Our goal at St Richard’s is to make each day in our patients’ lives a good day. Free of pain, in comfort and in peace.
Our Christmas wish is to be able to provide the very highest level of care and support to as many families in Worcestershire that need us, each and every day.
As we all prepare our homes for Christmas, a time of sharing happy moments with our loved ones, here at the hospice we are also getting ready for our festive celebrations.
We do our best to make the hospice as homely and inviting as we can for those that will be with us during this special time of year. Each year Webbs Garden Centre kindly donates Christmas trees, which we deck with tinsel and baubles, to decorate our In-patient Unit, Day Hospice and Snowdrop Centre.
On Christmas Day itself the hospice will be full of people; patients, families, staff and volunteers – someone will dress up as Father Christmas and distribute gifts to patients. Our kitchen staff will cook a delicious Christmas meal and anyone who wants to join in can sit down together.
We are able to offer specialist support and compassionate care to patients and their loved ones at this special time and throughout the year thanks to the dedicated support of the community. We would be very grateful for donations towards our care this Christmas.
We know that for many of our patients and their families, this will be the last Christmas they will have together and we all feel honoured to be able to give them the gift of time – time to open presents, time for a meal together, time for sharing stories and laughter.
Tricia Cavell, Fundraising Director