Shoppers can fill their bags with quality bargains and support us when we open a new store in Newtown. We have taken over the old Clintons Cards shop in the town’s Bear Lanes Shopping Centre facing Broad Street – and are transforming it into one of our award-winning shops selling clothes, housewares, books, media and… Read more »
Our care for people living with incurable illness has been declared as ‘outstanding’ by quality inspectors. The Care Quality Commission has given us the highest level of award possible and said we are performing ‘exceptionally well’. The CQC, which regulates all health and social care providers, sent examiners to talk to Severn Hospice patients and… Read more »
People who need one of our beds won’t have to travel as far in future as part of a trial on our wards. The aim is to match the demand for beds and better meet patient preference. Evidence collated from our admissions data shows that 50 patients a year, on average, were being cared… Read more »
Volunteers across Shropshire are celebrating a decade of friendships, and care and compassion thanks to ‘life-changing’ Compassionate Communities. We launched Co Co in January 2010 with the aim of reducing loneliness and social isolation for older people and to decrease risks of illness or the need of additional help from medical services. The scheme brings… Read more »
Can you help us beat the burglars? One of our shops has been broken into – the third burglary in two weeks. We’re beefing up our security as you would expect but we’re asking you to be vigilant. In the latest break-in overnight on Thursday 19 December, thieves smashed their way in through the front… Read more »
Our much-loved shop opened its revamped doors on Wednesday in a new location on Heol Pentrerhedyn. The shop is 20% larger than before with an all-new library room boasting 2,000 books and over 1,000 square foot stocked with goods. Over 200 families from Mid Wales received our care in the past year and we hope… Read more »
Winning move: Add £10 to our Community Chest when you order the Shrewsbury Monopoly edition game from us Get your game-face on and your Monopoly money ready for the perfect Christmas gift… After an overwhelming response from the public, we were voted to have our very own Community Chest space in the new Shrewsbury Monopoly… Read more »
The wraps have come off our £5 million investment in community care as our new building takes shape in Shrewsbury. We are adding more community-based services and facilities for patients who need our help but don’t need to stay in wards. And this week the structural steel framework for the brand new building at Bicton… Read more »
Christmas has started early for Severn Hospice as we launch our seasonal raffle appeal with a heartfelt plea to supporters. Our weekly lottery and seasonal draws raise almost £1 million a year to fund care for families living with an incurable illness in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. And in a letter to… Read more »
A nurse and top blogger who is living with stage four cancer raised £2,000 from her hospice bed to celebrate her birthday. Carla Lea from Telford decided to fundraise for Severn Hospice while receiving care on the Apley Ward – and made her donation to mark national Hospice Care Week. The wife, mum and step-mum… Read more »
