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"Hello - my name is Emily and I’m a nurse at Heart of Kent Hospice. Two years ago, I completed my final student placement in the Inpatient Unit at the hospice. The hospice team showed me the nurse I wanted to be and helped me to become that nurse. I’m only 23, but now here I am, a qualified nurse, working with the team again. You can understand why it feels like I’ve come home.
In hospital, the focus is on making people better, but at the hospice it’s different. Here, the focus is on the life a person has left to live, and making sure it’s as good as it can be."
When someone doesn't have long to live, every moment must be as good as it can possibly be.
That’s what Emily’s job is all about. But she can’t do it without you.
You give Emily and her colleagues that most precious thing - the time to understand who a person is behind their illness. You give the time to find out what matters most to someone.
Thank you for being the kind and compassionate person that you are. Thank you for opening your heart. Thank you for standing alongside the wonderful hospice nurses as they support people through the toughest of times.
Please help to make those precious moments count. Please choose to sponsor a nurse at Heart of Kent Hospice today.
Donate nowThank you for being a part of our journey, from everyone here at Heart of Kent Hospice.
"Heart of Kent Hospice allows me to be the nurse I trained to be - to give that close, caring, dedicated time. It’s not just about medicine; it’s about being present, listening, and making sure people feel safe and valued in their final days. When I walk into someone’s home, I’m not just a nurse. I’m a lifeline, a comfort, a promise that they won’t face the end of their life alone."
Vicky, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Community Service
In the year 2024/25, we cared for 2,153 local people. That’s 2,153 lives where compassion led the way. Our Community Team supported 68% of those who died under our care to die at home, and 88% in their preferred place of care. That’s what dignity looks like. That’s what choice feels like. Nursing care both in our Inpatient unit and in the Community is the hospice's biggest ongoing cost, and the most vital. Please choose to make a donation today.
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Your donation of £34 could...
Pay for a specialist palliative care nurse to make a reassuring call when a patient's symptoms have changed - arranging whatever's needed to quickly make them comfortable again.
Your donation of £176 could...
Provide 6 hours of compassionate, specialist nursing care to a terminally ill person in the Hospice Inpatient Unit - helping to relieve their physical and emotional pain and supporting those who love them too.
Your donation of £246 could...
Cover the cost of an Inpatient Unit nurse's shift, providing 12 hours of compassionate care and giving comfort and reassurance to patients and families.
