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CAPITAL APPEAL SPECIAL EDITION YEARBOOK 2018
Thank you and farewell Our President
A personal message from Paul Cronin, retiring Chief Executive Sir Algernon Heber-Percy
HM Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire
It has been an absolute privilege Health England report found that
to have been Chief Executive of people in the West Midlands have
Severn Hospice for the past 15 some of the best access to hospice Our Board of Trustees
years. care in the country.
Tony Cordery
I am so proud of everyone I have It is rewarding enough to know we
worked with in that time and truly make a difference daily to families
Chairman
humbled by their commitment coping with the most difficult
and compassion in caring for the of situations but to see that John Fairclough
families who need our help. underlined by the official facts and
figures is something which really Vice-chairman
Paul Cronin Our supporters have left me cements our reputation.
simply inspired by their generosity,
loyalty and love for the hospice. I We are writing the next chapter Ann Tudor
can never thank them enough. in our history now as we put our
Living Well ambitions into practice
Vice-chairman &
It is only when one looks back one and I am delighted that Heather Chairman of Finance
sees that the hospice has been has been chosen to oversee this
continually developing, growing exciting development.
and changing. Judy Beard
The hospice is truly a service for
We have grown from very small the people by the people. Each
Sarah Broomhead
beginnings to be a regional centre year a small miracle occurs in Paul Donohue
of excellence and a hospice
of national standing and I am
Shropshire and Mid Wales when Zara Oliver
our supporters once again commit
honoured to have been allowed to to raising the money needed to Dr Declan Ryan
play a part in that happening. deliver our essential services. Barbara-Ann Tweedie
This year, our support for people Thank you for supporting Severn Dr Wendy-Jane Walton
with motor neurone disease was Hospice – it is because you care
recognised with an ‘Extra Mile’ John Wardle
that we can.
award from the Motor Neurone Gabrielle de Wet
Disease Association and a Public
Francis Yates
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Hello and welcome
I am immensely proud to be That work has started already in the Severn Hospice is a community
taking over as Chief Executive, and way we provide our caring service in charity and we are nothing without
especially so at such an important the home and with changes to our your support. Our plans for the
time in our history. day hospice. We can now provide future of hospice care will cost
enhanced at-home care around £5 million to take them from the
We care for more people today than the clock and when people come drawing board to building. We are
ever before. We are caring for them to see us but don’t need to stay fortunate that we can use existing
for longer and they are seeking our overnight, we are able to offer them donations to start the work but we
help with an increased range of much more choice and a much more will need to replace what we draw
conditions and complexity of needs. personalised, caring service. down, and we can’t do this without
We have a plan in place to meet this the community’s support.
You will see that we need to change
challenge and it is one I have helped our buildings too, ensuring that Each year, more than 2,000 people
shape, with others, as the hospice’s we have the physical capacity and come to us for the first time having
Heather Palin, Chief Executive Director of Care and Paul’s deputy. It the standard of facilities in which learned the most devastating news.
is this shared vision I am now looking to provide our enhanced services I hope this yearbook gives you some
forward to making a reality. at Telford and Shrewsbury. At insight into the difference we are
Our Living Well plans capture the idea Telford, the first stage of that is now able to make for them and how vital
that Severn Hospice is a concept of complete, adding more bedrooms your help is in making that possible.
care, not just a place of care. Our care and making improvements for our
is everywhere, here and at home. visiting families.
Senior Management Team
Norma Ross – Director of al
Becky Richardson – Director Income Generation Prof Derek Willis – Medic Kerry Davies – Director of
of Care Direct or Finance and Information
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Wow! What an amazing year the Hundreds of supporters donned their
with Flicks in
We teamed up y ho spice super-pants and embraced their inner
sform our da
Sticks to tran a min i- ci ne m a hero for our first giant inflatable
in Telford into sc re en an d obstacle course Kapow!
h bi g
complete wit r ca rers
ients and thei
re for popcorn. Pat gh t be fore
It was an honour to ca lous movie ni
d a fa bu
vies en jo ye supper.
