Prospect Hospice becomes latest Switch On to Swindon Campaign ambassador

By Claire Dukes - 1 May 2018

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Leading local charity Prospect Hospice has become the latest organisation to add its voice to the Switch On to Swindon campaign, which aims to highlight the town’s strengths as a place to work, live, visit and invest.  The place marketing campaigns director Gavin Calthrop recently visited the hospice in Wroughton, where he met with staff at the charity to finalise Prospect Hospice’s addition to the list of organisations encouraging others to actively support the town. The team explained the range of free-of-charge services that it provides for people with life-limiting illnesses and those important to them. The charity also gained the campaign’s backing in highlighting the benefits to employers of Swindon’s Dying Well Community Charter, through which local businesses are given free support for people affected by the issues of death and dying via a variety of resources including giving them their own Prospect Hospice representative.  Gavin Calthrop said: “This has been a great visit. I have been particularly struck by the full range of services that Prospect Hospice now offers for people locally. In Swindon, Prospect Hospice is a well-recognised and much-respected brand and I think by us working together we can help to highlight all that Prospect Hospice does and has available for people.”  “The Dying Well Community Charter is something the campaign’s ambassadors will find very easy to support. It enables employers to demonstrate their commitment to staff at the toughest of times, and that will leave staff and their loved ones feeling supported and loyal. That has to be in everyone’s interests.”  Prospect Hospice’s Head of Community Engagement, Warren Finney, added:  “It was great to welcome Gavin here today to show him all that we do to support people with end-of-life care needs and to gain his support for the Dying Well Community Charter. As a prominent charity in this community, we are really pleased to join forces with Switch On to Swindon and look forward to supporting each other’s aims in future.” 

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To find out more visit www.prospect-hospice.net/discussing-dying 

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