St Luke'S Hospice Plymouth

Our hospice is much more than just a building – we are a ‘hospice without walls’, giving people choice and reaching out to them in their preferred place of care.
The number of patients who want to receive our care in the comfort of their own home continues to grow year on year, while our teams are also there for those with the most complex needs on the wards at Derriford and at our specialist unit at Turnchapel.
Your support helps us be there for them.

Cheers and thank you to Le Vignoble Plymouth and Smarta Reductions for their wonderful support for St Luke’s.
They came together to run a World Cup sweepstake, selling tickets to local businesses, and raised £640 towards the compassionate care our nurses provide across the community.
Top prize of £100-worth of wine from Le Vignoble was kindly sponsored by Smarta Reductions - Ben Hinchcliffe of Base Concepts being the lucky winner.
... Our photo shows Yannick Louie of Le Vignoble and Alice of Smart Reductions. Our thanks also go to Alice’s colleague, Joedy Lawrence.
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Sadly, we’re seeing an increase in the number of young families who need our care and support.
That’s why we have a dedicated Support Worker, who comes alongside them at such a difficult time.
We know that communicating openly and sensitively with young children facing the loss of a parent is so important. It helps them at a time when they can be feeling fearful, and also helps them come to terms with their loss in the long term.
... Our Patches programme is kindly sponsored by the Morrison's Foundation.
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If you took part in our Neon Midnight Walk last month, you could be in for a real treat!
All of you who get your sponsorship money to us by this Friday are in a prize draw to win a spa day for two and bottle of bubbly at Salcombe Harbour Hotel & Spa
Simply pay in the money in online at http://ow.ly/k44730lpESl... or at our Distribution Centre in Plympton (PL7 4JN).
Alternatively, you can pay it in at one of our many shops - http://ow.ly/L8Vs30lpELr
Thanks and good luck!
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Who could forget Ken and Barbie?
Have you got any vintage toys like these gathering dust at home? Or perhaps some collectable Corgi cars at the back of the cupboard?
Rare items help us fetch the most on our eBay store. This helps towards the £4 million-plus we need to raise each year to continue our specialist care.
... Why not have a hunt and see what treasure you can find for us?
Thank you for your support.
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Have you thought about joining the St Luke’s team?
It’s our people who make us the outstanding organisation we are.
To us, you’re more than a job title and role description – your health and wellbeing matter to us, and we’re committed to your learning and development.
... We also offer attractive benefits and rewards.
Find out about us and our current vacancies - http://ow.ly/kpKN30lnELg
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Professionalism, respect, compassion and integrity – our values are at the heart of all we do to care for our patients and support their families.
It’s the continued support from you, our caring community, that enables us to continue looking after people at the end of life.
Thank you for backing St Luke’s.

“You can’t jolly someone out of their pain with a barrage of rainbows.”
What’s the best way to help a grieving friend? Give them advice? Remind them that life is for living?
Er, no!
... In this endearing animation from Refuge in Grief, you can find out the one thing that can really help and be that supportive friend you so want to be.
See it here - http://ow.ly/INGo30lnEil
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Not only do we use our expertise in end of life care to look after our patients, we share our knowledge to help more people benefit.
Excellent education and training that makes a difference.
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Did you know that our team includes experts who can help people manage their swollen limbs?
At our specialist unit at Turnchapel, we give an individually tailored service to patients suffering from lymphoedema, a condition which can impact hugely on a person’s physical and psychological well-being.
http://ow.ly/2v5E30ll5jS

Bright and airy, with a warm welcome for everyone who visits.
Our specialist unit at Turnchapel is far from gloomy.
Everyone tells us how friendly and uplifting it is.

