Did you know that each year for 40 years WOOT was a fundraising luncheon with a famous female speaker hosted by the friends to raise awareness and funds for the Hospice?🕊️

For more celebratory 40 years of volunteering content 👉🏾 pah.org.uk/40years🔗

‘Our Nurses, Our Future’ is the theme for #InternationalNursesDay .
Lesley, Director of Patient Care and Communities, praises her fellow colleagues for the work they put in claiming #nursing is “rewarding in ways that can never be described”.
👉🏽 pah.org.uk/ind

👩‍👧‍👦Yesterday we shared some advice on talking to children about death, dying and grief. Our Social Worker Helen also recommends Winston’s Wish’s ‘Talk Grief’ resources for teenagers and young adults:

👉🏾 talkgrief.org

#DMAW24 #TheWayWeTalkAboutDyingMatters

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦The way we talk about dying matters. But it can be hard, and many people find talking to children about death even harder. Donna, Bereavement Service Volunteer Coordinator, and Helen, Children’s Social Worker, share some advice.

Watch the full video 👉🏾 vimeo.com/943702264

🎙️The latest episode of our podcast is out! 'A conversation with Jane Formby MBE’🎖️

“I look back and see [my involvement] as something incredibly rewarding. People come in here and can’t believe the atmosphere.”

🎧Listen to Jane’s episode👉🏾 pah.org.uk/podcast

🤔How do you prefer to talk about death and dying? A recent Dying Matters survey found that 45% of people preferred direct language while 33% preferred euphemistic language.

We asked our staff and volunteers what terms they’d heard...

#DMAW24 #TheWayWeTalkAboutDyingMatters

☀️What better excuse than the hot weather on the horizon to get the family out for a day of excitement and inflatable fun.

Choose from 2.5k, 5k, 10k or 15k.

Register today 👉🏼 pah.org.uk/inflatable

#inflatablerun #obstaclecourse #guildford

What a great list ☺️ My personal favourite is Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking ~ listen to the Vanessa Redgrave audio version if you get the opportunity 💔

🛍️Our newly refreshed Staines shop is open and ready for you to visit.

Whether you are looking for a new outfit, a good read, or new home furniture, our Staines shop may have just the thing you're after.

#charityshop #staineshighstreet #sustainableliving #secondhandfinds

“Volunteering is at the heart of everything we do at Princess Alice Hospice”🎙️🎧

Did you miss the first episode of our #podcast last Friday?

Catch up with the #Volunteering team on their episode now👇🏽

Listen on Spotify, Amazon Music or Soundcloud🔗pah.org.uk/podcast

📚There are many books available that can help with talking about #death and #dying , or help when someone is bereaved.

Marianne, our Library and Learning Resources Coordinator, has compiled a list of those that she highly recommends👉🏾 pah.org.uk/dyingmattersbo…

#DMAW24

👟💙Robert took on the challenge of walking from #HamptonCourtPalace to #WestminsterBridge in memory of this Mother-in-Law, Sally.

It was a total of 26.2 miles and took him 8 hours 20 minutes!

So far he has raised £1,746 to date and donations just keep flying in.

Dying Matters Awareness Week starts today 💛

Patricia, Mumtaz & Lucy add their voices to this animation exploring the power of language at the end of someone’s life.

👉 Please help share this post. Thank you.

#DMAW24 #TheWayWeTalkAboutDyingMatters North London Hospice

If you or someone you know is bereaved, these are taking place this week and may be helpful:

Tues – Bereavement cafés at Hampton & Chertsey
Wed – Richmond Park Walk & Talk
Thurs – Bereavement café at Banstead
Sat – Bereavement café at Great Tattenhams

👉🏽 pah.org.uk/communitygroups

Meet the Volunteering team and find out about volunteering opportunities at one of our 'introduction to volunteering' sessions❣️

📅Thursday 16 May 6pm, the Hospice
📅Friday 7 June 10.30am, the Hospice

Call 01372 461856 or email [email protected] to reserve your place.

We’re supporting the Hospice UK #DyingMatters campaign, because we agree that honest, timely conversations about death and dying are essential to good end of life care.

We’ll be sharing information and resources that we think can be helpful, so watch this space...

#DMAW24

🛍️ From books to clothing, furniture to vinyls, our charity shops are full of hidden gems looking for their forever home!

Pop down to your local shop and see what you may discover👉 pah.org.uk/shops

#compassionfashion #charityshops #thrift #sustainableliving #review

🤝We welcomed Community Champions from the #TescoStrongerStarts programme, Groundwork UK and Dominic Raab MP for Esher & Walton, to share how the community grant from Tesco will help fund our bereavement services for children & young people.

A sincere thank you from us all💙

🧹👚Are you having a Spring clean this #bankholiday and wondering what to do with your unwanted items?

We have 40+ shops across Surrey, Middlesex and South West London that are in need of donations.

Find your nearest shop👉🏼 pah.org.uk/shops

#donate #recyle #prevloved

📢The first episode of our new #podcast is live!🎙️🎧

'A conversation with' celebrates 40 years of volunteering at Princess Alice Hospice.

Hear from the Volunteering team about the impact volunteers have had across four decades.

🔗Listen 👉🏾 pah.org.uk/podcast

#volunteer