Quick facts
Did you know it costs us £44 million a year to keep our services running? More key statistics about our care revealed.
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It costs us £44 million a year to keep our services running.
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We provide 2.3 million hours of care to thousands of people every year.
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We have 11,000 volunteers at our shops, hospices and neurological care centres.
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83p in every £1 spent goes towards our expert patient care.
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Around 1,000 doctors and nurses help us to provide our palliative, neurological and bereavement support across the country.
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Around a third of our fundraised income comes from gifts in wills. This income pays for the equivalent of around 25 hospice beds every year.
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Our Online Community, which provides information and peer support for those who have lost a loved one, supported over 100,000 people in 2016–17.