Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

03/09/2025

“I’ve seen during my time in this role that providing respite for people who are caring for a loved one can be a real lifeline."

By volunteering with our Supporting Hands service Joyce offers companionship and practical support to patients who are isolated, and respite to family carers who are looking after a loved one at home.
👉 https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/our-stories/joyces-story/

📢 We urgently need more Supporting Hands volunteers - especially around St Albans and Watford.

Could you spare a few hours each week to support a local person who is isolated due to illness?

👉 Find out more: https://renniegrovepeace.org/get-involved/rennie-grove-peace-volunteering/current-opportunities/supporting-hands-volunteers/

03/09/2025

✨💚 Emma, our Director of Marketing 💚✨

She’s showing off a chic, sustainable outfit she created with pieces discovered at our Victoria Street shop, St Albans: £7 M&S trousers and a £3 New Look shirt. 👖👚

This Sustainable September, it's BUY ONE GET ONE FREE on selected womenswear across all of our shops! Visit us and give preloved fashion a try — look good, feel good, and make a difference. 💛

Find out what's on this month:https://renniegrovepeace.org/shop-with-us/sustainable-september-2025/

02/09/2025

📣 Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge t-shirt collection - TOMORROW!

📅 Wednesday 3 September
📍 Rennie House, Icknield Way Industrial Estate, Icknield Way, Tring HP23 4JX
🕤 9:30am– 4:30pm

Come and collect your t-shirt ahead of this year's Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge. Make sure to stop by Rennie House during the collection window. For those that can't make it, t-shirts can also be collected on the day at registration.👕✨

Let’s get event-ready! 💪

There's still time to sign up for this year's event - you don't want to miss out! Sign up today: https://renniegrovepeace.org/get-involved/fundraising-events/whats-on/chilterns-3-peaks/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Organic&utm_campaign=C3p

02/09/2025

Collect your t-shirts!

All walkers will receive a Chilterns 3 Peaks t-shirt to wear on the day. You can pick up your t-shirt at Rennie House, Icknield Way Industrial Estate, Tring on Wednesday 3 September at any time between 9.30am – 4.30pm!

If you can't come along on the day, you will be able to pick up your t-shirt at registration on the day of the event.

02/09/2025

🌿💚 Say hello to Yvonne, one of our wonderful volunteers at our Holmer Green shop!

She’s showing off her gorgeous outfit — discovered right here in-store. ✨

This Sustainable September, why not pop in and discover your next look? Shopping with us means finding unique fashion at amazing prices, and supporting local hospice care at the same time.

Good for your wardrobe, good for the planet, good for our community. 🌎💛

Check out our website to see how you can get involved!
https://renniegrovepeace.org/shop-with-us/sustainable-september-2025/

01/09/2025

🌿✨ Kicking off Sustainable September with Clarissa, our Shop Manager in Fleetville, St Albans! ✨🌿

She’s looking fabulous in a timeless black Zara dress, purchased right here in our shop. 🖤

When you shop with us, you’re not only finding amazing pieces at amazing prices, but you’re also helping to support local hospice care. 💛

Join us this month in choosing pre-loved fashion that’s kind to the planet and our community. ♻️👗

Visit our website to see how you can get involved!
https://renniegrovepeace.org/shop-with-us/sustainable-september-2025/

31/08/2025

✨ With over 100 different volunteer roles available, there's something for everybody.

This month we are recruiting:

🚗 Drivers - whether you fancy meeting new people and driving patients to appointments or supporting our retail team as a van driver, if you enjoy driving - there's a role for you.

https://renniegrovepeace.org/get-involved/rennie-grove-peace-volunteering/current-opportunities/patient-driver-volunteer/

https://renniegrovepeace.org/get-involved/rennie-grove-peace-volunteering/current-opportunities/retail-and-trading-van-drivers-and-mates-volunteer/

🛍 Retail assistants - Our Watford Pond shop is looking for new volunteers from Monday to Saturday and our Chesham branch needs volunteers seven days per week:

https://renniegrovepeace.org/get-involved/rennie-grove-peace-volunteering/volunteer-enquiry-form/

30/08/2025

Look what's just arrived 👀

Thanks to the generosity of our corporate partner Scamp & Dude, we’ve just added a stunning selection of their items to our eBay and Vinted shops. 👗💚

🛍️ Shop now and help fund local hospice care! 💜
👉 https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/renniegrovehospicecare
👉 https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/56839552

29/08/2025

💜 At Rennie Grove Peace, we support local people from the moment they are diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, through every stage of their journey.

Whether it’s helping people navigate the emotional impact of their diagnosis, empowering them to live well with their illness, ensuring they feel comfortable and safe at the end of their life, or providing bereavement support for loved ones after loss - we’re here, at every step.

Our support is available to people with a progressive life-limiting illness, including Parkinson’s, progressive respiratory and neurological conditions, incurable cancer and heart failure.

If you, or somebody you know could benefit from this support, get in touch today.

🔗 https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/

28/08/2025

"I started the training at not a very good point having just lost my mum a few months prior. When I saw the opportunity to do Strictly Come Hospice it felt like a sign as me and my Mum would sit down every weekend and watch Strictly Come Dancing together for as long as I can remember."

💜 Tia took part in our first Strictly Come Hospice earlier this year. She shares why she signed up to the event:

"As someone who spent a lot of time at the hospice in Watford over the last year, I know first hand how much all the money we raised will help.​

"I cannot express how proud I am of us all knowing that the money we raised will help go towards helping other families maybe in similar circumstances."

Applications for this year's Strictly Come Hospice close on 14 September - don't miss out! Make a real difference while having fun.

👉Sign up today: https://renniegrovepeace.org/get-involved/fundraising-events/whats-on/strictly-come-hospice/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Organic&utm_campaign=Strictly

27/08/2025

✨ Sustainable September returns for its third year! ✨

This year, there's lots of ways you can get involved....

👗 All 32 of our shops are running a special promotion – buy one get one free on selected ladies’ summer wear! Drop into your local shop during September and pick up a bargain.

🛒 Bag a bargain at our warehouse sale on 27 and 28 September in Berkhamsted.

🛍️ Adopt a Rennie Grove Peace Shop – could you get involved?

👚 Donate quality items to our shop.

Read more and join us next month!

How sustainable is your wardrobe? Take part in our Sustainable September challenge and find out and wear a preloved item every day.

26/08/2025

💜 Celebrating 40 years of local hospice at home 💜

Last week, our President, Moira Rennie MBE was delighted to visit the team at Peace Hospice in Watford, marking 40 years since five pioneer nurses created a local version of hospice care for her husband in their home.

In 1985 Moira’s husband, Iain Rennie, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in his mid-30s. Both he and Moira desperately wanted him to be cared for in the familiar surroundings of their home so he could be with his family for as long as possible.

Moira recalls: “It all started with five nurses in our front room who passionately believed in a better way to care for people when they needed it most.”

The five pioneer nurses discussed ways in which they could provide care and support to Iain and his family at home as hospice organisations were unable to do this at that time. They decided to work together with the blessing of Iain’s GP and District Nurse, to provide 24-hour nursing cover. Iain’s employer agreed to provide some funding to pay the nurses a basic wage."

👉 Read more about the visit and the formation of Iain Rennie Hospice at Home: https://renniegrovepeace.org/about-us/news/celebrating-40-years-of-local-hospice-at-home/