Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2025
The Kirkwood

Impact Report 2024/25: Support Life

The Kirkwood provides specialist palliative and end of life care across Kirklees in West Yorkshire, doubling its reach over the past decade to support 2,037 patients in 2024/25. Their impact report covers a decade of growth alongside an honest account of a financial tipping point reached in 2024/25 — driven by rising costs and chronic NHS underfunding — requiring a significant service restructure. Despite this, community fundraising grew 75% and The Kirkwood remains committed to being a go-to palliative care charity for Kirklees.

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2,037 patients cared for in 2024/25 — up 87% on 2014/15 (1,090); 1,064 people cared for at end of life (up 113% over a decade) Key Metric 1
1,538 patients supported in the community in 2024/25 (up 137% over a decade); community fundraised income up 75% between 2020/21 and 2024/25 Key Metric 2
Service restructure announced January 2025 — anticipated reduction from 2,100 to around 1,300 people per year as charity refocuses on most complex needs to ensure long-term survival Key Metric 3
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📋About

Inpatient unit (Dalton, Huddersfield); community palliative care across Kirklees; Hospice at Home; Care Coordination team; Admiral Nursing Service (dementia, 630 people supported since launch); Care Home Clinical Nurse Specialists (817 people supported); Connect with The Kirkwood (access hub); place-based working (diverse community engagement); bereavement support; volunteer programme; charity shops and lottery Custom geography from upload: Kirklees, West Yorkshire

📊Key Metrics

2,037 patients cared for in 2024/25 — up 87% on 2014/15 (1,090); 1,064 people cared for at end of life (up 113% over a decade) Key Metric 1
1,538 patients supported in the community in 2024/25 (up 137% over a decade); community fundraised income up 75% between 2020/21 and 2024/25 Key Metric 2
Service restructure announced January 2025 — anticipated reduction from 2,100 to around 1,300 people per year as charity refocuses on most complex needs to ensure long-term survival Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Doubled number of people cared for at end of life over a decade (499 in 2014/15 to 1,064 in 2024/25); 4,125 people supported by Care Coordination team since service launched
  • Following January 2025 restructure announcement, community responded with outpouring of support — increased regular donations, MP letters, lottery sign-ups and fundraising — demonstrating deep community ownership of the hospice
  • Long-term trend remains growth despite restructure: even with reduction to ~1,300 per year, The Kirkwood will still be supporting more people than five years ago; active lobbying underway for fairer NHS statutory funding balance

📍Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

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