How would you spend £2,000?
We are kicking off the New Year with our first ever Spring Raffle where supporters could be in with a chance of winning up to £2,000! The raffle launched on 15th January and will be drawn at the Therapy and ...
Make a Will Month 2024
‘Make a Will Month’ is being held throughout February 2024 and is your chance to make or update your Will with a local solicitor. In return 100% of the discounted fee is generously donated to Hospice at Home...
Grief Awareness Week Comes to an end
The National Grief Awareness Week 2023 has focused on raising awareness of bereavement services. The Family and Bereavement Support Team at Hospice at Home West Cumbria has been working to raise awareness of...
Grief Awareness Week: Patient Group
Hospice at Home West Cumbria Patient Group aims to connect people living with a life limiting illness and help them cope with their experiences. They will provide a safe, confidential, inclusive and supporti...
Grief Awareness Week: Bereavement Group
Our Family and Bereavement Support team (FABS) offers a Grieve Well Together support group, to those bereaved through life-limiting illnesses. Our Grieve Well Together group provides a safe, confidential, in...
Grief Awareness Week: Coffee and Chat Groups
Hospice at Home West Cumbria Coffee and Chat groups aim to connect people caring for those affected by a life limiting illness and help them cope with their experiences. They offer a safe, confidential, incl...
Grief Awareness Week: One-to-one Support
Our Family and Bereavement Support team (FABS) provide one-to-one emotional support to patients, carers and those bereaved through a life-limiting illness. Feelings of loss and grief can begin the moment a l...
Grief Awareness Week – Emotional Therapeutic Support
Our Family and Bereavement Support team is a tailor made service that offers specialist care and advice for patients and those important to them. This support also is offered to Carers and those important to...
Copeland Community Fund supports Hospice at Home West Cumbria for three more years
Hospice at Home West Cumbria have been awarded a three-year grant of £153,308 from the Copeland Community Fund to support its emotional wellbeing and bereavement services across Copeland. This is the second ...
Claire Benson – Lymphoedema Case Study 2023
Claire Benson, of Whitehaven, received a diagnosis of HER-2 breast cancer in December 2020, discussing her diagnosis she said: “In the week between my biopsy and my results, I went through all the emotions: ...
‘Embrace the Legends’ Charity Football Match raises over £6,000
Andrew Berragan and Wayne Grove from Whitehaven raised £6,133 at their Charity Football Match ‘Embrace the Legends’ on Saturday 15th July at Moor Row Football Club, in memory of their dad’s Maurice Berragan ...
Charity night in memory of much loved husband and dad Clive Swindle
We would like to thank Julia Swindle and her daughters, Lucy Gentles and Georgina Swindle for raising a fantastic £3,250 for Hospice at Home West Cumbria. On Saturday 22nd July, they held a charity night at ...
Hospice at Home West Cumbria provided such wonderful care for my husband. They enabled him to spend his final days at home with me and our children and supported us through the saddest and most difficult time of our lives. I’ll always appreciate their dedication and sensitivity and the difference they made.