true war hero David
Da fish and chip
tucking into a
rin g his
from Shrewsbury. Du
ea r- old
time with us, the 93-y
five wa s
great-grandfather of
ha ko v
presented with the Us
Crafty fundraisers
his
medal in recognition of
service on the Ar cti c
II.
convoys during WW
A group of our gardening volunteers
Making memories and day hospice patients joined
forces with local group Shelter
Wildlife Together for a special Bish, bas
project turning unwanted pallets into h, bosh
beautifully decorated bird boxes and
ory McCann bug hotels for sale at our garden
Local artist R
urals for Lights, camera, action! open days.
has painted m e
ies all over th
various charit do na te d Shropshire’s most colourful 5km
nd ly
world. Rory ki ful turned Telford Town Park into a
eate a beauti
his time to cr e in kaleidoscope of colour as more than
hosp ic Paul Morris’s story touched the hearts
mural for our 1,000 people stepped out for our
to n in m em ory of his dad. of thousands. The father of four from
Bic super popular Colour Run.
Shrewsbury planned to run the 2018 Virgin
Money London Marathon in aid of us, despite
his terminal cancer diagnosis.
Sadly Paul passed away on March 31 and
p Bicton
Brightening u
never got to complete the marathon but
his family and friends have carried on his
fundraising legacy.
our
or col
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Building on the succe
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ran ge to inc lude
expanded the
l ha nd ma de silver ch arm
beautifu ts
orn am en
bracelets and glass
ou r fri en ds at Hadley & Leegomery Parish Council
all delivered by
CJ Wildlife. kindly funded a planting project to
add colour and interest all year round
in the areas immediately outside our
hospice in Telford. A merry band of
volunteers made up of our gardening
team and Friends of Apley Woods Bloom
Handmade wit planted the shrubs and bulbs which ing ma
h thon rvellou
love z Lo ndon Mara will provide an avenue of colour as s dona
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Tea m Mo
you approach the hospice.
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During his ye
Telford and W
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As part of her 70th birthday
celebrations, Sandra Patterson
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Reynolds still y ho sp ic e decided she wanted to jump out of
our da
lend a hand in ha s be en a a plane at 12,000ft. Sandra was
re he
in Telford whe ar s.
over six ye amongst a number of daredevils who
volunteer for took on one of our tandem skydive
challenges.
elcome
Christmas wishes Corporate w
ul corporate No snow days
Our wonderf
Each light on our Christmas Lights supporters sw
apped fo r our nurses
jo bs for a day
of Love tree shines out not only for their office
in our award-
the loved ones we miss each and volunteering
s.
every day but also for the families winning garden The Beast from the East didn’t slow
we support today and in the future. Volunteer sup down our community-based nursing
po rt Challenging our fundraisers teams who, thanks to local 4x4
owners, were still able to visit the
homes of patients in need of our care.
There are so many ways to help us – turn to page 14
Cheque out these fantastic supporters
Brass band fans enjoyed
a weekend Busch Vacuum Pumps and
of fabulous music at the eve
r-popular Systems chose us as their charity
Ironbridge Gorge Brass
Band Festival of the year and donated more than
raising £2,223 for us. £5,200. A cracking effort!
Cheers! year
A very grand A successful first
gesture
Our Market Drayton support group In their first year of existence our
raised a staggering £10,000 at Super-fundraiser Cllr Raj Mehta Oswestry-based support group raised
their hugely successful gin tasting achieved his goal of raising £10,000 for a fantastic £10,000 to support our
evening. Hitting the right notes our hospice and John Taylor hospice in Pumping up the pounds vital work across Shropshire and Mid
Birmingham. Wales.
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Remembering Lorraine with love and a lasting legacy
“It’s been such a comfort to know that we will still
Matthew Pattison first heard about us as a
be supported, especially the girls,” said Matt.
teenager, when we began our appeal for our
Shrewsbury hospice, and like most people it “It staggers me it’s all done for free and funded by
was a place he never really thought about. charity,” he added.