Elmer’s coming to town next summer and excitement is growing!
This adorable elephant and his herd will help us bust myths around death, dying and bereavement.
With an enchanting trail of elephant sculptures – each unique and painted by an established or up-and-coming artist – and an education programme for schools, there’s plenty to look forward to!
... http://ow.ly/pDhs30ll2eI
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Our vision is a community where no person has to die alone, in pain or distress.
St Luke's nurses are a special bunch, using their skills and caring with compassion to help us achieve this.
Last year, they looked after over 3,500 people at home, in hospital and at our specialist unit.
... When you or the company you work for choose to sponsor a St Luke’s nurse, you’re making a big difference to people in your community who desperately need our care.
Find out more - http://ow.ly/51P130lld5E
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Our crisis team is there for patients at home, caring compassionately and stabilising symptoms.
As well as ensuring those they look after and their families are well supported, this helps reduce unnecessary admissions to hospital.
There when it matters, helping to make things that little bit easier.
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Finishing our Open Gardens season in style!
Come and discover the Bere Alston Secret Village Gardens this Sunday, 11am - 4pm.
Enjoy the pretty gardens, plus a plant sale and art exhibition.
... Open Gardens is sponsored by Portcullis Legals Ltd
http://ow.ly/rRBc30lhVrP
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Fundraising while shopping just clicks!
Whether you still need to book that holiday or are starting to think about supplies for the children going back to school, at no cost to you there's a great way to support our compassionate care.
We're registered with easyfundraising, a great site with over 3,300 big name retailers (including those selling school uniforms and stationery). Each time you shop, we receive a small donation to say 'thank you' at no charge to you.
... It's completely free, and so far over £20 million has been raised for charities around the country.
Please help us raise as much as possible by signing up at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stlukes hospiceplymouth/
Thank you.
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Get your family fit while enjoying this glorious weather in the great outdoors!
The holidays are the perfect time to get in some practice for our family-friendly Tour de Moor cycling challenge.
Our popular event on 30 September has a choice of routes, and while there’s a tough challenge for adrenalin seekers, there’s also a gentle 11km ride along Drake’s Trail, suitable for anyone with a bike.
... This 11km route includes a quiz for adults and ‘mini moorers’, plus selfie stops and a hot chocolate.
Tour de Moor is kindly sponsored by Print Copy Scan Limited
Find out more and register here - http://ow.ly/PH6M30lhUG
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Our patients really do get the #bestseatinthehouse for tonight’s #britishfireworkchampionships
Here’s the view from our #Turnchapel specialist unit, taken last year by Paul Slater Images Ltd
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Our staff and volunteers are at the heart of St Luke's. They work in an environment some may find challenging, to ensure everybody in our community has the support and compassionate care they need when facing a terminal illness.
With Plymouth basking in the Summer heatwave, our senior managers took time out to say thank you to the staff and volunteers with a welcome ice cream supplied by our generous friends @Morrisons #Plymstock.
We may be a bit bias, but we think St Luke's ...is a great place to work. Learn more about our latest vacancies | https://www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk/jobs_a t_st_lukes/
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You looked after my Grandad for care at home before he passed. Your staff were friendly and so caring. You made him as comfortable as possible at the end of his life. We will always be thankful for that. We recently got married and as our wedding favours we ordered your lottery tickets for each guest. We put them in envelopes with a nice poem and one of our guests was a lucky winner of £1,000. We were over the moon that someone had won from our wedding. Would recommend ordering these from the Plympton base and putting something back into an amazing, local charity. Thank you so much. Emily and Matt x

Went to see Cheryl one of the Lymphoedema nurses this morning she was really great made me feel at ease as never been to St Luke’s before helped me by showing me how to do lymphatic massage to my arm and ordered me up some new compression bandages for my arm, St Luke’s on the whole looked really peaceful the views were amazing, the members of staff I met were very polite I can understand why people choose to spend their final days in such a lovely place XX

St. Luke's is a wonderful place, it's more like a large home for those who need special care nursing for their specific needs with the right medication. It's warm friendly and you feel like your being hugged by all who work there. They are the Angels who look after you at the end of life. Will never be able to thank them enough for what they did for my Mike.

St lukes is an amazing place I can't say how grateful I am for the care that my mum received from the staff!! Always there and supported my whole family through an extremely tough time!!! Thank you so much for all your care and support myself and my family couldn't have asked for more

Our dear Son, Brother, and Brother-in-law, Martin Kitteridge, very recently passed away in St.Lukes. He always felt incredibly safe and cared for there, thanks to the truly wonderful staff and volunteers. Each time we had to leave him to go home we were always comforted by the fact that you all at St.Lukes were looking after him. In his final days and hours you took the time to explain, reassure and answer our questions. This made a heartbreaking and truly distressing situation more "bearable". Thank you. We were always so very grateful to you and always will be.

My step-father, the most wonderful man, lost his fight against cancer yesterday at home. His final days were peaceful and full of love, dignity, compassion and concern, all because of the St Luke's team we were assigned. They have had such an impact on the entire family, and they make me want to be a better person. I will never be able to thank the team here in Plymouth enough, I hope they see this and recognise themselves from this description. They made us feel as though we were their only concern - and the feeling of peace we now have has been possible because of what they did for our much loved one. What a gift they were and have. Thank you Karen, Suzie, Tracey, Sara, Sinead and colleagues - please forgive me for not listing all those we had the pleasure to welcome into our home xxx

It's impossible to put into words how grateful I am for the outstanding care you all gave Adrian. You made both him and me feel at home so we could make the most of his final days. You are all amazing and I can not thank you enough for everything you did for us both xx

It may be over 15 years ago but thank you for caring for my mum. She and close family thought you were amazing. I'll never forget what you did or the tasty rock cakes fundraisers made...

It is a great place like home to home. I have know a fair few people who have gone there they are very supported and will do anything for you also take great care of you their very best.

