Join our Pioneer Programme

Help fund the future of hospice care

Join our Pioneer Programme today and help shape the future of hospice care. Become a Pioneer, help develop our services and improve palliative and end of life are for our communities, now and into the future. We must invest in the most up to date, innovative ways of working so we can reach everyone who so desperately needs us. Right now, we are only caring for around half of those with a palliative care need in our community.

Funding vital, emerging and ground-breaking work

With rising costs, insufficient government funding and the number of people needing specialist end of life care predicted to rise by 25% by 2048, it has never been more important to invest in the future of hospice care. With our Pioneer Programme, you have the flexibility to choose the area you are most passionate about, funding the development of that care with regular monthly or annual support.

We have three key areas you can choose to invest in:

Innovating Inpatient care

Every year, we look after more than 200 patients on our Inpatient Unit (IPU) in Winsley, a specialist care environment for people whose difficult symptoms or end of life cannot be managed at home. This specialist care comes at a cost, so we are constantly innovating and looking for ways to offer the best possible care to people when they need it the most. By choosing to invest in new ways of working and the most up to date technology for our IPU, you will help hundreds of our most vulnerable patients.

Advancing community care

More than 90% of our care takes place in people’s homes and community settings, delivered by our nursing teams and our highly trained Hospice at Home carers. But we know we are not reaching everyone who needs us. By choosing to invest in advancing community care, you will be helping us reach more people, when and where they need us the most. You will be allowing those in your community facing death to spend their final days in peace, with dignity, at home.

Research and Education

At the Dorothy House Centre for Education and Research, we’re committed to the advancement of palliative and end of life care. From research studies into intimacy at the end of life, to training for carers looking after people in their final days, your money will help equip our community to face death feeling more informed and confident. But even more than that, you will be backing ground-breaking research to improve the future of hospice care for generations to come.

We need your support now

Despite the incredible efforts of our teams, we have to do more. We need long-term funding to help us continue to innovate and provide personalised care to more people. We know there is a significant care gap across our communities, so your generous support will help us to meet this need, providing the end of life care our communities so desperately need and deserve.

Your generous, regular donation will help us provide specialist, personalised care to more people, when and where they need it the most.

Benefits of becoming a Pioneer

Your investment will provide long-term support and care that reaches into the future

By joining our Pioneer Programme, you will gain a closer insight into how we are developing our services, and together we will make a significant contribution to improving palliative and end of life care. You will provide us with sustainable funding to improve end of life care for everyone in our community.

Become a Platinum Pioneer by committing £1,000 per year

Platinum Pioneer pin badge.
Annual invitation to lunch with the Executive Team to learn first-hand about the ground-breaking work of the Hospice.
Biannual personalised communications informing you of how your generous donation is helping to fund the future of our care.

Become a Pioneer by committing £500 per year

Pioneer pin badge.
Biannual, personalised communications informing you of how your generous donation is helping to fund the future of our care.