Nigel’s journey with St Teresa’s began in the mid-1980s when an extraordinary woman named Yvonne Rowe called the community to action.

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,

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

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.

Written by Olivia Smith,
Hummersknott Academy, for The Northern Echo Young Reporter.

GENEROUS golfers have clubbed together to raise thousands of pounds for a North East charity.

Hospice UK has today welcomed the announcement of the allocation of the first £25m of funding.