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Woman at a garden centre - used for Compassionate Cymru

21 October 2021

Compassionate Cymru

In Wales, Hospice UK works in partnership with Compassionate Cymru to support the activities and aims of Dying Matters.

Ruth as a baby with her father - old photo

21 October 2021

Your stories - Ruth

At just 39, Ruth already feels like she's had a lifetime's worth of heartache having lost many members of her family. This is her story.

Dying Matters Chair Simon Blake

21 October 2021

Your stories - Simon

In the last six years, Dying Matters Chair Simon Blake has lost two people very close to him. He tells us why we need to change the way we deal with dying.

Simon Callow CBE speech at the Gala Dinner

13 October 2021

Hospice UK Gala Dinner raises £107,000

A host of special guests, including Hospice UK ambassadors Simon Callow CBE and Martine McCutcheon, raised £107,000 at Hospice UK’s Gala Dinner.

Dying Matters podcast

13 October 2021

New Dying Matters podcast discusses racism in palliative care

Palliative care doctor Jamilla Hussain and Hospice UK’s CEO Tracey Bleakley discuss racism in palliative care in a new podcast for Dying Matters.

Dan Hewitt and his mother

Hospice care stories

27 September 2021

Dying with dignity

ITV political correspondent Dan Hewitt lost his mum in 2014. The hospice support she received at the end of her life helped her to die at home, with her family around her.