About Mountbatten Isle Of Wight
Living, dying, remembering. Mountbatten is the Isle of Wight's only hospice care provider, rated as Outstanding by the CQC. We provide expert medical, nursing & domiciliary end of life care, bereavement support to children & families.
Mountbatten Isle Of Wight Description
Our services
Did you know that most of our work takes place in people’s own homes? On any one day, we support around 650 people across the Island community, visiting them in their homes to help relieve physical and psychological symptoms, caring for them through the last years of life and supporting those around them to cope through their bereavement. We also have our own Domiciliary Care service, which helps people stay independent by providing personal care services such as help with dressing, washing and taking medication.
Backing up our community service is our 16-bed ward in our Newport hospice building where people are also provided with outstanding care and support. Additionally, our psychosocial and spiritual care team provides psychological support including pre and post bereavement support; our John Cheverton Centre, where we deliver a wide range of day and outpatient services, also offers a community space for social events, as well as rooms for patients to receive treatment, art and music therapy and a rehabilitation gym. We also have a team
of experts in end of life care based at St Mary’s Hospital which helps and supports patients to choose where they want to die and supports them to return home, or in some circumstances, come to the hospice as an inpatient, depending on their care needs. Our partnership with KissyPuppy, the Sophie Rolf Trust, enables us to provide inpatient and respite support to children coming to the end of their lives as well as support to their families. We also offer an Islandwide bereavement service for children, families and adults, for anyone who has been affected by death, wherever and however the death has occurred.
Our community
We are indebted to our Island community for its continuing support; whether that is through volunteering in our many roles throughout the organisation, supporting our ten shops, helping us at our many fundraising events, or directly running fundraising events on our behalf. We are very fortunate to have the support of over 500 volunteers who contribute to all areas of our work, from our shops to our ward and fundraising activities.
It costs around £7m a year to run our services and only 35% of our funding comes from the NHS. This means that our community raises an incredible amount every year; without your support we would not be able to provide our services for free across our Isle of Wight community.
Open to all!
Our doors are open to anyone to come and listen to live music concerts, see our art gallery, sing in our community choir, enjoy delicious food in our Sunflower Café, or to visit our beautiful gardens, which includes our award winning Chelsea Garden. Children can also enjoy our specially designed play area, and we offer a wide range of information regarding all aspects of end of life and bereavement.
How you can help
You can support our work by:
• Giving your time as a volunteer at the hospice, in our shops or at our fundraising events
• Giving a donation in memory of a loved one
• Donating good quality clothes, furniture and goods to our shops
• Leaving a gift in your Will
• Joining our weekly lottery
• Supporting or hosting your own fundraising event
• Signing up for Gift Aid
If you would like to find out more information, visit www. iwhospice.org
Registered Charity No. 1039086
Reviews
This Friday & Saturday. A group of amazing international dancers coming to the island to support Mountbatten. Contact http://www.medinatheatre.co.uk/ for tickets. Don’t miss out! 🌻🌻🎶
We've reached number 6 in our series of myth busting facts about Mountbatten. If you would like to find out more about the reality of hospice care and the services we've been able to provide in the past year because of your amazing support, read our Annual Review > https://bit.ly/30FtzKU
We're using our Annual Review to help dispel some of the many myths about our work. Over the next few days, we'll bring you a misconception we've heard, followed by the reality. Here is myth buster number five! Click here to read our Annual Review > https://bit.ly/2LZSWmS
We're using our Annual Review to help dispel some of the many myths about our work. Over the next few days, we'll bring you a misconception we've heard, followed by the reality. Here is our fourth myth buster! Click here to read our Annual Review > https://bit.ly/2LZSWmS
We're using our Annual Review to help dispel some of the many myths about our work. Over the next few days, we'll bring you a misconception we've heard, followed by the reality. Here is our third myth buster! Click here to read our Annual Review > https://bit.ly/2LZSWmS
We are so grateful for everything you do to support our work. Over the past year, your support has meant we have been able to extend our care to reach 50% more people across the Isle of Wight. We still have more to do to ensure our Mountbatten experts are there for everyone who needs them, when faced with death, dying and bereavment. Created by the hugely talented Glass House Productions, our film shows the impact your support has had during 2018/19, and how you can continue to make a difference to even more Island people in the future. Thank you.
We're using our Annual Review to help dispel some of the many myths about our work. Over the next few days, we'll bring you a misconception we've heard, followed by the reality. Here is our second one. Click here to read our Annual Review > https://bit.ly/2LZSWmS
We're using our Annual Review to help dispel some of the many myths about our work. Over the next few days, we'll bring you a misconception we've heard, followed by the reality. Here is our first one. Click here to read our Annual Review > https://bit.ly/2LZSWmS
Thanks to you, we've been able to support 50% more people on the Isle of Wight in the last year. Find out more about the impact you've helped us make - and how you can help us in future - in our Annual Review 2018/19. Click the link to read more https://bit.ly/2LZSWmS
We're reminding people that our Mountbatten bereavement support is available for anyone and everyone - including if you have experienced a death through suicide or a sudden and unexpected death. You don't need to already be known to us to receive our support. Our care is free and confidential. You can read more in the link > https://bit.ly/2LpoUJu
Many thanks indeed to Jackie Routledge and HSBC for raising funds with the Mountbatten May Ball. An amazing amount. Thank you to everyone involved 🌻🌻
Fancy a spot of afternoon tea anyone? Pop along to Shalfleet Village Hall this Sunday, where Freshwater Co-op Funeralcare are raising funds for Mountbatten. 🍰☕️🌻
Come & see us at Rhythmtree Festival - a great island family festival. We have sunflowers, parasols for the sun, ponchos for the evenings (courtesy of our Knit n’ Knatter group) and eco glitter for that little bit of festival sparkle. What more could you want? 🌻🎶🎪🎵⛺️🌻🌟#mountbatte n #rhythmtreefestival
Save the date! This year we're partying in October...put it in your diary...book tickets 🌻😀🎸🎵🎶🎉
We're at Rhythmtree for the weekend, from tomorrow. Pop by, buy a sunflower, or a parasol....it's going to be a warm one! Have fun, chill out and raise funds for Mountbatten all at once...a perfect no brainer! Thank you, as ever, to Coast and Country Marquees for our yellow tent of happiness 🌻😀
See someone you know? Tag and share! #mountbatten #isleofwightfestival #iowfestival #isleofwightfestival19 @iwfestival
Thank you to everyone for your patience as we begin to transform our cafe area. It’s being redeveloped to cater for growing demand; our cafe is so important as a place to spend time away from the ward together, and for families and friends to socialise and make memories. It’s also open to the general public. We’re so grateful to the two generous supporters who gave donations specifically for this project. Phase 2 is due to start soon but we are still open throughout the works.