HEARTBEAT AUTUMN 2018
Work is well underway to build our larger hospice to care for more patients and families, thanks to the generosity of our community. Our ambitious Build 2020 vision is growing before our eyes and we’re looking forward – with your help – to the next phase which will see the development of The Bradbury Centre which will host many of our living well activities. This will be at the heart of the hospice building on Wildwood Drive where people can come for expert care and support. We’re not here to cure – but we can use our specialist skills, knowledge and experience to give every patient the chance to make each day the best it can possibly be.
We will build a suite of living well therapy rooms including rooms for physiotherapy; exercise and horticulture along with complementary, music and children’s therapy and an occupational therapy kitchen. Individuals will be able to benefit from our living well service at an early stage in their diagnosis and be supported medically, therapeutically and emotionally to self-manage their conditions. This is essential as people live longer with illnesses such as cancer, heart failure, neurological conditions and other life-limiting illnesses. Research has shown that palliative care can increase both how well a person feels and how long they live.
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We anticipate the new centre and expanded day services will allow us to increase the number of people we support from 3,000 to 4,000 individuals each year by 2021/22. All the new and expanded services will run alongside St Richard’s current wide range of patient and family care including support in people’s own homes and 17 in-patient beds.
The Build 2020 redevelopment and expansion will cost £5.3m and thanks to amazing support we have just over £1m left to raise. Turn overleaf to see the build progress so far and find out how to donate.
Chief Executive June Patel
