Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2025
Hospice in the Weald

Impact Report 2023/24

Hospice in the Weald provides free palliative and end of life care for adults and children with terminal or life-limiting illness across Kent and East Sussex. Their 2023/24 impact report covers 2,610 people supported — including 1,686 in their own homes, 413 in inpatient wards, and 21 children in the first full year of their new children's service. With only 13% of funding from statutory sources, the hospice relies almost entirely on community generosity.

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2,610 people supported across all services in 2023/24; 1,686 supported in their own homes by the Outreach team Key Metric 1
413 people cared for in ward rooms at Pembury and Five Ashes; 3,438 individual counselling sessions held Key Metric 2
Only 13% of funding from statutory sources — 87% from fundraising, donations, trusts, gifts in wills and shops Key Metric 3
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📋About

Inpatient wards (Pembury and Five Ashes); Outreach community team (1,686 people supported at home); Living Well programme (physiotherapy, complementary therapies, group activities, 574 people); individual counselling (3,438 sessions); spiritual support; children and young people's service (launched 2023, 21 children supported at home); Blue Badge support (229 helped); benefits advice (61 people accessing up to £185/week); charity shops Custom geography from upload: Kent & East Sussex

📊Key Metrics

2,610 people supported across all services in 2023/24; 1,686 supported in their own homes by the Outreach team Key Metric 1
413 people cared for in ward rooms at Pembury and Five Ashes; 3,438 individual counselling sessions held Key Metric 2
Only 13% of funding from statutory sources — 87% from fundraising, donations, trusts, gifts in wills and shops Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 2,610 people supported across all services — a broad and growing reach across Kent and East Sussex for a mid-sized independent hospice
  • Children and young people's service launched in 2023 — 21 children supported in their own homes in first full year, with respite care, home visits and family events including Christmas party and Easter egg hunt
  • 61 people helped to access up to £185 per week in benefits; 229 people helped to obtain a Blue Badge — practical support that makes a material difference to quality of life for those with terminal illness

📍Geography

East of England

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