ellenor’s new Wellbeing Centre is now open

A new wellbeing centre is now open at ellenor – after an 18-month build.

Celebrating its 40th birthday in 2025, the Northfleet charity’s £5m new building is already making a difference to patients and carers since it opened in November.

Plus, their newly extended and refurbished café is also open – an ideal meeting place for socialising or small business meetings.

Visitors can support the hospice at the same time as enjoying a nice lunch, tea, coffee or cake.

What’s on offer

The wellbeing centre is for in-patients, community patients and also friends, families or carers of someone in the local area who has been diagnosed with a life-limiting condition. Even if their loved one isn’t being cared for by ellenor, they are still very welcome to come, or if they are bereaved – recently or in the past.

The main aim is to help people to live well for longer – despite having a devastating diagnosis.

Wellbeing services available: Cinema room - Fitness - Knitting group - Counselling - Memory making - Music - Gardening - Kitchen/diner - FinancesHolistic therapies

All services are free, most are offered on a drop-in basis and a timetable, available to view on the ellenor website, tells people what’s going on and when. The groups for friends, family and carers, enable people to come together for peer support, chat to someone who understands what they are experiencing and to enjoy something together unrelated to care for a while.

Andy Lowden, Operational Lead for Wellbeing, said: “There’s plenty of living to do, so please come in to see what we have for you to enjoy. Meet people, get help with things and don’t be alone.

“The wellbeing services are here for our local community – and our team is waiting to meet you.” www.ellenor.org