Celebrating 35 years of care

Thank you

We want to send you all a very big ‘thank you’ for 35 years of unwavering support as we celebrate:

  • 35 years of fundraising
  • 35 years of volunteering
  • 35 years of support

all making 35 years of specialist care possible.

Since 1989 we have helped almost 30,000 local people with specialist care at home and at our hospice.
Our care includes things you might not expect like coffee mornings and other social groups, emotional and practical support for carers and family members, wellbeing programmes and complementary therapies – even tai chi classes.
And we can help from day one of diagnosis.
Staff at Katharine House Hospice gathering in the gardens holding balloons and signs celebrating the Hospice's 35th anniversary.
Celebratory staff photo in the hospice gardens.

Our story

Katharine House Hospice began as ‘Stafford Hospice at Home’ in 1989, before the Katharine House Hospice Day Care Unit opened in May 1993.

We have gone from strength to strength, welcoming our first in-patient in September 2000.

We now provide support in our hospice and in people’s homes, not just to patients but also to their families and carers.

This has all been made possible thanks to the kindness and generosity of our supporters.

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Katharine House Hospice building under construction.
The original Katharine House Hospice building under construction.

22 years of caring through cooking

Gary's story

Read how our hospice cook, Gary, has been winning the hearts of patients and their families for 22 years.

22 years of caring through cooking

"It's the people that make us special"

Norma's story

Norma was one of the original voices in the campaign for a hospice for Stafford and 35 years on she still helps out today.

“It’s the people that make us special”

It’s all about you: share your story

Please send us your memories and photos, we would love to hear from families whose lives we have touched over the years and from people who have supported our charity in any way.

Send us a few words about your cherished memory and we’ll share them online for you.

Share your story

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