Help the Hospices

Hospice House
34-44 Britannia Street
London
WC1X 9JG

Tel: 020 7520 8222
Web: www.helpthehospices.org.uk/hospiceinformation

Help the Hospices is the hospice movement's national charity in the UK. They believe everyone should have access to the best possible care at the end of their life.

They investigate issues, publish reports and briefings, and advocate the cause of independent voluntary hospice care in Westminster, Whitehall and in the media.

Help the Hospices’ vision is of a world in which everyone at the end of life has access to the best possible care. Their mission it to help hospices ensure that the best possible care is provided to all those affected by terminal illness.

They see their role as two-fold. First, they support hospices in their vital work on the frontline of caring for people who face the end of life and caring for those who love them. The support they give takes many forms - training, education, information, grant-aid, advice and national fundraising events and activities. Secondly, they give voice to the interests, views and concerns of over 200 local charities who provide the majority of hospice care across the UK. They investigate issues, publish reports and briefings and advocate the cause of independent voluntary hospice care in Westminster, Whitehall and in the media.

They became a membership organisation in 2007 and their structure is aimed at giving local hospices more ownership and engagement with the body that represents them nationally. It also enables them to have more input into the shaping of future support programmes and priorities.