St Teresa’s Hospice is committed to ‘Caring about Equality’ this Carers Week 2025, running from 9th-15th June. This year’s theme, ‘Caring about Equality’, will focus on highlighting the challenges and inequalities faced by unpaid carers across the UK, calling for a fairer society where they have access to greater support. As part of this year’s Carers Week, […]
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Our HR Trustee Steve started volunteering at the hospice last year – we spoke to him about his journey to volunteering for St Teresa’s Hospice: “After spending most of my career working long hours, I knew I would need something meaningful to focus on once I retired. I wanted to strike a balance—spending more time
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Lisa is a volunteer on the IPU, and her journey with St Teresa’s Hospice began when she came along to the Creative Café one morning to take part in a flower arranging class. She was overwhelmed by how beautiful St Teresa’s Hospice was. That was the moment Lisa realised that, after having volunteered at Butterwick Children’s Hospice for over twenty years,
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St Teresa’s Hospice marks Volunteers’ Week 2025. Volunteers’ Week returns this year after reaching its 40th anniversary last year. From the 2nd to 8th June 2025, St Teresa’s Hospice will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK. Running every year since 1984, the week provides a crucial
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MEMBERS of a North East building society have raised thousands of pounds for a hospice by simply casting votes. Darlington Building Society pledged to donate between 50p and £1 to a worthy local charity for every vote cast by members on key decisions at its Annual General Meeting, held at the town’s Hopetown attraction. By
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St Teresa’s Hospice is inviting the communities of South Durham and North Yorkshire to join the conversation about death, dying, and grief in ways that resonate with them during this year’s Dying Matters Awareness Week (5–11 May 2025). The national campaign, led by Hospice UK, encourages open and honest discussions about end of life experiences.
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Written by Olivia Smith,
Hummersknott Academy, for The Northern Echo Young Reporter.
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GENEROUS golfers have clubbed together to raise thousands of pounds for a North East charity.
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Hospice UK has today welcomed the announcement of the allocation of the first £25m of funding.
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30,000 people per year wouldn’t receive hospice care without gifts in Wills.
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