This website has been created and is managed by Help the Hospices on behalf of more than 190 separate local hospice charities around the UK.
Founded in 1984, Help the Hospices is the national charity for the hospice movement. We provide hospices with practical support in their vital work of caring for people who face the end of life, and for those who love them.
Around 250,000 people receive high quality individual care from hospices every year. However, as their support is also extended to loved ones – relatives, friends and colleagues – the lives of millions of people are touched by hospice care every year. Indeed it is estimated that one in three people in the UK have experienced the care of a loved one by a local hospice.
If you would like some suggestions on other ways in which to remember a loved one at Christmas or would like to talk to someone in confidence please go to our advice page for further information.
Help the Hospices has funded the national Light up a Life website as a resource to support local hospices in their events. The financial support of Abbey and HSA part of the Simplyhealth Group has been invaluable in making this possible, and we thank them for it.
Help the Hospices are grateful for the public relations support that Kinross + Render have provided free of charge to Help the Hospices. Kinross + Render tell us "We are proud to support Help the Hospices. Anyone who has ever experienced the care, compassion and high quality services the hospice movement provides to the dying and their families will know exactly why. Hospice care makes a huge difference to thousands of people every year."
In 2008 Take It Easy Magazine, the supplement of The People newspaper is the official media partner for Light Up a Life. On 23rd November 2008, Take it Easy will be featuring inspiring stories about people who have been supported by various hospices around the country, in a bid to support the work of hospices who help people in the UK every day.
Help the Hospices is a Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered in England & Wales
Company No 2751549
Registered Charity No 1014851
Registered Office Hospice House, 34-44 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JG.
All the local hospices featured on this website are also individually registered charities and operate independently.
Read more about the work that hospices do
