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Dorothy House Ambassador Update
We are delighted to announce that Dorothy House is welcoming a new Young Person’s Ambassador in Sebastian (Seb) Chester-Phillips. Our Ambassadors all have a personal passion for outstanding end of life care and use their unique influence, skills and experience to champion…
Dorothy House Christmas tree collection – a tree-umphant year for Fundraising!
Over 5,500 addresses were visited by 200+ volunteers this year, our eighth annual charity Christmas tree collection, all in return for a voluntary donation towards the Hospice. The team continues to break records and 2024 has been our biggest collection so far,…
Community First and Dorothy House partner-up for listening activity
Understanding what end of life care means to our communities In partnership with Community First, we are undertaking a listening activity within the Chew Valley community to better understand what is felt to be important locally in terms of life-limiting illness. This might…
Monthly giving – help us to ensure that nobody in our community will have to face death alone
Dorothy House‘s locally focussed, multi-disciplinary CPCTs are now caring for more patients than ever out in our communities. In fact, we directly cared for 2,486 patients last year, meaning our care was brought closer to our patients, when and where they needed…
Light up a Life 2023 raises over £62,500!
I have been humbled once again by the incredible support we have received over this year’s Dorothy House Light up a Life appeal and services. I am so pleased to let you know that Light up a Life 2023 has raised over…
Support your family with the Life Ledger & Dorothy House partnership
Dorothy House is excited to have teamed up with Life Ledger; an end of life planning and account closure service. What does that mean? It is a simple tool to keep track of the accounts you have to help your loved ones…
Santa & Elf Run 2023 – £14,000 raised!
We welcomed over 230 Santa’s and Elves back to Dorothy House and Winsley Cricket Club on the 3rd December in slightly less than ideal weather conditions as they took on the 2.5 & 5km course. It was so brilliant to have families…
Local metal detectorist makes donation to Dorothy House
Back in September, we received a donation that came from a very unusual source. Alec James, a local metal detectorist, had been searching a field near Bradford on Avon for any interesting finds. He wasn’t disappointed! Alec makes a discovery Alec had…
Coping with grief at Christmas – top tips
Christmas comes with a lot of expectations: crisp snowy days, children’s laughter, cosy hot chocolates with the family around the log fire. But we all know that often Christmas Day doesn’t live up to expectations, and for those who are grieving, it…
Dorothy House Firewalk raises £16,000!
The Dorothy House Firewalk took place at Winsley House on Thursday 9 November. The rain may have been driving and the air was chilly, but the atmosphere was glowing with lots of supporters coming to cheer on the intrepid walkers. Luckily, the…