This Christmas, every moment counts.

If you were to walk through the doors of Springhill Hospice on Christmas Day, you might be surprised by what you’d find. The smell of roast turkey, glasses of prosecco, laughter. Patients and their loved ones gather around beautifully laid tables, sharing stories and memories, just as they always have.

We make these moments possible because for some, this Christmas will be their last together.

Your gift could help us serve that Christmas dinner. It could decorate our halls and help the people walking through them feel at home. It could help a family share one more Christmas together.

Every moment counts. Every donation makes a difference.

Ian's Story

As a chef, I look after everyone who comes through the doors. Patients, their loved ones, even the pets they bring along. And the staff too, who work so hard every day. It takes a village to keep our Hospice running and the kitchen is at the heart of it all.

Throughout the year and especially at Christmas we do everything we can to make it feel just like home. A proper traditional three-course Christmas dinner. A brass band playing carols. I see people holding hands, cracking daft jokes, sometimes wiping away a tear. It feels just like Christmas should; good food, good music, and the people you love around you.

I remember one year, one of our patients sat at a table in the Hospice and enjoyed Christmas Dinner with his wife. You could tell it was something they had done for years and years and that year they still enjoyed their Christmas Dinner together on Christmas Day. That turned our to be his last Christmas Dinner. Those special moments are memories I’ll never forget. When people hear the word hospice, they often think it’s sad and only about the end of life. But that’s not what I see. I see real, living people. People who still laugh, still share meals, still love, and still need to be cared for.

That’s why we do it this way, because for many of our patients, it’s their last Christmas, and it matters that they can still enjoy it with the same traditions, the same comforts, and the same sense of togetherness they’ve always known.

But none of this happens on its own. The meals, the music, the warmth and the joy; it all takes a lot. This year, more families than ever need Springhill to bring that bit of Christmas magic.

So please… if you can… buy a nice gift for a loved one from our catalogue or donate to our Christmas Appeal. Help provide a special, home-cooked traditional Christmas dinner, keep the music playing, and make sure every patient here at Springhill has the Christmas they deserve.

With huge thanks and a Happy Christmas.