St Barnabas House

23/07/2025

Make sure to add your loved one's name to our sunflower memories display. All dedications must be recieved by Friday 25 July. 🌻

All the names received will form a wonderful new display on the windows of the main reception at the hospice throughout August. We warmly invite you to visit the display and take time to remember a loved one. Our coffee shop is open between 10am and 2pm, Monday to Friday and you are welcome to visit our Chapel if you would like some time of quiet reflection.

If you would like a loved one’s name included in the display, please call us on 01903 323555 or make your dedication online: https://stbarnabas.memorypage.org/makingmemories

21/07/2025

As part of our Summer Stroll Challenge, we’re inviting all participants to join in a special photography competition. 📸

While you’re out enjoying your strolls, we’d love to see the moments that matter most to you. This could be a stunning view, a joyful group selfie or a snap of your four-legged walking buddy.

All entries will be lovingly reviewed by a panel of our wonderful nurses, who will choose the winning photo. 💙

To enter, sign up to our Summer Stroll challenge and join the Facebook group to post your photo. Then you’ll be in with the chance to win a prize provided by Piglet's Pantry!

So, get your walking shoes on, your camera ready and let the memory-making begin. Sign up now: www.stbh.org.uk/events/summer-stroll/

20/07/2025

Celebrate your loved ones by including their name in our new sunflower memories display. Make your dedication before Friday 25 July to be part of it.

Throughout August, all names received will form a wonderful display on the windows of the main reception at the hospice.

We warmly invite you to visit the display and take time to remember a loved one. Our coffee shop is open between 10am and 2pm, Monday to Friday and you are welcome to visit our Chapel if you would like some time of quiet reflection.

If you would like a loved one’s name included in the display, please call us on 01903 323555 or make your dedication online: https://stbarnabas.memorypage.org/makingmemories

16/07/2025

Could you challenge yourself to walk 50km this August?

Make memories and raise money to support your local hospice.

Our team will be there to support you throughout your challenge. You’ll get:
💙 Fundraising toolkit to help you reach your target
💙 Distance tracker – great for keeping little and big kids entertained
💙 Access to our supportive Facebook group
💙 A chance to win our fun photography competition
💙 A medal when you raise £150

Sign up for our Summer Stroll challenge: www.stbh.org.uk/events/summer-stroll/

13/07/2025

Our hospices help families live life to the full in the time they have. Together, we’re making memories which will not only be celebrated, but bring comfort in the years to come. 🌻

For Helen and Adrian this was unexpected day out together with his camera.

Hospice care isn’t just about end of life; it’s a part of life. Our hospice teams are experts in care, deeply compassionate and dedicated to making sure our patients, families and their friends can share precious time together, making memories that last a lifetime. 💙

Can you help people make memories to last a lifetime? Make a donation today: www.stbh.org.uk/making-memories/

11/07/2025

Take on an unforgettable adventure, and help make sure local people with life-limiting illnesses can enjoy life as fully as possible with their loved ones, for the time they have left together.

Embark on the Great Wall of China Trek and experience breathtaking views, ancient history, and one of the most iconic landmarks in the world - all while supporting St Barnabas House.

Every step you take will help provide specialist care and support for people in your community, when they need it most.

Sign up today: www.stbh.org.uk/events/china-trek-2026/

10/07/2025

Remember your loved ones and celebrate the memories you made together by including their name in a wonderful new sunflower memories display at the hospice. 🌻

All the names received will form a wonderful new display on the windows of the main reception at the hospice throughout August.

Dedications are free, but please consider making a donation to help others make precious memories. 💙

If you would like a loved one’s name included in the display, call us on 01903 323555 or make a dedication online: stbarnabas.memorypage.org/makingmemories/

08/07/2025

Your walk, your way! 🥾

This August, take on our 50km Summer Stroll challenge.

Enjoy the outdoors, make new memories, and fundraise for local hospice care. Whether it’s with friends, family or your four-legged companions, every step you take and every pound you raise will help local people with life-limiting illnesses to make precious memories of their own. 🌻

Sign up today: www.stbh.org.uk/events/summer-stroll/

07/07/2025

Due to an unexpected health condition, Chair of Trustees, Mike Rymer, has stepped down with immediate effect.

We’d like to thank Mike for everything he has done since he joined the Board in 2010 – he has dedicated an incredible number of hours of his time, and his leadership, stewardship and expertise have been invaluable in navigating the hospices through some of their most complex times, such as the pandemic and our recent merger.

As a regular at the hospices, many of our patients and families will recognise Mike and we hope you will join us in thanking him and wishing him and his family well.

Trustee Ruth Taylor will step into the Chair role on an interim basis while recruitment for a permanent replacement takes place over the coming months.

Read the full story on our website: www.southernhospicegroup.org.uk/chair-of-trustees-update/

06/07/2025

"We wanted to make as many memories as we could, and Adrian captured much of this on his much-loved camera." 📷

Adrian was a real cheeky chappie and loved photography. St Barnabas helped him and his wife, Helen, make memories in the ways right for them. 💙

Helen kindly shares their story.

04/07/2025

"We wanted to make as many memories as we could, and Adrian captured much of this on his much-loved camera." Helen, Adrian's wife, tells us.

"Inspired by Adrian, I’ve invested in my own proper camera. Stevan helped me set it up and we’ve spent time in the grounds of St Barnabas House working on focus, distance and lighting — it’s been brilliant."

Adrian was a keen photographer and attended a photography course run by the hospice’s artist-in-residence, Stevan. Stevan would set him homework, which would result in the couple having unexpected days out together with his camera. 📷

Helen was inspired by her husband to take up photography as a way to remember him and the memories they shared together.

Our hospices help families live life to the full in the time they have. Together, we’re making memories which will not only be celebrated, but bring comfort in the years to come. 🌻

Read Helen and Adrian's story on our website.

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03/07/2025

Read our statement on the NHS ten-year plan...

We welcome the news that community health care will be prioritised in the NHS ten-year plan launched today by the Government.

We stand ready to play our part but without a commitment to proper and sustainable funding for hospices our ability to support the NHS and our communities will be significantly impacted.

Read our full response to the plan: www.southernhospicegroup.org.uk/our-statements