Prospect Hospice CEO Jeremy Lune will give the next free entry Ink Community Talk at 7.30pm on Monday 9 September at The Hop Inn in Devizes Road.
The talk will be part of The Swindon Shuffle which takes place that week.
The Ink is Swindon Link's sister publication, an online in-depth subscription news service.
Jeremy's talk will be entitled ‘Don’t mention the D-words’ and will discuss the charity’s vision of a community where death is no longer a taboo and everyone lives and dies well.
He said: “People have a very one-dimensional view of hospice care - that it's about a very elderly relative spending their last couple of days drifting in and out of a kind of medically-induced coma, almost, but that is a tiny part of what happens here.
"Ninety percent of the care that we give is out in the community. We help in the most mundane ways which are hugely important.
"A lot of people say to me, 'You're really passionate.'
"If I'm talking from the heart about something, I can talk! That might be a small private room or it might be on a stage in front of 760 Starlight Walkers wearing tutus! I will talk about something I'm so passionate about.
"I'm going to go out and bang the drum on behalf of what my colleagues do."
People can find out more about the work of the charity and the many ways they can support it by visiting www.prospect-hospice.net
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