The Martlets Hospice secure grant from NHS England

The Martlets Hospice has secured an award of £367,860 from NHS England to implement The Renaissance Project designed to improve its facilities.  NHS England awarded 176 grants to hospices across England to improve the physical environments in which they provide care.

The Martlets will use its grant to create the Martlets Therapeutic Suite including a lounge, activity room, garden room and a cafe to accommodate its growing community services.  A Welcome Suite will also be built to improve the Hospice main entrance enabling ambulances to park more easily and safely whilst providing better shelter and easier access for patients and their visitors.

This capital grant programme is being delivered by NHS England and administered by Help the Hospices, the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK.

Welcoming the announcement, Caroline Lower, Martlets Hospice Chief Executive Officer, said:

“We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant, which will help us to better support people with terminal illness in Brighton & Hove together with their families. The two suites will deliver improved access to better quality services and facilities. The Therapeutic Suite will support more people living in the community, and the Welcome Suite will provide safer access into our main entrance for everyone.”

Together, hospices in the UK care for 360,000 people each year, including patients and their families and carers. The majority of this care is provided in peoples’ own homes, but people can also access day care, in-patient care and outpatient services within hospice buildings.

Hospices are reliant on voluntary donations to run their vital services and collectively have to raise more than £1.5 million every single day from their local community.

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