11/09/2025
During Remember A Charity week, we're celebrating the impact that a Gift left in your Will can make.
💭 Did you know that a Gift in a Will helped to fund the modern hospice movement?
Dame Cicely Saunders (pictured, courtesy of St Christopher's Hospice) was a hospital social worker when she met David Tasma, a patient living with cancer. His experiences showed her that giving spiritual and psychological support, as well as physical symptom management, could ease patients' pain and distress.
When David died, he left a gift of £500 to Dame Cicely. In 1967, she used this Gift to set up St Christopher's Hospice in London and the modern hospice care movement began.
Since 1967, hospice care has continued to grow and change. One thing that hasn't changed is the difference that Gifts in Wills make to hospices around the country, including St Peter's.
Later this week, we'll be sharing more about the impact that a Gift in your Will can have.
Visit www.stpetershospice.org/DameCicely to learn more about how hospice care began, all thanks to a generous Gift.
