in the early hours on 1 June and travel by bus (from Winsley) to your new home for 5 days.
Are you up for the challenge?
Midnight Walk
The fabulous Midnight Walk is back for 2024, taking place on Saturday 15 June, and 2024 is all about pyjamas. We’re hosting the biggest PJ party in town!
Join us for a night of walking, talking and dancing to raise much-needed funds. And, for an added challenge this year, we’ll have both our usual 5K walk as well as a brand new 10K route for those looking to push themselves!
The Midnight Walk is for people aged 12+ and starts at the Bath Pavilion from 9pm.
The Dorothy House Podcast
In this episode, Fin's mum Sandie and BA (Hons) Photography Course Leader, Stephen Vaughan, share their painful but deeply inspirational story about Fin, who died on 25 March 2022, aged 31, following the diagnosis of a brain tumour in 2018. On Friday 20 October, Bath Spa University launched an exhibition and 100-page publication of work by Fin, titled ‘With This Breath’. This formed part of his legacy, something that concerned him before his death, and a project which has been fully realised. “It was an incredibly courageous and beautiful piece of work that was unflinchingly honest and deeply moving,“ says Stephen.
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