After we cared for his wife Lorraine last year, To honour Lorraine’s memory – and acknowledge
Severn Hospice is now somewhere he and his the difference we made to them in their
family care passionately for and have done so heartbreak – the Pattisons have pledged to
much to support. support the hospice, through a combination
of their own fundraising efforts and a gift from
“We used to have holidays in a caravan years ago Lorraine’s life cover.
and Lorraine used to say how much she wished
she was in a five-star hotel. Last autumn we joked “We reckon it would have cost about £15,000 The Pattison family are th
e heart of the
that’s what Severn Hospice was like, but it really for her care at the hospice and we want to show fundraising Team Lorrain
e
was,” said Matt. our gratitude, it’s as simple as that. We had a
collection at her memorial service and I knew I
He described the quality of our would be donating the life cover but I wanted to As well as members joining in with the family’s
do something more,” said Matt. fundraising, the club has hung one of Lorraine’s
care for Lorraine as “outstanding” own paintings in its entrance in memory of her.
Matt and the girls, the wider family, and Lorraine’s
and said its embrace extended to legion of friends have variously taken part in
him and their girls Emma, Katie events such as our Colour Run and Kapow! and Meanwhile, at the girls’ old school in Upton
Magna, a commemorative bench acknowledges
and Lula. helped organise other fundraising events like the
Lorraine’s impact on the lives she touched when
Rodington Community Fun Day.
the family lived there.
“It’s an extraordinary place; it just feels so calm
and caring, and so different to a hospital. You have “Lorraine used to go every In the blog that Matt has taken over from Lorraine
your own room and space, there are things for morning to The Shrewsbury Club (lorrainepattison.wordpress.com) he explains
the kids to do, you can come and go any time, and to swim for an hour at opening simply that he wants to support the hospice in
for the last week Lorraine had family with her 24 time. This was her time of peace return for the “fantastic care” it has given his
hours a day. and quiet, and they’ve been family. By June, they had raised and donated
absolutely fantastic in how they’ve almost £30,000 to our hospice.
“It is all these little things that really made a
difference, even the gardens, you can just see how
helped us and remembered her,”
much care and thought has gone into everything. said Matt
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Taking our care beyond wards
Community is at the heart of what we do and we know the needs of
our community are changing.
Today, we care for four out Now we are taking the next step
of five people in their homes with our buildings.
rather than on our wards, with
more people being looked after Our £5 million expansion
for longer, and with a greater and enhancement plans
range of conditions and more
will give us more capacity
complex needs.
to provide the types of
We are responding to this services and facilities our
change with our Living Well patients need today.
plans, taking our care beyond
We need to add space and services at Shrewsbury
wards and making sure we are
At Apley Castle, Telford, we
ready for the future. are extending the building and
enhancing visitor and communal
We ended 2017 with a new spaces to allow a larger therapy
look for our community area for day patients.
nursing teams, adding
At Bicton, Shrewsbury, we
again to the level of are planning a whole new
round-the-clock care we building to house therapy
can provide someone in suites, treatment rooms, visitor
their home. facilities, learning resources and
Gould Singleton Architects
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Living Well with Severn Hospice – local, personal, specialist
Our Living Well plan takes into the future all that is best, all that is
different and all that is special about Severn Hospice.
Our approach to care is to enable those who need our help to live as well as they
can within the constraints of a life-limiting illness.
This commitment is the foundation of our Living Well vision.
Our model for caring is unique and has been developed by us for the community
we serve.
We pioneered the Hospice at Home service in 2003 and with the support of our
new Outreach community nursing service we can now offer higher quality care
around the clock.
Living Well with Severn Hospice means we care for
people, not patients.
How we care for them is personal – whether they are staying with us or still at
When someone is referred to us we care for them, not just their clinical needs. home, they are involved in choices and decisions about their care, and we listen to
their families and those closest to them too.
Our specialist caring team works with the whole healthcare network and ensures
that we take account of someone’s whole well-being.
Each year, more than 2,000 people come to us and
we know this number will continue to rise.
Then & Now
Increasingly, the people who need our help don’t need to stay with us, they can
Gifts in wills make such a difference. visit us for the day or we can visit them at home. We have changed our care
In our first full year of operation, we received a services so they are focused much more on this ‘community setting’, enabling
single legacy gift of £235,000. people to live well at home with their families.
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It is only because you care that we can
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Our Living Well plan is the largest single investment we have made since we
built our Telford hospice.
