Dougie Mac

Dougie Mac hospice delivers excellent care for adults, young adults and children in North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding villages.
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Dougie Mac provides hospice services to adults, young adults and children living with a life-limiting illness in North Staffordshire and the surrounding villages; also offering supportive care for their families and carers. We help people living with cancer and non-cancer illnesses including advanced heart failure, motor neurone disease and incurable lung diseases. We endeavour to go that extra mi

le to provide a warm, friendly and peaceful environment both at the hospice and in a families own homes. We are committed to expanding and improving our services, always striving to deliver the very best quality of care to meet the ever-changing needs of the local community. We are proud of to offer a broad spectrum of specialist palliative and end of life care for all ages. With the help of our supporters we aim to help patients to achieve the very best quality of life.

22/07/2025

Huge thank you to Sam's Garden Machinery in Market Drayton for their incredibly generous donation of a lawnmower worth £2,000 to support the upkeep of our gardens! 👏

Thanks to Sam’s kindness, we can continue to maintain the peaceful and beautiful green spaces that bring such comfort to our patients and their families.

Our gardens not only provide a place to reflect and relax, but they also offer a fantastic space for our children and young adults to experience the beauty in nature, play and have fun.

Sam’s generosity will help us ensure our outdoor spaces remain inviting for everyone who visits our sites.

19/07/2025

💬 We’d love to hear from you! 💬

Have you visited one of our Dougie Mac Shops recently? Whether you donated, browsed our shelves or found a brilliant bargain, we’d love to hear about your experience!

👉 Search your local Dougie Mac shop on Google and leave us a review about what you loved or how we can improve. Your feedback helps us grow and continue supporting our community.

Thank you for supporting us – every purchase, donation, and kind word makes a difference! 🌻💛

17/07/2025

Congratulations to our 1st prize Summer Bonanza Raffle winner from Ashbourne who scooped a huge £5,000! 👏🥳

Click the link below to view the full list of raffle winners 👇
www.dougiemac.org.uk/raffle

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and supported our raffle this year - you helped us raise a huge £54,043 so we can continue to provide our specialist and expert care to local families. 🌻

15/07/2025

A big thank you to the Inbetweeners Scooter Club Page who recently held a family fun day at The Furlong Tavern which raised a fantastic £4,496 for our services. 👏

Dougie Mac is a charity close to the hearts of the scooter enthusiasts as some of them have family members who have received care from us.

It was great to welcome members of the Club and their scooters, to our Adult Services last month and accept their kind donation.

Thank you so much to the Inbetweeners Scooter Club, The Furlong Tavern and everyone who has supported their fantastic fundraising - your support means we can continue to be their for local families wherever and whenever they need us. 💛

13/07/2025

Missed out on a place in the 2026 London Marathon? 🏃‍♀️

There's still chance to take on one of the world's most iconic races! We have charity places for runners to join Team Dougie Mac in 2026, and help raise vital funds for our hospice.

There's less than a week left to submit your application, so check out the website today for more details and to apply 👇
https://dougiemac.org.uk/london-marathon/

Share and tag your running friends who’d love to take on the challenge! Applications close Friday 18th July.

11/07/2025

Huge thanks to Dr Richard Kitchen for stopping by Dougie Mac this morning during his epic 184-mile charity bike ride! 🚵‍♀️

So far, he’s raised over £1,800 - with funds being shared between the seven hospices he's visiting today, including ours 🌻

An incredible effort for an amazing cause! 👏

10/07/2025

🌊🏊‍♀️Make a splash for our Big Swim! 🏊‍♂️🌊

It’s not too late to dive into our Big Swim challenge this summer! Whether you’re heading to the pool on your summer holiday, taking the kids for a swim at your local leisure centre or fancy braving an open water swim – every stroke counts towards our 52km goal!

Sign up and start swimming today! You can complete your pledged distance throughout August too!

Find out more and sign up now at 👇
www.dougiemac.org.uk/events/big-swim

08/07/2025

This morning, we joined more than 15,000 other Stokies in 195 locations across the area to celebrate 100 years of Stoke-on-Trent with our own Big Centenary Tea Party! 🎉

A tea-riffic way to mark the occasion! ☕️

Stoke-on-Trent City Council Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce

05/07/2025

Stoke-on-Trent cycling legend Les West has signed up for this year’s Dougie Mac Bike Ride – and is urging you to do the same! 🚴

Cycling veteran Les, 81 – who was a dominant figure of amateur and professional cycling in Britain in the 60s and 70s - is preparing to take on the 100-mile ride from Stoke-on-Trent to Llangollen having completed it many times before.

Les said: “I do it because my father was cared for by Dougie Mac and they were very good to him. I have had friends in the hospice too who were all looked after very well. The team at the hospice do a fantastic job.” 🌻

The Dougie Mac 100 Sportive bike ride is one of two bike rides taking place on the same day. The shorter 50km Gravel Route will see participants soak up the sights of Stoke-on-Trent, as they ride down local canals and bike tracks.

Find out more about both routes and register here 👇
www.dougiemac.org.uk/events/bike-ride

📸 Photograph courtesy of The Stoke Sentinel.

03/07/2025

🌞 Retail Volunteer Summer Scheme is back for 2025! 🌞

If you're aged 17–21, our Retail Volunteer Summer Scheme is here to help you make a real difference in your community! 💛

This is your chance to:
✔️ Gain valuable work experience & build new skills
✔️ Add something impressive to your CV or UCAS application
✔️ Meet new people in your community

Spend a few hours a week in one of our friendly charity shops over the summer holidays and help us make a positive impact.
📅 Available throughout July & August in all Dougie Mac Shops
📍 Flexible locations and hours to work for you.
📢 No experience needed – just enthusiasm!

Please share with anyone you think might be interested or visit our website to find out more 👇
www.dougiemac.org.uk/volunteering

01/07/2025

Last chance to enter our Summer Bonanza Raffle to win a HUGE £5,000! 🎉

Buy your tickets today for a chance to win and help support your local hospice. 💛

https://dougiemac.org.uk/product/raffle-ticket/

18+ only. UK entries only. Please gamble responsibly.

27/06/2025

A huge thank you to the amazing team and community at The Boughey Arms in Audley for their incredible support raising more than £3,300 for Dougie Mac. 🙌

They recently hosted a fantastic fundraiser, ‘A Night for Yuju’, in support of one of their much-loved regulars who is currently undergoing cancer treatment.

From all of us at Dougie Mac – thank you for your wonderful support in helping us continue to care for local people and families. 💛 🌻

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Stoke-on-Trent

Telephone

+441782344300

Website

http://www.dougiemac.org.uk/

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Dougie Mac is the only adult hospice delivering excellent care for people approaching the end of their lives in North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding villages.

The hospice was established in 1973 and has grown over the years not only in size but also in the range and amount of care services available for local people. Our consultant led multi-disciplinary clinical team provide specialist palliative/end of life care for people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses; as well as offering help and support for their families and carers. We do not charge for the care and help we provide, we rely on 75% of our income coming from voluntary donations each year with the rest provided by some statutory funding.

We have no association with any other organisation, even those national charities who share a similar name. Our ability to meet the needs of the community we serve is very dependent on the support of local people, groups, businesses and organisations. Our team of nurses, doctors, healthcare assistants, volunteers, chaplains, social workers, therapists, and support staff care for all the needs of our patients facing a terminal illness: physical, emotional, social and spiritual. Together we aim to help patients both at home and in the hospice to achieve the very best quality of life, whatever their life expectancy, days, weeks or months.