St Luke's Hospice Plymouth

31/01/2026

Make St Luke's your birthday wish this year!

Looking for a meaningful way to mark your special day? Why not create a birthday fundraiser in aid of St Luke’s? It’s a beautiful way to give back and support compassionate end-of-life care for local families.

Instead of gifts, ask friends and family to donate to your fundraiser - every pound makes a difference. Whether you raise £10 or £100, your kindness helps ensure no one has to face the end of life alone.

👉 Setting up a birthday fundraiser is easy on Facebook - just click “Raise Money” and choose St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth as your charity.

Let your birthday be a celebration of love, generosity, and community. 💫

30/01/2026

We need your help!

Nominate St Luke’s as your favourite charity and we could receive £1,000.

The Benefact Group is giving away £1,000 to charities that are nominated by you. What's more is your nomination will also enter us into a chance to win one of 10 lots of £5,000 too.

All you have to do is nominate St Luke’s for the £1,000, which will provide a package of care at home care for a patient.

Click here to nominate St Luke's https://movementforgood.com/ and make sure to search for ‘St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth’.

Thank you for your support.

29/01/2026

Join our Urgent Care Team and help bring comfort home.

At St Luke’s, our Urgent Care Service is a lifeline for people in their final stages of life who wish to remain where they feel safest and most loved - at home.

Every day, our incredible team ensures that our patients receive high-quality, co‑ordinated and compassionate care when they need it most. By working closely with families, GPs, district nurses and other care professionals, they help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support comfort, dignity and choice at the end of life.

Right now, we’re looking for dedicated and caring individuals to join this extraordinary team.

✨ Clinical Lead
✨ Senior Healthcare Assistants

These roles are so much more than a job. They are a chance to make an immediate, meaningful difference.

Learn more and apply now: https://www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk/jobs-at-st-lukes/

Join us, and help bring calm, comfort and dignity to those who need it most.

29/01/2026

A rainbow arched over the cafe at The Park today. It’s amazing how nature finds its own way to offer comfort, a quiet reminder of colour, hope and connection even on the heaviest days 🌈

28/01/2026

Flu and winter illnesses are on the rise, so if you are visiting our specialist unit at Turnchapel, please help to protect our patients.

• Feeling under the weather? Please wear a mask.
• Feeling very unwell? Please visit when you’re better.
• Wash your hands and use hand gel when entering the wards.

Masks are available from Reception.

Extra care makes a big difference.

27/01/2026

Home is where the heart is 💜

Did you know that 80% of people say they want to die at home, surrounded by familiarity, comfort and the people they love - yet only 28% are able to achieve this?

At St Luke’s, we’re working every day to change that. Our dedicated nurses and healthcare professionals support patients and families in their own homes, helping them live their final days with dignity, compassion and peace - where they may feel safest.

Behind every statistic is a person. A family. A wish to stay at home, to hear familiar sounds, to feel a hand held, and to be cared for with kindness at one of life’s most difficult moments.

With the support of our community, we can help more people have the end-of-life care they truly want - at home, surrounded by love.

By choosing to Sponsor a Nurse you can help us make that possible. https://www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk/nurse

Thank you.

26/01/2026

Today we are throwing it back to 2016...Men's Day Out style...

🪙 Every walker in the past 10 years has helped to raise more than £1 million for our patient care.

🚶 With around 1,000 walkers taking part back in 2016, this year we are expecting three times that!

Ten years on, life does look a little different - but mates looking out for mates never goes out of style.

Join us to do it all over again on Saturday 14 March 2026 and turn a few hours together with your mates into real support for local families.

This year's event is proudly sponsored by JEM Scaffolding Ltd.

Sign up now and show your support in 2026. 🔗https://www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk/mensdayout/

25/01/2026

Meet Rhoda - our oldest volunteer at 102!

Rhoda Till, retired nurse and great-great-grandmother is still volunteering for St Luke’s at the grand age of 102, alongside her daughter, Rosemary, 74.

Rhoda is living proof that age is no barrier to making a difference in your community and that giving your time for a cause you believe in has multiple benefits.

“I never imagined I’d still be volunteering at 102,” says Rhoda. “But I love every minute - it makes me feel useful.”

Read more of Rhoda and Rosemary’s story here – it’s is a heartening reminder that compassion never grows old.

At 102, retired nurse Rhoda Till is living proof that age is no barrier when it comes to volunteering for St Luke’s.

25/01/2026

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth visit

Today the fundraising team and nurses from briefed us and the fighters about the outstanding service they provide.

The charity provides so much more than end of life care. It is an integral part of our community; delivering palliative care training, respite, bereavement support for families and granting people’s final wishes.

St Luke’s is caring for over 1300 patients a year which wouldn’t be possible without the donations and generosity of the local community… today we are extremely proud to be ‘Janners’

Please support our campaign to raise over £10,000 for St Luke’s this year by donating to link in our bio

24/01/2026

As we mark International Day of Education today, we want to highlight the importance of education when it comes to hospice care and the services we provide.

We believe that without learning there can be no progress, which is why our highly experienced education team provided training to 1664 staff and volunteers last year.

For our clinical teams, for example, it’s vital to be skilled in the care patients need, up to date with developments in best practice, as well as learning communication skills that will help with difficult conversations.

As we go through 2026 and beyond we will continue our mission to improve end-of-life care wherever it takes place in our community, while reducing the stigma that surrounds death, dying and grief.

Learn more about the courses on offer and learning opportunities we provide here: https://www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk/education/

23/01/2026

For just £2 a week, you can help change the lives of people in your local community while getting 2 chances to win in our weekly draw!

Every play in St Luke's Lottery truly makes a difference. Our current players are helping to fund the equivalent cost of St Luke’s teams caring for 400 local families every year - a lifeline made possible by the kindness of people like you.

And while you’re giving the gift of comfort and dignity, you’ll also be entered into a weekly draw with 8 cash prizes, including £1,200, £200, and six £25 prizes - plus a rollover that can grow to £10,000!

Many supporters play as a way to say thank you for the care their loved ones received. Others simply want to ensure that this vital service is there for everyone who needs it, now and in the future. Whatever your reason, your £2 has real power.

🌼 Play today. Support local families. Make a lasting difference.

👉 Sign up and be a part of something truly meaningful.

For just £2 play the St Luke's Hospice Plymouth Lottery and help provide end of life care and support for people in your community.

23/01/2026

A huge thank you to Jon May and Boringdon Park Golf Club

During his time as captain, Jon proudly chose St Luke’s as their Charity of the Year for 2025.

Throughout the year, Jon worked tirelessly - alongside the incredible club members - to organise events and fundraising activities, all with one goal in mind: reaching an amazing £5,000. Thanks to their dedication and community spirit, Jon achieved exactly what he set out to do.

We are so grateful for everything Jon and the members have done for us over the past year.

Their support will make a real difference to the patients and families we care for.

As Jon handed over his Captain’s role, he said: “I’m looking forward to just being able to play golf now.” A well deserved break after such a fantastic year of fundraising!

Thank you again, Jon, and thank you to everyone at Boringdon Park Golf Club for your generosity and hard work. 💛⛳