St Teresa’s Hospice is inviting the South Durham and North Yorkshire community to get talking about death, dying, and bereavement during this year’s Dying Matters Awareness Week (4–10 May 2026). Every year, people around the UK use Dying Matters Awareness Week, led by Hospice UK, as a moment to encourage all communities to get talking […]
Thanks to a kind donation, a special new bed has been purchased for the Inpatient Unit at St Teresa’s Hospice, offering families the chance to hold their loved ones close when it matters most. ‘Cuddle beds’ are specialist beds which widen to allow patients to lie next to and embrace their loved ones or pets
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First published on Friday 20th January 1989, article by Simon Proctor. Provided courtesy of The Northern Echo.
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Article courtesy of Peter Barron, The Northern Echo. Photograph taken by Chris Barron.
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A popular Christmas event returns to Darlington this weekend – and one local woman has shared her deeply personal reasons for taking part. Anna Bonner will be running for the third time in the St Teresa’s Hospice Festive Fun Run, raising money for the charity that supported her family when they needed it most. She
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Six members of staff from Woodlands Hospital, in Darlington, tackled the Great North Run this year, and have raised £3,090 for the town’s St Teresa’s Hospice. They were further delighted when Circle Health Group, which manages the hospital, boosted the total to more than £6,000 by matching what they raised. Debbie Dobbs, Executive Director of
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This October, Michelle Thompson will lace up her hiking boots once again and return to the Inca Trail in Peru; 21 years after completing the same challenge for the first time. “This year marks 30 years since we lost my beautiful 18-year-old little sister Jeanette (Jinny) to bone cancer. It also marks 21 years since
Throughout the UK, hospices like St Teresa’s Hospice are there for people who need palliative and end-of-life care, day in, day out. At St Teresa’s Hospice, our staff and volunteers work tirelessly to ensure that our patients are comfortable and can live well in the time they have left. However, hospice care is about so
Newly released data from Hospice UK reveals that almost 6,000 hospice nurses are paid for by legacy gifts in Wills per year across the UK. This comes as a coalition of 143 British hospices, led by Hospice UK, continues its landmark ‘This is Hospice Care’ campaign, highlighting the impact that hospices have on the people
