Providing palliative and end of life care to people in our community, and their families.
07/10/2025
Dorothy House is proud to be supporting Hospice UK's Hospice Care Week from this week, showing all the ways hospices do more than you think.
They deliver care on the wards and in the community, keep people out of hospital who do not need to be there, and care for people in the place they love most: their own home.
And with the right support, they could do even more. That’s why we’re celebrating all the things that hospices do to make people’s lives better, to help raise awareness that these services should be properly funded.
Our thoughts are with Lewis Moody and his family as they come to terms with his ALS/Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis. As founder of the Lewis Moody Foundation, Lewis and Annie have been incredible champions for Brain Tumour support and research. His announcement to channel some of his charitable focus into supporting MND research is admirable.
For anyone seeking more information about our local Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Service; run jointly by Dorothy House and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, please visit dorothyhouse.org.uk. This service offers specialist information, sign-posting, support and guidance from diagnosis onwards so that people living with and around MND do not feel alone and have equal access to services available to other people living with a life-limiting illness.
06/10/2025
Here's a story of how our incredible Dorothy House volunteers go above and beyond to support the Hospice! You may remember, back in May, we introduced you to our lovely volunteer Carol, from our Chippenham Furniture shop.
Back when we introduced you to Carol, she had been busy reaching out to local bookshops and publishers in a bid to secure brand-new books to sell in the shop. She secured 50 titles from one publisher, donating them for us on our Day Patient Unit and in our family room. Since then, she's continued her mission of reaching out to publishers, and her call was recently answered by Bloomsbury Publishing UK, who sent her not one or two boxes, but a whole pallet of books (700 to be precise!), of which she even got to select the titles!
Thanks to Carol, book sales at the Chippenham Furniture shop have soared, and whenever she's working her shift, she makes it her mission to get every customer to leave with a book! The shop has even reported seeing new customers come in to browse the books, and they've left having purchased a piece of furniture!
Carol also wanted the Hospice to benefit from Bloomsbury's generous donation, and as a result she has filled the bookcase in our Day Patient Unit with titles and has supplied the family room with lots of children's books too.
A big thank you to Carol for her hard work in securing the books and to Bloomsbury for their incredibly generous donation!
05/10/2025
Our brand-new Dorothy House Community map is now live! Informed by our care services and Community Engagement team, this exciting new interactive map allows members of our community to search and filter their local area for support groups, clinics, events, urban treescape walks and Dorothy House shops situated across our 800 square mile patch.
The countdown is officially on for the Bath City Abseil! There’s still time to sign up for this exciting new challenge of a thrilling 80ft descent from the top of Bath College's Macauley Building to raise vital funds for Dorothy House.
Even better, if you sign up now, you’ll get a £5.00 gift card that you can spend in any of our Retail shops! Head over to our website to register your place today!
03/10/2025
Our Compassionate Companion service is based at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, designed for hospital patients who are approaching the end of their lives and who otherwise might be alone. Compassionate Companions can also sit with patients while their family and friends take some time away from the bedside.
Helen is one of our volunteer Compassionate Companions, and she recently shared with us her own personal reflections on this very special role, entitled “Sitting by Your Side.”
"I sit by your side, a stranger to me
Feeling this time, so precious
Being in this moment
Compassionately waiting, just us.
Rhythm with each breath witnessed
Heightened senses, listening
Being present, alongside
Vulnerabilities abiding.
Not healing now, what time left?
Your life lived, a life now ebbing
What memories made, imparted?
What footprint left, with ending nearing?
Each hour, each minute passing
An unknown friend, sitting
A gift of time, so not alone
Being present, holding.
Here, honouring your dying
A stranger, now your companion
Being human, being here, being
Alongside until living is done.”
Do you have a personal reflection about Dorothy House? There’s still time to submit your story as part of our Life Lines campaign via our website. Help us look back as we move forwards.
02/10/2025
A big thank you to our Malmesbury group of Fundraising Friends! At the end of August, they headed to the Brinkworth Show, selling cakes, savouries and marmalades, raising a fantastic £525.50!
Our Fundraising Friends Groups are made-up of local community members who champion Dorothy House and raise vital funds for the care we provide. These valued and committed supporters of our cause run their own fundraising events, Coffee Mornings, support our fundraising campaigns, organise collections and so much more. We currently have Fundraising Friends groups in Malmesbury, Box, Corsham, Chippenham and North Wiltshire - if you'd like to find out more, head to our website and search 'Fundraising Friends.'
01/10/2025
At Dorothy House, we make it our business to ensure that everyone who needs end of life care gets the support they need, when it matters most. This is why the support of local businesses in our community is so important.
There are many ways for your organisation to partner with us to make a real difference to Dorothy House. Each one of our corporate partnerships is unique, with opportunities such as payroll giving, employee fundraising, and event sponsorship available. Benefits of corporate partnerships include enhanced brand reputation, employee engagement morale, and marketing and PR opportunities.
To learn more, head to our website and search 'corporate partnerships.'
30/09/2025
Hot coals or Lego? Challenge yourself this December and join us in the centre of Bath for our Fire & Lego Walk!
Conquer the coals in the return of the Firewalk (ages 18+) or battle those bricks in our first-ever Lego Walk (open to all ages) - whichever you choose, you’ll be raising funds helping us ensure we can be continue to be there for the people in our community who need us. Alongside this exciting challenge, we’ll also have a Dorothy House Retail pop-up, where you can browse a fantastic selection of products found in our 29 charity shops.
Registration for the Firewalk is £15, with the suggested fundraising amount of £200, while the Lego Walk is £10.00 with the suggested fundraising amount of £100. Book your place now via our website!
29/09/2025
Sustainable September is coming to an end, so what better way to round it off than with a trip to our next Warehouse sale? Join us on Saturday 4 October at our Retail HQ for another morning of bargain hunting and a whole load of preloved goodies – get your autumn wardrobe off to a sustainable start and join us!
27/09/2025
Remember your loved one and help us to ensure that people in our community continue to receive personalised end of life care, dignity and support. Sponsor a light on our Christmas tree as part of our 2025 Light up a Life Appeal. Donate here: https://okt.to/XuIN9h
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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.