Since then, we have cared for options, Severn Hospice might be
more than 30,000 people. This has their only choice.
only been possible because of the
generosity and commitment of our We are proud to be there for them
supporters. and thank all our supporters for being
there for us.
We have to raise £2 for every £3 we
spend, and are proud to say that There are so many
88p from every £1 donated goes
directly into providing care (with the ways you can help
remaining 12p being spent on raising our capital appeal:
another £1).
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Then and now
1990 - 1996 2017 - 2018
Ward admissions - 256 Ward admissions - 540
Day hospice attendances - 1,623 Day hospice attendances - 3,672
Care at home new patients - 73 Care at home new patients - 1,471
Home visits - 1,031 Home visits - 11,488
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Our care goes beyond wards and this story shows the When he has a couple of bad days, and Val’s struggling
difference that makes for the people we look after. with it all, he comes to stay at our Telford hospice for a few
days where round-the-clock care on our wards helps get his
symptoms back under control.
‘Geoff’ is not a real person, but he could be – and he could be
someone you love. They both have some happy hours together, sitting up and
sitting out in the gardens just outside his room. His beloved
Geoff has lung cancer and his disease has spread to his liver; Border collie Jess comes in sometimes too and Geoff starts
he cannot be cured. Like four out of five of our patients he is to feel better.
living at home. His GP has referred him to our specialist care
following his diagnosis. Within the week, they’re all back
His illness is causing him pain and affecting his quality of life home, with Geoff’s care plan
and after having a chat on the phone with Eirian, one of our updated and adapted to suit the
triage nurses, a member of our Outreach team is going to
visit him and wife Val.
changes in his condition. Caring across Shropshir
e and Mid Wales
His symptoms continue to improve, especially as he has Our community nursing te
Nurse Sharon is able to sit with Geoff and Val and talk them am
equipment and care put in at home. He’s still using the day
through how the hospice can help. Firstly, she’s able to adjust hospice and really enjoys the craft workshops and chatting
his medication, in discussion with the GP, and refer Geoff to with different guest speakers – learning more about his local Soon, Geoff’s condition deteriorates.
our new day hospice service, designed especially for people resources.
He’s stopped eating and drinking and is not really able to
like Geoff and Val, where there’s no need to stay overnight.
Two months pass and there is a change in Geoff. He’s too speak. He’s become frail and can’t move about his home any
Living Well with Severn Hospice means we help people live more. There are other medical complications now too but
as well as possible within the limitations of their illness, poorly to come to the day hospice and he needs more
medication. He’s struggling to walk, and now sleeping on the timely interventions and partnership working between the
offering them a range of services that provide emotional, hospice care team, the District Nurse and Geoff’s GP mean
sofa rather than going upstairs to bed.
physical and spiritual support. he doesn’t need to go to hospital to resolve them.
We talk to him, Val and his GP and arrange for a syringe
The day service means Geoff has access to our team pump, which will deliver his medication over 24-hours and Val is grateful neither she nor Geoff have the added distress
of nurses, complementary and creative therapists, remove the need for him to take the tablets he’d started to of a hospital stay at this stage but she is exhausted by it all
doctors, health care assistants, occupational therapists, have trouble swallowing. and finding it difficult to cope. She thought she had prepared
physiotherapists, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. herself but her emotions are taking over. Hospice at Home
We also arrange with the community equipment service, run nurse Pam will attend Geoff overnight, providing full waking
by Shropshire Community Health, to deliver a hospital bed care throughout. Val is able to sleep and feels brighter after
All these services are free and run and special airwave mattress to his home. It arrives and is set sharing happy memories with Pam and knowing Geoff is in
every weekday. up that afternoon. The ambulance service is contacted and a caring, professional hands.
paramedic team is tasked with transferring Geoff into it.