I would like to thank all the amazing and caring staff who not only cared for my mum but also looked after and cared for myself and my family. My mum sadly passed away on Friday 25th May 2018 at 02.10 in the morning. I couldn't have asked or wished for better care for my mum in her final days, I am heartbroken �� at losing my mum but have found peace in knowing she was so well cared for and made comfortable and pain free before she died. Thank you once again to everyone at St Luke's xxxxxxxxxxx

I would like to say a big big thank you to all at st Luke's for looking after my late wife Angela,and looking after all the family and friends that visited her,you all do a fantastic job up there thank you very much.

I would just like to say how wonderful the staff, nurses and doctors were to my Mum, Barbara Willis on the last few days of her life at St Lukes Hospice. I cannot thank you enough and hopefully at her funeral this week we will raise some money as donations in her memory. She died pain free and at peace with all her family, with dignity in the most wonderful surroundings and therefore I cannot thank you enough. You are all angels xx

I would just like to say a really big thank you to all at St lukes this place is absolutely fantastic they did such a great job looking after my dear mum before she passed away nothing was to much trouble even looked after family and friends who visited and stay can't thank you guys enough an incredible team x

I can’t thank St. Lukes enough for the care and kindness shown to Dom and myself, the time and effort they put in to our vow renewal and everything they did at the end for Dom, all his wishes on how he wanted to go were fulfilled and I’ll never forget the kindness shown to me when I truly needed it, everyone who works there and volunteers are amazing people and will always have have a special place in my heart, you truly are all wonderful

Fabulous staff. Caring and genuinely friendly. Lee, my nephew, was happy here, even though he knew he wouldn't be leaving the way he had wanted. A relaxing atmosphere with people he could relate to. Lee loved the pond with the Koi Carp. He had wanted to name each fish but, sadly, his time ran out.

Thank you to all the staff who made Lee's stay more bearable.

R.I.P Lee Friend. ���

As a family we couldn't of asked for better care for mum, from the day she got admitted up until the day she sadly passed away, she had the best care u could ever want for your loved ones in their final days, all the staff were amazing, the nurses who looked after mum were so brilliant and lovely, Danielle and Lyndsey you ladies will always hold a special place in our hearts, without you both I don't know how we would of coped. Thank you for giving mum the best care she deserved xxxx

All the staff that i met and dealt with my dad from the days after he was diagnosed to the day he passed and beyond have been bloody brilliant, could not asked for more or better service, ive never given to chrity before but st lukes and mcmillan are 2 that i will forever be in debted to me and my family thankyou from the bottom of our hearts xxxxxx

All members of staff were absolutely amazing in the help and support they provided for my Mum in the final stages of her life.

Always so helpful and we never felt we were putting anyone out, or our concerns weren't important.

There was always a friendly voice at the end of the phone any time day or night. A friendly face when we needed a home visit.

I can't praise them enough for making the hardest thing in the world to live through a little easier to get through.

My Mum passed away the way she wanted to, at home with her family around her and with the help and support of St.Lukes Plymouth.

Thank you from Ellen Owst's family xx

After a long time of being ill my dad went into St Luke's and had his last days there. I can only say the staff and doctors were terrific. The care they gave my dad was amazing they made my dads last days here so peaceful and pain free and the staff were so helpful and caring to me and my little brother (Stephen smith) that was the best end of life we could ever of wished for our dad. So we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts to the staff, doctor and everyone that works there.

You looked after my Grandad for care at home before he passed. Your staff were friendly and so caring. You made him as comfortable as possible at the end of his life. We will always be thankful for that. We recently got married and as our wedding favours we ordered your lottery tickets for each guest. We put them in envelopes with a nice poem and one of our guests was a lucky winner of £1,000. We were over the moon that someone had won from our wedding. Would recommend ordering these from the Plympton base and putting something back into an amazing, local charity. Thank you so much. Emily and Matt x

Went to see Cheryl one of the Lymphoedema nurses this morning she was really great made me feel at ease as never been to St Luke’s before helped me by showing me how to do lymphatic massage to my arm and ordered me up some new compression bandages for my arm, St Luke’s on the whole looked really peaceful the views were amazing, the members of staff I met were very polite I can understand why people choose to spend their final days in such a lovely place XX

St. Luke's is a wonderful place, it's more like a large home for those who need special care nursing for their specific needs with the right medication. It's warm friendly and you feel like your being hugged by all who work there. They are the Angels who look after you at the end of life. Will never be able to thank them enough for what they did for my Mike.

St lukes is an amazing place I can't say how grateful I am for the care that my mum received from the staff!! Always there and supported my whole family through an extremely tough time!!! Thank you so much for all your care and support myself and my family couldn't have asked for more

Our dear Son, Brother, and Brother-in-law, Martin Kitteridge, very recently passed away in St.Lukes. He always felt incredibly safe and cared for there, thanks to the truly wonderful staff and volunteers. Each time we had to leave him to go home we were always comforted by the fact that you all at St.Lukes were looking after him. In his final days and hours you took the time to explain, reassure and answer our questions. This made a heartbreaking and truly distressing situation more "bearable". Thank you. We were always so very grateful to you and always will be.

