Peace Hospice Care

Cassiobury Fireworks returns next month! Last year the event raised us jus under £5,000 and we will again be bucket collecting on the night alongside the Watford Lions. So, if you would like to volunteer, please contact: fundraising@peacehospicecare.org.uk. If you are attending the fireworks look out for us. Please visit the event section on our website for more details

To kick off Hospice Care Week tomorrow morning we are taking over Cassiobury parkrun - a local, free, weekly 5km timed run. We will be there in force with buckets, biscuits, balloons and more! For more information about the park run itself, and to take part, check out: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/cassiobury/ Come along and show your support. And, thank you Cassiobury parkrun for all your support.

Come join us for a conversation with artist Lucy Joyce on Friday 5th October. She will be here in our Starlight Lounge, from 2-4pm, giving an introduction to her work and practice and during this time she also invites you to help make this art work happen. Come and find out more on 5th October. Everyone is welcome to attend, just RSVP via creativearts@peacehospicecare.org.uk or by calling us on 01923 330 336.
Image: 'Look Up 2017'' - copyright of Lucy Joyce

Calling all knitters! Due to the high success of our ‘Chick Appeal’ earlier on in the year, we are launching ‘Knit-ivity’ If you would like to get involved or require more information please visit www.peacehospicecare.org.uk/knit-ivity

Hospice Care Week is next week – how can you get involved? How about hosting a ‘Peace of Cake’ event at school or work, or getting everyone to ‘Wear Purple for the Peace’? For more information including other ideas check out www.peacehospicecare.org.uk/easypeasyfund raising and don’t forget to tell us what you are doing. We have plenty of materials to help you get started.

Congratulations to those who conquered Snowdonia and Mount Siabod over the weekend all in aid of the Hospice. Thank you for your support and we hope that the aches and pains of the challenge have subsided a little!

Last chance to get involved with our Hospice Care Week Kick Off this Saturday, if you think you could spare a couple of hours to help us bucket collect for a great cause, please contact: fundraising@peacehospicecare.org.uk< br>

Our annual London Bridges Walk is back and taking place on 24th March 2019. Cover 10 miles, cross 12 iconic bridges, and enjoy the fun of our mapped out history trail and quiz. Registration costs £10 for children and £18 for adults. Register today at www.peacehospicecare.org.uk/londonbridges

Our Hospice Care Week Kick Off Is only ONE week away, and we are hoping to make it our biggest ever collection donations. We are still looking for as many people as possible to get involved and become a part of it. Please email: lbreese@peacehospicecare.org.uk if you are available to volunteer as a bucket collector.

Saturday at 3pm Northwood FC are facing Ware at home. There will be a bucket collection in memory of Pauline Angold who recently passed away. Please do come along to show your support, the clubhouse will be open from 12:00pm. See www.northwoodfc.com for more information. If you mention Peace Hospice Care, you can get in for half price.

Find out more about how you can win £2,500 here: https://www.peacehospicecare.org.uk/viewe vent.asp…

There are less than two weeks to go until the start of Hospice Care Week. We are asking all of you to show your support for Peace Hospice Care and get involved in whatever way you can, whether you volunteer, wear purple (dress down day at school or work), or hold a cake sale. Please feel free to get in touch with fundraising@peacehospicecare.org.uk for any materials or ideas you may need to help you.

We want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the corporate companies and supporters that helped made Push it for the Peace a success this year. Thank you to our amazing headline sponsors Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, Events Village sponsors VWV, water station sponsors Aitchison Raffety and wristband sponsors HW Fisher.
We’d also like to thanks Sainsbury's Watford for donating the water for the water stations, Bahlsen Biscuits for providing tasty biscuits for everyone to enjoy, P...BDonoghue for providing the skips for the skip it obstacles, Steve Allen for warming everybody up by playing great tunes and compering the event and Aero Medical Ambulance Service for providing medical care throughout the event.
And lastly, but certainly not least, the wonderful volunteers who turn up in all types of weather and conditions to ensure the event is safe and enjoyable for all our supporters.
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We want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the corporate companies and supporters that helped made Push it for the Peace a success this year. Thank you to our amazing headline sponsors Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, Events Village sponsors VWV water station sponsors Aitchison Raffety and wristband sponsors @hwfisheruk. We’d also like to thanks Sainsbury's Watford for donating the water for the water stations, Bahlsen Biscuits for providing tasty biscuits for everyone to enjoy, ...@PBDonoghue for providing the skips for the skip it obstacles, Steve Allen for warming everybody up by playing great tunes and compering the event and @AeroMedical for providing medical care throughout the event. And lastly, but certainly not least, the wonderful volunteers who turn up in all types of weather and conditions to ensure the event is safe and enjoyable for all our supporters.
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It's game day! Watford Ladies FC are facing Gillingham at 2:00pm today at Kings Langley FC, if you are looking for something to do and might be interested then please check out the details: https://www.watfordfc.com/…/l…/watfor d-fc-ladies-information Look out for our collection tins as well!

