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ABOUT US
Friends of Hospice was established in May 1994 as a non-profit organization to provide support for Bermuda’s only hospice by fundraising, providing therapeutic services, emotional support programmes, and volunteer services. We are Bermuda Registered Charity #391.
It is our firm belief that everyone deserves the right to comfort and dignity in their final days as well as specialized palliative care. It is also our belief that every patient and their loved ones deserve the opportunity to experience the best possible quality of life during this phase of their journey.
In 2021, it was announced that we intended to grow and evolve our business model in a significant way, to include taking on responsibility for the management and operation of a new standalone Care Centre within the community. It is with pleasure that we now provide you with a snapshot of the vision for that initiative.
HOW IT STARTED
Friends of Hospice was established in May 1994 as a non-profit organization by Hilary Soares, RN, MBE, with the sole mandate to support Bermuda’s only hospice Agape House by fundraising, providing therapeutic, emotional support programmes, and volunteer services. We are Bermuda Registered Charity #391.
WHERE WE ARE GOING
As an organization we identified the inequalities and gaps within our community, and as a result we made the bold decision to move forward as an independent provider of essential services. We adopted a care ethos, created a continuum of services, purchased a 4.58 acre piece of land and broken ground since 2021. Within the next 12 months we will be launching At Home Services while we continue with the construction of Woodland Grove.
WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED
What we’ve accomplished...For the past 30 years we have supported Bermuda’s only hospice not only by fundraising to purchase essential equipment, but by providing essential staff such as a full-time chef and various support therapists. We provide complementary services and emotional support and offer a day programme once a week that is open to the community.
THE CAMPAIGN VISION
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To build a self-sustaining, dual-purpose Care Centre that offers exceptional medical, social, emotional, and spiritual support to its residents and their loved ones, meeting two significant needs in our community; the delivery of exceptional palliative and hospice services and eldercare.
The Woodland Grove Care Centre will act as a platform to educate and expose our community to the challenges and solutions associated with the delivery of hospice and eldercare services whilst ensuring equitable and compassionate treatment of all those we serve.
The care team employed will consistently deliver exceptional care and serve as role models for future generations of care providers.
True change begins by taking the first step in a different direction, and the model supporting this initiative will promote the change we need and deserve as a community.