My step-father, the most wonderful man, lost his fight against cancer yesterday at home. His final days were peaceful and full of love, dignity, compassion and concern, all because of the St Luke's team we were assigned. They have had such an impact on the entire family, and they make me want to be a better person. I will never be able to thank the team here in Plymouth enough, I hope they see this and recognise themselves from this description. They made us feel as though we were their only concern - and the feeling of peace we now have has been possible because of what they did for our much loved one. What a gift they were and have. Thank you Karen, Suzie, Tracey, Sara, Sinead and colleagues - please forgive me for not listing all those we had the pleasure to welcome into our home xxx

It's impossible to put into words how grateful I am for the outstanding care you all gave Adrian. You made both him and me feel at home so we could make the most of his final days. You are all amazing and I can not thank you enough for everything you did for us both xx

It may be over 15 years ago but thank you for caring for my mum. She and close family thought you were amazing. I'll never forget what you did or the tasty rock cakes fundraisers made...

It is a great place like home to home. I have know a fair few people who have gone there they are very supported and will do anything for you also take great care of you their very best.

I would like to thank all the amazing and caring staff who not only cared for my mum but also looked after and cared for myself and my family. My mum sadly passed away on Friday 25th May 2018 at 02.10 in the morning. I couldn't have asked or wished for better care for my mum in her final days, I am heartbroken �� at losing my mum but have found peace in knowing she was so well cared for and made comfortable and pain free before she died. Thank you once again to everyone at St Luke's xxxxxxxxxxx

I would like to say a big big thank you to all at st Luke's for looking after my late wife Angela,and looking after all the family and friends that visited her,you all do a fantastic job up there thank you very much.

I would just like to say how wonderful the staff, nurses and doctors were to my Mum, Barbara Willis on the last few days of her life at St Lukes Hospice. I cannot thank you enough and hopefully at her funeral this week we will raise some money as donations in her memory. She died pain free and at peace with all her family, with dignity in the most wonderful surroundings and therefore I cannot thank you enough. You are all angels xx

I would just like to say a really big thank you to all at St lukes this place is absolutely fantastic they did such a great job looking after my dear mum before she passed away nothing was to much trouble even looked after family and friends who visited and stay can't thank you guys enough an incredible team x

I can’t thank St. Lukes enough for the care and kindness shown to Dom and myself, the time and effort they put in to our vow renewal and everything they did at the end for Dom, all his wishes on how he wanted to go were fulfilled and I’ll never forget the kindness shown to me when I truly needed it, everyone who works there and volunteers are amazing people and will always have have a special place in my heart, you truly are all wonderful

Fabulous staff. Caring and genuinely friendly. Lee, my nephew, was happy here, even though he knew he wouldn't be leaving the way he had wanted. A relaxing atmosphere with people he could relate to. Lee loved the pond with the Koi Carp. He had wanted to name each fish but, sadly, his time ran out.

Thank you to all the staff who made Lee's stay more bearable.

R.I.P Lee Friend. ���

As a family we couldn't of asked for better care for mum, from the day she got admitted up until the day she sadly passed away, she had the best care u could ever want for your loved ones in their final days, all the staff were amazing, the nurses who looked after mum were so brilliant and lovely, Danielle and Lyndsey you ladies will always hold a special place in our hearts, without you both I don't know how we would of coped. Thank you for giving mum the best care she deserved xxxx

All the staff that i met and dealt with my dad from the days after he was diagnosed to the day he passed and beyond have been bloody brilliant, could not asked for more or better service, ive never given to chrity before but st lukes and mcmillan are 2 that i will forever be in debted to me and my family thankyou from the bottom of our hearts xxxxxx

All members of staff were absolutely amazing in the help and support they provided for my Mum in the final stages of her life.

Always so helpful and we never felt we were putting anyone out, or our concerns weren't important.

There was always a friendly voice at the end of the phone any time day or night. A friendly face when we needed a home visit.

I can't praise them enough for making the hardest thing in the world to live through a little easier to get through.

My Mum passed away the way she wanted to, at home with her family around her and with the help and support of St.Lukes Plymouth.

Thank you from Ellen Owst's family xx

After a long time of being ill my dad went into St Luke's and had his last days there. I can only say the staff and doctors were terrific. The care they gave my dad was amazing they made my dads last days here so peaceful and pain free and the staff were so helpful and caring to me and my little brother (Stephen smith) that was the best end of life we could ever of wished for our dad. So we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts to the staff, doctor and everyone that works there.