Every day, St Peter's Hospice helps people nearing the end of life enjoy moments of comfort, dignity and connection.
Behind every one of those moments are services that must be funded every day and every night.
One of the most important of these is our Hospice at Home night shift service.
This page offers two ways to support that care - with a longer-term commitment as a Patron, or with a one-off gift.
Nighttime is often when families feel most alone.
Each night, specialist Palliative Care Support Workers travel across our region to spend ten hours with a single family, providing clinical care, emotional support and quiet reassurance in the home.
This care brings:
relief and rest to exhausted loved ones
dignity and comfort to patients
peace of mind during the hardest hours
In 2024-25, we delivered 798 night shifts at an average cost of £217 per shift - over £173,000 in total. Demand continues to grow.
Helen Morgan, Chair of Trustees at St Peter's and former Palliative Care Nurse Specialist, experienced the value of care first-hand when her own father became unwell - not as a nurse, but as a daughter.
Helen said, "I was on my knees with tiredness. For weeks, if I wasn't at Dad's bedside, I was checking on him every two hours. I was running on empty.
"When the St Peter's nurse arrived, everything changed. I went to bed knowing Dad was not just safe – he was cared for." Read Helen's story here
You can become a:
Candle Patron and fund four to five night shifts per year by giving £1,000
Lantern Patron and fund nine night shifts per year by giving £2,000
Beacon Patron fund and twenty-three night shifts per year by giving £5,000
one personal update each year about the care you help make possible
an invitation to an annual Patron briefing or event
dedicated point of contact
exclusion from mass fundraising appeals
A night shift costs around £217, and many supporters choose to fund one or more shifts as a one-off gift, helping a family through the most difficult hours.
If you'd like to talk things through first, we would be delighted to hear from you. Get in touch here
You can also read more detail about the Patron Circle in the pdf download here.
