Stroud Hospitals League of Friends Commits to Supporting Longfield Community Hospice
Stroud Hospitals League of Friends, a charitable organisation committed to supporting projects around the health and welfare of people living in the local community, has agreed to a three-year grant for Longfield Community Hospice.
The hospice, which has revealed that it is facing a financial crisis due to increased challenges to fundraising and the impact of rising employment costs, provides Hospice at Home care, Wellbeing services and Counselling for adults in Gloucestershire.
For more than 40 years, however, the hospice has been the beating heart of the community surrounding its base in Minchinhampton.
Stroud Hospitals League of Friends has a long-standing relationship with Longfield and this year, learning of the hospice’s plight, agreed to a £90,000 grant this year and further £90,000 for each of the next two financial years. The funds will support the provision of Hospice at Home nursing care for residents in the Stroud and Stonehouse areas.
Chair of Stroud Hospitals League of Friends, Margaret Greaves, said: “The League has entered a grant arrangement with the hospice to support the provision of their Hospice at Home care delivered within the Stroud and Stonehouse areas over three tranches, one for each of the next three years.
“We already had a strong awareness of Longfield and actually, in the past had given smaller sums through our community funding. We are aware that Longfield is currently needing as much support as it is possible to receive to sustain everything it does. All 10 of our Trustees know of someone who has benefited from or been supported by Longfield so for us it was one of those very easy decisions to make, it was such a worthy organisation within our footprint that we had consensus to do this.”
Chair of Longfield Community Hospice Trustees, Sally Pearson, said: “We are very grateful to the Stroud Hospitals League of Friends for considering our current position and, following a long and close relationship with us, deciding to agree to this grant. Our Hospice at Home service is a key service that we fully aim to sustain for future generations. This funding will be instrumental in caring for people in our immediate community.”
For more information on Longfield Hospice: www.longfield.org.uk