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Forest Holme Hospice and The Macmillan Unit, who are both part of University Hospitals Dorset, joined forces for Dying Matters Awareness Week to support the provision of excellent end of life care within the hospitals to ensure that it is also the right place for people to die. Congratulations to young fundraiser Jamie Groves (Young Hero) and our very own Simone Burne and the hospice admin team (Healthcare Support), who both won top accolades for Forest Holme Hospice at the recent Bournemouth Daily Echo ‘Dorset Hero Awards’.

Forest Holme took the opportunity to celebrate Pride Month in June and reaffirm the hospice’s commitment to maintaining an inclusive culture, where everyone feels welcomed, cared for and safe to be themselves.

Supporter Maria Morton kindly dropped in two gorgeous handmade bears recently - one to the charity team as a lucky mascot and the other one to support our annual Tie a Yellow Ribbon campaign.

Primark in Poole gave Forest Holme permission to raise awareness of the hospice in one of their windows, while The Dolphin Shopping Centre allowed the charity to put a contactless machine outside the store for donations.

Forest Holme was delighted to receive £5,445 in funding from Health Education England to help support staff wellbeing through coaching from Jane Young.

Thank you to James Whatley from the Llewellin Lodge 7907 who delivered cream teas to the staff at Forest Holme. The Lodge organised a cream tea event with the proceeds coming to the charity, while several members of the Lodge purchased cream teas to be delivered to the nurses as a little treat and thanking them for all their hard work.

It was a lovely surprise to see our Forest Holme Hospice counselling service get a mention on ITV's This Morning. Bob McLaren appeared in a feature about meeting up with an old flame from 1974 following the death of his second wife Jo. Before her death they both attended counselling sessions at the hospice - separately and together - which helped Bob move forward with Jo's encouragement.