Christmas Appeal 2024
Support our Christmas Appeal and help more families make special memories this festive season.
We're here, for as long as you need
We provide palliative and end of life care to adults (18+) with a progressive, treatable but not curable life-limiting illness or with severe frailty, and also their family (including children) and carers.
We care for people across our 800sq mile catchment area which covers Bath & North East Somerset (BaNES), and parts of Wiltshire and Somerset. Our services provide physical, psychological and/or spiritual support, and are free of charge. We’re available day and night to ensure that you have the right care, at the right time.
When someone is ill, it’s not just the patient who is affected. Life can be turned upside down for the family and for friends and carers. That’s why we’re here for you, for as long as you need. Our patient, family and carer resources can be accessed via our Information Hub.
Donate now
Your donation will help us care for even more patients and their families when they need it the most. Not only will it support people at the Hospice at Winsley House, but it also supports your community and those that wish to be cared for at home. Thank you.
Ways to get involved
Light Up A Life 2024
It is our privilege to invite you to sponsor a light on our beautiful Christmas tree in the grounds of Winsley House, in memory of a loved one. The light will shine continuously throughout the festive season in their honour.
Not only is it a tribute to the special person in your life, your dedication to this year’s Light up a Life Appeal ensures patients and families will continue to receive care when and where they need it most. A generous sponsorship of £82.30 could fund the cost of one of our nurse specialists visiting a patient in the comfort of their own home.
Write your own ending
Whatever your life story, you can’t be sure of the ending. But you can take steps to write your final chapter.
We offer free help and advice on getting your affairs in order and making your wishes known, including free online wills via our partnership with Farewill. So that when your time comes, everything’s in place and you can focus on the stuff that really matters.
Dorothy House online shop
You can now shop diaries, our nature-inspired 2025 calendar, tulips and Christmas cards over on our Dorothy House online shop.
Profits from every purchase help us to continue to support patients and their families across our patch.
Sky Kids FYI - Lifecycles
We are proud to be featured in the latest episode of Sky Kids FYI, in a film entitled ‘Lifecycles.’
The team filmed at the Hospice, exploring our Interactive Nature Trail with Lucy, whose dad was cared for on our Inpatient Unit, and Julia Davidson from our Family Services Team. The film is a welcome iteration of our vision of a society where death is a part of life, and the importance of destigmatising death and dying for children and young people.
You can watch the full episode of FYI on demand via Sky News YouTube, Sky Kids, and the First News website.
Christmas Tree Collection 2025
In partnership with national charity, Just Helping, our Christmas Tree Collection is back in 2025 for its 9th year running!
The Dorothy House Christmas Tree Collection has been running since 2017, and in those eight years of collecting, we have raised an incredible £370,000 for the hospice!
Upcoming events
Jingle Jog
Come together with family and friends on Sunday 1 December from 11am-2pm for the Dorothy House Jingle Jog.
Walk, jog, or run 2.5km or 5km, starting at Winsley Cricket Club then looping through the village and Hospice grounds. We’ll also have activities for children on the day.
It’s festive fun for everyone!
Palliative Care Research Conference
Located at the Hospice in Winsley on Thursday 5 June 2025, we’re delighted to be hosting a collaborative Palliative Care Research Conference focusing on palliative care research in residential and community settings.
Learn about the latest research and best practices in providing palliative care in both residential and community settings. Bringing together researchers, practitioners, patients across residential and community settings to share insights and best practice.
Trek Machu Picchu 2026
Join Dorothy House Hospice Care on this once-in-a-lifetime trip to take on one of the top 25 treks in the world and see one of the New Seven Wonders of the World!
Trek Machu Picchu is a challenging expedition which will see you give back to the community you are visiting before taking you over the spectacular Andean peaks, through epic Peruvian landscapes and misty cloud forest.
The Dorothy House Podcast
In this deeply moving episode, we hear from Seb, who tragically lost his mother at a young age. Seb shares his personal story of loss, the overwhelming emotions that followed, and the struggle to process his grief. He opens up about the anger he felt during his childhood and his intense desire to appear strong in the face of overwhelming pain. Through his raw and honest reflections, Seb explores how those feelings shaped him and how he found a path towards healing. This episode offers a powerful message about vulnerability, resilience, and the complexity of grief.
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