Dorothy House

Providing palliative and end of life care to people in our community, and their families.

09/09/2025

Handled with care, for end of life care 💖

We’re excited to launch our brand-new House Clearance service! Available in Chippenham, Melksham, Corsham and Devizes, we offer a full service, tailored to suit your individual needs.

Whether you’re navigating the difficult task of sorting a loved one’s possessions or simply downsizing your home, our house clearance service aims to make the process as easier and as stress free as possible. The full service includes:

Clearing of all items within a property

White goods and rubbish removal

Garage, sheds and outbuildings clearance

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.

You can enquire about a House Clearance by completing the form on our website, or by calling us on 01225 255224. Once we’ve received your enquiry, a member of our team will get in touch with you to find out more about the service you require. Find out more here: https://loom.ly/M1djIVY

08/09/2025

Do you have questions around drafting or updating a will? Lasting powers of attorney? Trusts and estates?

Join us for our Later Life Planning Clinic on Wednesday 24 September. We’ll be at Barton Farm Country Park, joined by Justine Alford from BLB Solicitors in this free drop-in session, where you can get your questions answered.

07/09/2025

Thank you to The Civic Trowbridge, who recently hosted a Dorothy House Coffee Morning! Their event was a big success and they raised a fantastic £428.73!

If you're inspired to host your own Dorothy House Coffee Morning, head to our website where you can download your free fundraising pack!

06/09/2025

Looking at de-cluttering in time for the new season? We're opening a brand-new shop this autumn and we need your donations! We're looking for clean, good quality furniture, electrical and homewares that will help to generate vital income to support end of life care - book a free collection via our website or by calling 01225 255224.

05/09/2025

"What Dorothy House has done is given me my life back, and I can go out and take part in activities that I wasn't able to consider at the start of this year. It isn't what I believed it to be - it is a place more for life than for death."

As part of our Life Lines campaign, we're collecting stories about Dorothy House, just like Andrew's. Because Dorothy House is more than a place or a collection of services - it's a house of memories. Memories that matter and deserve to live on.

Your words and memories could bring inspiration and comfort to others. Your stories could change other people's lives for the better. So please send us your stories so we can have a look back as we move forward: https://loom.ly/8Udx6C8

04/09/2025

We’re excited to launch this year’s Sustainable September campaign, bringing together communities, creativity and compassion to help fund vital end of life services. Initially launched to de-bunk the age-old myths around charity shopping, Sustainable September returns for 2025, flying the flag for retail sustainability and encouraging our communities to support and show some love for all things secondhand. This year, alongside celebrating the preloved gems that can be found in charity shops, we’re educating our communities about the importance of quality donations and the impact of waste, an issue currently faced by charity shops across the UK.

Our charity shops play a key role in generating vital income for the Hospice, and currently this income outweighs the financial support we receive from the government to fund our services. In 2024, we raised £5.8m in Retail sales, a whole £2m greater than the funding we received from the government that same year. With the rise of secondhand clothing sites such as Vinted, Depop and eBay, being fashion conscious is more important than ever.

There’s lots to look forward to in this year’s Sustainable September campaign, from our next Warehouse sale to the upcoming Strength in Style fashion show, and best of all, some exciting new collabs with local makers and stylists. Be sure to check out our blog for a full breakdown of what’s to come, and to find out how you can get involved in this year’s campaign!

03/09/2025

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming members of The Rotary Club of Westbury Wiltshire UK to our charity shop where they presented shop manager Gracie with a cheque for £1,018. The money was raised by a recent street collection outside the Westbury branch of Morrisons, which raised £518 and was increased by a further £500 donation by the Rotary Club of Westbury.

Pictured: President Elizabeth Webbe, Rtn's David Pike, Martin Holborow and Jonathan Street with Dorothy House Westbury shop manager Gracie White.

A big thank you to the wonderful people of Westbury for helping to raise such a fantastic amount and to the Rotary Club for their ongoing support!

02/09/2025

Could you spare a few hours a week to support our amazing Retail team? We're opening our first superstore in Devizes this autumn and are looking for volunteers - whatever your interests, we'll have a role to suit you! From serving customers with a smile to creating eye-catching window displays, there's something for everyone, and you'll be making a big difference by supporting your local Hospice. Find out more: loom.ly/is6Svx4

01/09/2025

Don't miss your chance to win £10,000, alongside £2,000, £1,000, and 199 other cash prizes! Anyone can enter the Local Hospice Lottery September Super Draw, as long as you are aged 18 or over!

Thanks to the kindness and generosity of our local community, we’re able to continue delivering compassionate, personalised care to people across our 800sq mile patch. By purchasing entries in the Local Hospice Lottery Super Draw, you will not only be playing your part by helping but you'll also be in with a chance to win! Buy your entries today: https://loom.ly/SNp6i0A

Good luck! 🍀

31/08/2025

This year, we are seeking to bring to life our new organisational strategy, ‘It’s personal’. An important step in doing this is gathering information from our communities. We want to ensure that our plans for the coming years really reflect the views and needs of the people we care for, our workforce and community partners. This is especially important as we head into our 50th anniversary in 2026, giving us the opportunity to look back over the history of the Hospice, as well as communicate our vision for future.

In addition to our Life Lines campaign where we are collecting stories about Dorothy House from the past 49 years, we are also running surveys and would love to hear your feedback.

This survey seeks information about how our communities see Dorothy House, views on end of life care, motives for supporting local charities and feedback on our brand. We will use this data to ensure we position ourselves to best serve our communities for the next 50 years.

Have your say here: https://loom.ly/865N6Nc

30/08/2025

We’re always grateful for your generous furniture donations to our charity shops, but did you know that it costs Dorothy House £8,400 a year to recycle donated sofas and armchairs that are in unsellable condition? This could fund our Creative Therapies service for 11 days, offering support for children and families during their bereavement journey.

If you’re donating furniture, ensure that any upholstered items have their fire labels still in place and that they’re clean and undamaged. For more information on our donation guidelines, visit our website.

29/08/2025

Death and money are often topics that people tiptoe around or even ignore all together. However, having these important conversations can make a big difference when it comes to offering peace of mind to ourselves and our loved ones.

We’re back with another Later Life Planning Clinic next week, this time at Barton Farm Country Park in Bradford on Avon. We’ll be joined by Justine Alford from BLB Solicitors, who will be on hand to answer your questions about drafting or updating a will, lasting powers of attorney, or looking at trusts. This is a free drop-in session open to anyone in our community, so there’s no need to book ahead – just come along and join us for a cup of coffee, some cake, and a chat!

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Dorothy House Hospice Care
Bradford-on-Avon
BA152LE

Telephone

+441225722988

Website

http://www.dorothyhouse.org.uk/

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Dorothy House, Winsley

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.