Providing palliative and end of life care to people in our community, and their families.
20/12/2025
After suffering debilitating pain attacks, Matthew was admitted to our Inpatient Unit at Winsley. There, our specialist team helped to balance his medication, allowing him to better control his pain and feel more comfortable.
It costs £6,835 to run our Inpatient Unit for one day, providing specialist care to people whose palliative symptoms and end of life care cannot be successfully managed at home. Every penny raised in our Life Lines Appeal will help us to ensure we can continue providing personalised, compassionate care to people like Matthew.
Help us remain that vital lifeline to our community – donate today: https://okt.to/gPZU6h
19/12/2025
Are you a regular at the Coffee Connection? Some of our sessions will be taking a short break over Christmas, so please be aware of the following dates and times! Our online session that runs via Zoom will continue to run as normal at the usual time of 10am on Monday 22 and Monday 29 December - you can find the joining link on our website.
Chippenham
Next session Tuesday 6 January
Frome
Tuesday 23 December - Sessions running as normal
Next session Tuesday 6 January
Keynsham
Next session Thursday 8 January
Trowbridge
Next session Friday 30 January
Winsley
Monday 22 December - Session running as normal
Next session Monday 5 January
For more information on our Coffee Connection groups, please visit our website.
18/12/2025
Save queuing at the tip and avoid those pesky pine needles in your car – our annual Christmas tree collection in partnership with JustHelping is back! From 9-11 January, we’ll be collecting trees across your community. Register your tree today and you’ll be helping us to raise vital funds for local hospice care, while at the same time making a sustainable start to the new year!
A big thank you to the Trowbridge branch of Dunelm for supporting us with their Delivering Joy campaign! Customers are invited to pick a gift tag, buy a gift, and donate it to someone in the local community who might otherwise go without.
Amber from their team recently paid a visit to the Hospice to deliver a huge selection of wonderful gifts to be handed out to patients and families across our Inpatient Unit, Day Patient Unit, Family Support Team and Creative Arts.
16/12/2025
A huge thank you from all of us to Saltford Golf Club, who raised an incredible £4,360 for Dorothy House! Their fundraising took place during Steve Tynan's captaincy of the club, as a way of giving back to the Hospice after we cared for his wife in their home.
Steve said: "This was very personal for me as I will never be able to thank the Hospice enough for caring for my wife in our home and supporting me with the overnight carer and counselling services. This was a real opportunity to give something back."
The fundraising efforts of the club could fund for 20 nights of overnight care by a Hospice at Home Carer, enabling a patient to stay in the comfort of their own home at the end of their life - truly amazing! ❤️
15/12/2025
Our Silver Bond places may have sold out, but if you’ve secured an independent place in the 2026 Bath Half Marathon you can still get involved and run for Team Dorothy House! We’re the lead local charity in the 2026 race, and it’s our 50th birthday, so what better time to join us?
If you’d like to run for us with your independent place, complete the form on our website and we’ll be in touch!
14/12/2025
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Bathavon who raised funds for the Hospice back in October with their lunchtime concert at Bath Abbey!
Over 180 people attended the concert, and it raised a fantastic £1,600 which will be split between Dorothy House and Bath Abbey.
13/12/2025
Did you know we now offer a House Clearance service?
Available in Chippenham, Melksham, Corsham and Devizes, our House Clearance service aims to make things as easy and stress free as possible, whether it’s navigating the difficult task of sorting a loved one’s possessions or simply downsizing.
We know that every situation is unique, which is why each service is tailored to each customer and their property.
Items from house clearances will be sorted and sold through our high-street furniture and clothing shops, as well as our eBay store front, helping to generate vital income for the Hospice. Any items that cannot be sold will be responsibly recycled and disposed of.
Supporting families with care and respect is at the heart of our house clearance service. As a charity that is led by compassionate care, we understand the emotional and practical challenges that come with clearing a home, especially after the loss of a loved one. Our dedicated and experienced house clearance team are all employed by Dorothy House Hospice Care and will approach every clearance sensitively and professionally, understanding that every item holds a memory, and every home tells a story.
Head to our website to learn more – search ‘Dorothy House clearances.’
12/12/2025
“It’s not just giving somebody a bed and making them comfortable. It’s allowing them to live, and that takes more than one pair of hands. It makes such a difference.”
At any one time, almost 1,000 people are receiving direct care from Dorothy House. But there are still people in our community who don’t have access to the end of life care they deserve. We want to ensure we can remain a lifeline to everyone who needs us, but we can’t do it without your help. By supporting our Life Lines Appeal, you’ll be helping to fund compassionate, personalised care for people like Matthew.
We had a special visitor at the Hospice last week - Charlie the Donkey!
Dressed in his best festive attire, Charlie spent Friday morning bringing some smiles to our staff and Day Patients before he made a trip down to the Inpatient Unit to visit patients in their rooms. The whole time, he had lots of love from our nurses too! Thank you to the wonderful Kelly's Donkeys for bringing Charlie to visit us - it's one of our favourite things about Christmas at the Hospice!❤️
10/12/2025
Breaking news! 🤩
Together, we have now reached our £350,000 Lifelines Appeal target! A little outside of our 36-hour window, but we are over the moon that we got there.
Every single donation you helped secure will provide vital, compassionate care for people in our community when they need it most. Your incredible effort made this possible. Thank you for sending messages, sharing links, and championing hospice care. You have truly made a difference ❤️
Thank you for your kindness, energy, and commitment. We couldn’t have done this without you!
10/12/2025
Join us on Sunday 15 February at Dorothy House for our Firewalk and Lego Walk! Taking place in the beautiful grounds of the Hospice, the Firewalk is open to those over 18, while the Lego Walk is suitable for all ages (perfect for younger participants!).
We know the walk isn’t always easy – both in life and as part of this thrilling challenge, but we’ll be with you every step of the way.
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Dorothy House Hospice Care was set up in 1976, based at the Bath home of its founder Prue Dufour, A woman of vision, determination and deep faith, she saw a need for care of terminally ill patients in their community, rather than in hospital.
Over the years Dorothy House has grown to reflect the changing needs of palliative care, and we now provide our services to a population of 550,000 over 700sq miles. From the hospice’s beginning to the current day our purpose has remained the same, to provide compassionate care to our community to enable those with a life-limiting illness to live well and die well.
Our Care and Services
Whether you are with us as a patient, carer or family member, please be assured that we will give you all the care and support we can. This could be through a range of different services, complementary therapies, Group Workshops and Creative Arts Sessions Click here to find our more.
Patients can be seen at Winsley or at our Outreach Centres, and in some cases are visited at home. Support can also be provided to patients during a stay at the Inpatient Unit or whilst attending the Day Patient Unit.
The services we provide ensure that our patients and their families are supported in a way that meets the needs of everyone involved. This could be through our Hospice at Home Team, Family Support Team, Nursing Clinics, Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy and many of our other teams and sessions.
Our Shops
Dorothy House also has 27 retail stores across Wiltshire, Bath and parts of North East Somerset, providing quality pre-loved items of clothing, books, music and furniture to the local community.
Our stores rely upon the genorosity of our communities for donations. We receive and process 1000’s of bags every week, with our staff and volunteers ensuring that we don't miss those hidden gems that may be hiding at the bottom of a bag or box.
We have also recently launched our free online furniture collection service. Making it now even easier to donate your furniture and electrical items to Dorothy House.
