Charity of the Year
St Gemma's Hospice
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St Gemma’s Hospice offers the best possible care and compassionate support to local people facing life-threatening and terminal illness
St Gemma’s Hospice is a local, independent charity with almost 50 years of expertise in providing specialist end of life care to the people of Leeds. St Gemma’s Hospice offers the best possible care and compassionate support to local people facing life-threatening and terminal illness. We specialize in pain relief and symptom control to help people live as well as possible for as long as possible. This is known as palliative care.
More about St Gemma's Hospice
It’s a friendly and welcoming place at the heart of the local community, offering a wide range of expert services to support patients and their families, both at the Hospice and in the community.
The Hospice provides in-patient care but is not just a building; most of St Gemma’s patients are supported in they place they want to stay – often their own homes.
St Gemma’s welcomes and provides care to everyone regardless of people’s age, gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or diagnosis.
All St Gemma’s services are provided completely free of charge.
Care is based on a simple idea – that the person is more than the illness. Each of us – sick or unwell – has unique physical, social and spiritual needs. St Gemma’s tries to respond to these needs in ways that place the highest value on respect, choice and empowerment.
In total in 23/24 St Gemma’s supported over 3000 local people and there were 13,742 contacts made with patients either face to face or on the phone. We cared for 503 patients in the Hospice In-Patient unit and 1382 local people were referred to St Gemma’s care for the first time.
How your support could help us:
As a responsible charity, St Gemma’s Hospice is committed to making the most of every donation we receive. We carefully manage our resources to ensure that funds are spent efficiently and effectively, directly benefiting those who need our care.
£5 could provide a memory box for a bereaved child. They can store sentimental trinkets inside to help them cope with their loss.
£25 provides expert telephone advice and support to a patient at home.
£50 pays for an hour of end of life care.
£100 could provide a specialist bereavement support session for someone struggling to cope with the loss of a loved one.
£250 for a St Gemma’s community nurse or doctor to visit a patient in their own home.
£500 pays for a patient or their carer to benefit from a visit to St Gemma’s Out-Patients, to have a consultation with a doctor, enjoy a therapy session, or take part in a group activity.
£750 will help fund a syringe driver, a battery operated pump that provides continuous, effective pain relief.
£1044 will provide expert, individually tailored care for a patient on the in-patient unit for 24 hours.
We would be delighted if you might be able to support St Gemma’s Hospice and take on the Inflatable 5K to raise some money for us to keep caring for local patients and their families in the community.
As a supporter of St Gemma’s you are very special to us and we aim to make your run very special. Whether it is your first event or you’re a seasoned pro when you join team St Gemma’s we are ready to support you every step of the way.
If you choose to support us, you will receive:
- > A digital fundraising pack full of ideas.
- > Support from a dedicated fundraising team.
- > Cheering materials available for family and friends.
- > T-shirt of vest for your training and big day itself.
St Gemma's Hospice - St Gemma’s Hospice offers the best possible care and compassionate support to local people facing life-threatening and terminal illness
Find out more about the work St Gemma's Hospice does by visiting https://www.st-gemma.co.uk