With his nursing needs manageable, Severn Hospice is able
He talks with his dedicated nurse Kate, and Val, and they
The Outreach team update all the healthcare professionals to care for Geoff in his own home, with Val by his side.
agree which of these services is most useful to him. For We are with them when Geoff dies peacefully in his sleep
supporting Geoff and Val: District Nurse, GP, hospice
Geoff, it, means his whole well-being is looked after; consultant and their Hospice at Home colleagues. two days later, Jess in her favourite spot by his feet.
everything from managing fatigue and sleep, to mindfulness, And we are there with Val in the days and weeks afterwards,
to relaxation techniques, personal matters and coping with The Hospice at Home team are there for people like Geoff helping where we can, supporting where we need to.
anxiety. who don’t need to stay in a hospice bed and want to die at home. Because our care goes beyond wards.
11Achievements & milestones Welcome Severn Hospice
Many happy returns Apley Shoppers in Ellesmere welcomed a new
face on the high street when we opened
It seems like only yesterday we got the our 25th shop.
keys for our brand new purpose-built
hospice in Telford but unbelievably that Thanks to our shoppers supporting us
was ten years ago. Since then we have in all our shops across Shropshire and
cared for thousands of people from the Mid Wales, more than £1 million is raised
surrounding areas. towards our caring services.
We like to think our shops are much more
business
than just places for a bargain or where you
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Open fo can support our work, they are community
hubs which add to the vibrancy and
Celebrating ten years of care success of our town centres.
Bags of Help for Severn Hospice
Refurbishment of our Perry Ward
Shoppers at local branches of Tesco voted
When the hospice in Shrewsbury first opened for us to benefit from the supermarket’s
back in 1989 we had just one ward, Perry. As Bags of Help fundraising initiative, which uses
part of a rolling programme of refurbishments to proceeds from carrier bag sales to support
ensure our facilities best meet the needs of our good causes in the local community. We used
patients, their families and staff members Perry A new look for Perry the money to build a new playground at our
ward underwent a transformation. We upgraded Telford hospice, offering families with young
patient bedrooms making them all ensuite with children somewhere they can have a break
beautiful views of the garden including our from what can often be a very difficult time.
first ever dementia-friendly bedroom. Reaching out to our local community
We have launched a new community nursing
service and started the first of our new-style Bags o
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day hospices at Shrewsbury and Telford, part or our
of our major review of care provision. hospice
The new Outreach service, formerly called
Clinical Nurse Specialists, builds on the Happy 1st Birthday Hosbis Hafren
enhancements we made to our in-the-home care
package. Taken together, these improvements Our hospice has had a presence in Newtown
mean patients living at home have access to our since 1998 providing a hub for those living in
specialist care teams around the clock. Mid Wales who need our help. In October
The new day hospices, for people who are not we celebrated the first anniversary of moving
staying with us overnight, are one of the ways to our new home with a hotly contested mini
bake-off competition.
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12 flexibility to suit their needs.Beating national standards locally
Latest figures from Public Health England
show that people who live in Shropshire or
Telford and Wrekin have some of the best
Wyle Cop shop ready for the future access to hospice care in the country.
We first opened a shop on Wyle Cop in In Telford and Wrekin, one in ten adults
Shrewsbury back in 1989, not long after we opened had end-of-life care at a hospice compared
our first hospice. Since then it has become a key to a national average of one in 20. For
part of the community in the town. After several Shropshire residents it was 7.5 per cent,
weeks of refitting and redesigning the shop it still 50 per cent better than the national
opened with a modern look in keeping with the tation average.
Top of the other shops on Wyle Cop. Evidence of our repu
Cop Severn Hospice is the only hospice for
adults in Shropshire and Telford and
Informing their Lordships Wrekin.
Our reputation for specialist care and standing
Motor Neurone Disease Association award among our professional peers resulted in us being
asked to give evidence to a House of Lords inquiry.
When we welcomed members of the MNDA to our Medical Director Derek Willis represented
hospice in Shrewsbury they didn’t just pop round for palliative care specialists nationally when he gave
a cup of tea and slice of cake. They were there to evidence based on our first-hand experience of
present our hospice and members of our team with an caring for adults with neuromuscular conditions. We
Extra Mile Award in recognition of our ‘exceptional are one of only a few hospices nationally working
dedication to care and support’ for people living with in partnership with neuromuscular specialists to
Motor Neurone Disease. At the hospice we don’t do research the palliative care needs in this area.
what we do for rewards or acknowledgement but it’s
Meanwhile, the hospice’s contribution to helping the
nice to know that what we do on a daily basis not only a mile next generation of clinicians was recognised when
makes a difference but also sets a standard. Our staff go the extr Derek was made a Professor of Palliative Medicine More p
and Bioethics by the University of Chester. at ients be
Professor Willis is the only hospice-based nefit
professor in the whole of the West Midlands.