#pushitforthepeace. You amazing people. Bit of a soggy end but lots of fun. Thank you for your support.
Kindly sponsored by Warner Bros. Studio Tour London

Registration well on its way, warm up happening, our first wave has set off. Thank you to our headline sponsors Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. Good luck to everyone taking part in #pushitforthepeace

Today is the day, Feel the adrenaline rush as you PUSH IT for the PEACE. Bring along friends and family to cheer you on. Sign up from 9am to 10am at Cassiobury Park, Watford
Kindly sponsored by Warner Bros. Studio Tour London

You done such a amazing job looking after my grandad and supporting the family thru the hardest time of our lifes. For that we will be forever thankful

Where do you start. The staff at the peace hospice are impeccable. My dad went to the classes fortnightly and loved it. It was great for him to get out and about and to spend time with people who understood what he was going through. My dad was desperate to go to the hospice in his last days and they managed to get him a room. He spent his last 2 days in the hospice and the care the staff provided was amazing. I think they may have been a bit shocked by the amount of us there (never less than 6 people!) and constant visitors. They accommodated us in our hours of need. Thank you so much for all you did for my dad and our family. We will forever be grateful. The family of Malcolm Atkins 17.09.2017 xx

What wonderful Nurses. You do an amazing job, take good care of the patient, and their family. Thank you so very much!!

Truly amazing people doing an amazing job, at the worst time in life you need dedicated people to make it a little easier.

Today I visited the Peace Hospice to spend some time with the memory tree to commemorate my mum, Helen Cunnane, who was admitted to your care last Christmas. I headed into the in-patient unit on the off chance that I may see one of your many special angels who gave me and my mum such comfort during a emotionally tough time. And lo and behold, there Martina was walking towards me. I didn't think for a moment that she would remember me but she did and scooped me into her arms for a hug. Just as she did when my mum passed away on 6th January of this year when she stayed after her shift to sit with me and mum. I can't tell you how much you all mean to me, helping us through one of the toughest times in our lives when we have to let someone we love go. Holding us up with care and love and giving us the strength and time to put ourselves back together again piece by piece. When I first walked through your doors on Christmas Day, the serenity, peace and understanding I felt was overwhelming and I just knew that me and my mum were in the arms of angels and that we were not alone on our painful journey. I so dearly wish that everyone could be given such comfort when their time comes but sadly I know this isn't possible. Please remember that long after a family has said their final goodbyes to loved ones and left the building, you will always remain in their hearts. I wish you all a peaceful Christmas and thank you from the bottom of my heart again.

They looked after my sister the care she was given was amazing nothing was to much to ask

They are awesomely brilliant.

The ‘Care’ in your logo should be the boldest word.



‘Care’ is a word that is thrown around too easily today.

Sadly, it is so often care that is lacking in the healthcare industry and in the healthcare professionals whom we must trust.

Which is why it’s so heartening to discover Peace Hospice Care.

The compassion, respect and dignity with which you treat your patients, and their loved ones, is simply breath-taking.

At the times in our lives that are the most difficult, your genuine warmth and humanity make them so much easier to bear.

When my mother spent her last few days in your care last month, we could not have wished for a better environment under such sad circumstances.

Your family room was an amazing feature that allowed my wife and two little girls to stay close until the end.

For all of the above, we are forever grateful.

Thank you to all the nurses, carers, counsellors, volunteers, doctors, donors, chefs and maintenance people, everyone who makes this remarkable place possible.

Thankyou for being amazing people. I will be writing you a card and letter for you all very soon and be coming back to show how thankful I am that people like you all exist.



I am truly grateful for all you have done for our family. �

Thank you so much to the Hospice at Home team, you are amazing. The care and support you gave my mum and her family during this difficult time will never be forgotten �. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the care you gave my Grandad in his last days. He passed peacefully. Both my parents raved about the nurses and care provided, not just to my grandad but to my family who were going through the worst time. Thank you.

Thank you so much for looking after my dad Bob Chapman. The care and treatment he is still getting is fantastic. So good in fact he does not want to leave you.. Thanks for being there. I am ashamed to admit I was oblivious your facilities existed until we needed you. The people that work there are amazing either paid or giving their time for free your never without a smile.

Thank you for helping my grandad at home. The nurses were great and he was at peace.

My grandad is currently an inpatient and the care he is receiving is absolutely exemplary. The nurses and doctors are truly amazing. Thank u so much for everything u do. Xx

I will never be able to sumarise easily how amazing the care, support, understanding, humour, time, friendliness and dedication the hospice staff offers everyday in their work. The work the hospice does supported my family and it has been of great comfort. Thank you. X

I don’t know where to start . This place is the most beautiful I have ever had the pleasure to visit. My courageous aunt Joanie spent her final days here . The care and love that was given to her was second to none , and we as a family were cared for also .

The staff are fantastic, kind , loving , gentle, caring I could keep going but no end to the words to describe the peace hospice . Most dignified place iv ever had the pleasure to witness and I thank you all for being their xx

Exceptional care for the patient and the family - cannot praise them enough