Hospice UK

Who we are

As the national champion for hospices, we represent a community of more than 200 hospices across the UK. 

We fight to make sure hospice care is there for everyone, from every background. We fight to make sure hospices are able to deliver the best, most personalised care. We fight to make sure hospices can thrive – today and into the future. 

Hospice UK fights for hospice care for all who need it, for now and forever. Hospice care eases the physical and emotional pain of death and dying. Letting people focus on living, right until the end. 

Our Mission: Our mission is to promote and protect hospice care for all who need it, for now and forever. As the national champion for hospices, we fight to make sure hospice care is there for everyone, from every background. We fight to make sure hospices are able to deliver the best, most personalised care. We fight to make sure hospices can thrive – today and into the future. 

Our Impact: Hospice UK makes a huge impact in supporting hospice care across the United Kingdom every year, from raising awareness and fundraising, to providing specialist clinical knowledge, grants, and expertise.

Our culture and values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They guide the way we work with each other, reflect the culture we aspire to and underpin who we are.

We will work in collaboration

• We will seek new ways to engage and involve all relevant groups and individuals in our work

We will work with compassion

• We will respect and value the contributions of everyone
• We are passionate about our work for Hospice UK, and will act as ambassadors for what we do to inspire our supporters, and work for the benefit of our members and our wider community

We will be inclusive

• We will promote a culture of generous sharing so our expertise benefits others
• We will all take responsibility for building a healthy and supportive culture for everyone

We will be innovative

• We will be open to new ideas and concepts, and will challenge the norm
• We will innovate by finding new solutions to grow and evolve
• We will develop and support innovation in others

We will be knowledgeable

• We will share our expertise to inform, inspire and support others to grow
• We will learn proactively and seek opportunities to grow and develop ourselves.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion in everything we do. We work in collaboration, with compassion. We are innovative and we are committed to sharing our knowledge.