Round the clock care at home
With more of our patients choosing to be cared
for at home we have expanded and developed our
Hospice at Home service offering specialist care Stock it to us
day and night for those who wish to die at home.
Our Hospice at Home team forms part of our Supporters raided wardrobes, cupboards and shelves
wider community team providing care and support to ensure our newly refurbished shop on Mardol in
365 days of the year. Shrewsbury was ready for its grand opening. We
joined forces with traders from Shrewsbury’s award
winning Market Hall to make it a real community event
e
Hospice at Hom
with town crier Martin Wood lending his very vocal
support. The shop got off to a flying start taking over
Mardol makeover £1,500 on its first day of opening.
13We’d love There’s always something you can do
Donate
you to help We have to raise £2 for every £3 we spend
Set up a monthly direct debit. It’s easy online at justgiving.com/severnhospice
Severn Hospice Add 25 per cent to your support instantly by GiftAiding if you are a UK taxpayer
Our network of 26 community shops, including a furniture store and a new superstore,
stock everything – homewares, clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery, books, records, CDs,
DVDs, accessories – all generously donated by people just like you
It’s easy, Our weekly lottery is only £1 to play and you could win £2,000 or any one of more than
40 other cash prizes
here’s how
Join in
We organise a whole year’s worth of events so there’s something for everyone
Raise sponsorship for an event you’re taking part in
Organise your own event in support of us
Our care is everywhere, not just on Join us
our wards and not just for the last few Volunteering with us is the gift of time that keeps on giving
We have more than 1,400 volunteers helping us in our shops, on our wards, at
weeks of life. We don’t just care for our
our events, in our gardens and in our offices
patients, we care for their families and
those closest to them. Remember us
Leaving something to us in a will is the gift of a lifetime and a lasting legacy for
We are with our families from the the families we care for
One in five of our patients wouldn’t be cared for without someone remembering
moment they are referred to our care
us in their will
for as long as they need us, and we do Talk to your solicitor about how you can remember Severn Hospice and still
this every day, all day for anyone in provide for those close to you
Shropshire and Mid Wales who needs
that help.
Then & Now
We do all of this for them for free, but
it is not without cost and we can’t do it
In 1990, our first full year, our supporters kindly donated £611,304.
without you by our side. Last year it was £8.98million.
14It’s thanks to you
Contributions to our services
Last year, we were
£1,108,413 11% Retail
able to spend £8.3
million directly on £897,731 9% Lottery
care – that’s £22,739 £2,855,740 29% Legacies
a day – and allocate £1,114,616 11% Donations & events
£1.5 million to future
£3,652,415 37% NHS funding
developments.
£269,340 3% Investments & others
How we spend the money on our services
£4,636,212 55% Inpatient care
88p from every
£1 donated goes £1,263,177 15% Day & outpatient care
towards funding our
services, we use the £912,920 11% Hospice at Home
other 12p to help us
make another £1 £1,054,286 13% Home & hospital visits
£42,092 0.5% Governance & investment
£130,320 1.5% Educational services
£304,870 4% Well-being
Figures for financial year 2017-18, subject to audit. 15Shrewsbury
Severn Hospice
Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury
SY3 8HS
Main switchboard
01743 236565
Fundraising
01743 354450
Telford
Severn Hospice
Apley Castle, Telford
TF1 6RH
Main switchboard
01952 221350
Fundraising
01952 221351
Ceredigion
Newtown
Bronglais General Severn Hospice
Hospital, Back Lane
Aberystwyth, Newtown, Powys
Ceredigion, SY23 1ER SY16 2NH
Telephone Telephone
01970 635790 01686 623558
Connect with us: severnhospice.org.uk fundraising@severnhospice.org.uk /severnhospice @severnhospice
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