Arthur Rank Hospice supports people in Cambridgeshire who are living with a life-limiting illness and those who need end-of-life care. Our services are provided free of charge to patients and their families, to help make every moment count.
We care for people at the Hospice in Cambridge, the day treatment centre in Wisbech and in patient’s own homes through the Arthur Rank Community team. The support provided by our inpatient unit, day therapy services and Hospice at Home is practical, holistic and tailored to the individual. Programmes may include psychological support, physiotherapy, complementary therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitative support, counselling, bereavement and spiritual support.
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity needs to secure £7.45 million every year to deliver our services free of charge to patients and their loved ones. About half of this currently comes from statutory sources with further funds raised through our Bistro, education services, conference facility and hairdressing salon. The remainder is raised thanks to the wider local community who are motivated to ensure that work of the hospice continues: amongst other things they donate to our shops, take part in our events, take on personal challenges, hold their own fundraisers or leave gift in their Will. We are constantly looking for new opportunities to sustain funds, so we can keep providing and developing our vital services long into the future.
For further information, please visit arhc.org.uk
Ridgeons donates 500 stress balls to help with specialist care at Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
The East of England’s largest independent timber and builder’s merchants, Ridgeons, has recently donated 500 stress balls to the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. Worth £500, the donation comes after the Hospice applied to the business through the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation for stress balls to help patients in the Lymphoedema Clinic – an outpatient service based in the Hospice’s new Bradbury Wellness Centre. The clinic aims to improve patients’ lymphatic circulation and drainage using a range of specialist treatments and techniques including tight hosiery and exercise. Patients are also taught how to manage their condition at home through self-massage, which encourages …