Collection for St Teresa's on Saturday
By Ray Simpson
On behalf of a much-loved local charity
At Saturday’s home game against Gloucester we will be collecting for our local hospice St Theresa's. Most of us will know someone who has used their services or possibly used them themselves. Here is some information they have provided about the amazing work they do.
Enhancing quality of life and helping people to live with their illness as comfortably as possible
St Teresa’s Hospice is a registered charity (No: 518394), providing palliative and end-of-life care and support in South Durham & North Yorkshire. We care for people with life-limiting illnesses, their families and their carers.
Our aim is to provide the best possible care to those who need it.
The Hospice was founded in 1986, and our core services are free to those who need them.
The focus of our work is entirely on enhancing the quality of life and helping people to live with their illness, as comfortably as possible. Our highly skilled palliative care team enables us to provide a rapid response, round-the-clock service.
Our continuing aim is to provide the best possible care to those who need it, in terms of:
- quality (measurement and evaluation – understanding the competition)
- professionalism (through training and personal development)
- meeting clients’ and their family’s needs
St Teresa’s Hospice aims to provide “CHOICE”
Complete
Holistic Palliative Care
Offered free of charge
In the patient’s
Chosen
Environment
We believe we will achieve this through good management, through partnerships, fund-raising and recruitment and management of quality personnel in all fields.
Our Services
Patients are usually referred to our services by their GP or District Nurse, or Clinical Specialist Nurse (e.g. Macmillan). Patients and their families can also self-refer by contacting us either by phone on 01325 254321 or by email at hello@darlingtonhospice.org.uk.
These include:
- Hospice at Home
- Rapid Response Team
- Inpatient Unit
- Family Support
- Bereavement Care
- Complementary Therapies
- Lymphoedema Clinic
Please be generous and donate to a valued local charity
