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“I really think I’ve found my calling!” Volunteering in a Sue Ryder charity shop
When Dale Anderson joined the team at Sue Ryder’s Nottingham Goose Gate store he was looking for some work experience in the retail sector, but what he found was so much more.

“One family told us we ‘bring the outside world in – love, laughter and life’”
Meet Sonia Maisey, a Senior Staff Nurse at our Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice. Sonia takes us through a day in her life as a member of the Hospice at Home team, which cares for people in their own homes.

"My role is to empower people – and often it’s the smallest things that make the biggest difference."
Occupational Therapist Heather Bayliss shares how Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court’s multidisciplinary Day Hospice team supports people living with cancer, lung disease, heart failure or neurological conditions in Gloucestershire.

“There’s no doubt about it: the level of care here at Sue Ryder is higher than anywhere I’ve ever nursed."
Sue Ryder supported Ann Whyte though her Return to Nurse Practice qualification and she is now working as a Registered Nurse at our Sue Ryder Dee View Court Neurological Centre in Aberdeen. She looks back over her 30-year career and explains why Sue Ryder is such a special place to work.

Gloucestershire family take on 100-mile RideLondon-Surrey challenge for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice
A family are challenging themselves to complete a 100-mile cycle to raise money for their local Sue Ryder Leckhampton Hospice, who supported their wife and mother when she died.

"When I pull on my Sue Ryder Nurse uniform, I feel proud."
“The name Sue Ryder means a lot. When we wear our uniforms we feel part of something, and families feel in safe hands.” These are the words of Senior Nursing Assistant Julia Tyas who is part of our band of close-knit healthcare workers in Gloucestershire who help keep loved ones looked after at home at the end of their life.

Round-the-clock Leckhampton Court Hospice helpline will be there when it matters for local families
Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice is launching a 24-hour phone line giving round-the-clock support to our patients and their families.

Leckhampton Court Hospice Artist in Residence scheme raises awareness of living with Huntington’s
A pioneering scheme at Gloucestershire’s Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice is raising awareness of living with Huntington’s disease, and will see artwork produced by a patient go on display at Gloucester Cathedral later this month.

Our growing Hospice at Home service is improving choice in end of life care in Gloucestershire
Our Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice has increased the hours of care it’s providing to terminally ill people at home from 804 a month to 1,218 a month on average since January.

How my foodie passion was a recipe for fundraising success
Last year, Sue Ryder supporter Gill Cameron took her passion for food and travel, and combined it to create her very own foodie fundraiser in support of her local hospice, Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court.