The Shakespeare Hospice

22/10/2026

This Christmas, celebrate someone special through Light up a Life.

Light up a life brings our community together to remember the people we love and miss. By lighting up a life and making a donation to The Shakespeare Hospice you can choose a star, add the name of someone special to our online tree and include a personal memory or dedication.

You can light up a life for anyone who has touched your life, whether or not The Shakespeare Hospice cared for them.

You’re also warmly invited to our Light up a Life Service.

Light up a Life Service
Sunday 6th December 2026
The Shakespeare Hospice

Join us for a special Light up a Life service in our Hospice grounds for an hour of carols, readings and reflection. We’ll share the names of those we remember from our Tree of Remembrance.

If you’d like to find out more you can do so on our website: https://www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk/support-us/light-up-a-life/

22/10/2026

21/10/2026

Yesterday, our CEO Tracey Sheridan went to 10 Downing Street with Steve Cooper to hand over a petition of 103,000 signatures which campaigns for fairer and reliable funding for Hospices around the UK.

Every hospice matters.

Thank you to Steve for using his voice to talk about Hospice funding.

13/10/2026

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to support our award winning hospice.

This role supports our Finance Manager supporting income processing from Fundraising, Retail and operational services.

Fancy joining our friendly team? Visit our website to find out more: https://www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us/our-vacancies/finance-assistant-26/

The closing date for this position is Sunday 1st November 2026.

11/10/2026

A huge well done to all the runners at the and especially Matt from Ridleys Coaches Limited. We're so grateful and amazing to see you at the finish line still looking as cool as a cucumber after more races than we have fingers to count on! Brilliant day and we're grateful of all the wonderful volunteers who helped. Thank you!

09/10/2026

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ross Taylor as the Chair of our Board of Trustees. We are so grateful to Ross for his commitment and advocacy.
 
On his appointment, Ross said:
‘I’m honoured to be appointed Chairman of The Shakespeare Hospice. My commitment is to build on our strong foundations, champion our people and volunteers, and secure a sustainable future for the outstanding care our team deliver and our community deserves.’

08/10/2026

We’re so grateful for Alex walking in memory of her lovely mum 💜

💛 A Birthday Challenge in Memory of Mum — and for a Cause Close to Her Heart 💛

Our Community Champion, Alex, is well known across Leamington and Warwick for her fundraising and her commitment to supporting local charities. Over the years, Alex has helped raise thousands of pounds for causes that make a real difference to people in our community.

But this year, fundraising has taken on a much more personal meaning.

Sadly, Alex suddenly lost her mum, Jayne.

Jayne was a much loved part of the team and dedicated palliative care nurse, spending her career caring for people and their families during some of the most difficult and important moments of their lives. She worked at Myton for over 20 years and then moved to The Shakespeare Hospice.

For Jayne, hospice care wasn’t simply a job. It was about being there for people when they needed compassion, dignity, comfort and support the most — and supporting not only those who were dying, but the families and loved ones walking that journey alongside them.

That is the legacy Alex wants to honour.

On October 29th — her birthday — Alex will be doing something incredibly difficult. Instead of celebrating her birthday, she will walk over 15 miles from Leamington to Stratford, raising money for The Shakespeare Hospice in memory of her mum.

💛 Every mile will be walked for Jayne.

Every step will be a tribute to the work Jayne dedicated her life to — making sure people facing the end of their lives were treated with kindness, dignity and compassion.

And this won’t just be a physical challenge for Alex.

It will be a mental and emotional challenge, walking on her first birthday without her mum and turning what could be an incredibly painful day into something positive — helping ensure that the care Jayne believed in can continue for other families.

The money raised will help Shakespeare Hospice continue providing palliative and end-of-life care, support and practical services to patients and their families across South Warwickshire and parts of the North Cotswolds.

By sponsoring Alex, you’re not just supporting a 15+ mile walk.

You’re helping carry forward a piece of Jayne’s life’s work. 💛

If you can spare anything, please consider making a donation. Every contribution will help Shakespeare Hospice continue to provide the care, comfort and dignity that Jayne spent her career giving to others.

👉 Support Alex’s challenge and help honour Jayne’s legacy:
Donate to Alex’s JustGiving page⁠

https://www.justgiving.com/page/alex-pearson-43?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_fundraiser_page_donation_received_-_nth_donation

15+ miles.
One birthday.
One very special mum.
And a legacy of care that deserves to continue. 💛

08/10/2026

Yesterday, Steve, a patient formerly using our Day Hospice service met with us and ITV Central news to discuss the pausing of our Day Hospice Service (which involved groups and sessions that Steve was a part of) to share how profoundly this change has impacted him while calling for fairer funding for Hospice care.

A petition has reached 100,000 signatures regarding fairer funding for hospice care, and Steve and our CEO Tracey Sheridan will be going to Downing Street to talk to the Prime Minister, discussing what can be done to fund hospice care.

If you agree with Steve, there’s a couple of things you can do:
- Write to your MP asking for more stable funding
- Consider making a gift today to help us fund The Shakespeare Hospice, so we can continue helping wonderful people like Steve who want community, friendship and compassion

This Hospice Care Week - don’t leave hospice care to chance by helping us call for fairer funding.

Thank you to ITV Central for popping over yesterday to film with us, and for Steve for generously sharing his story as well as advocating for his own care and others.

07/10/2026

As part of Hospice Care Week, we thought we’d share a beautiful poem written by one of our patients, Barbara, the first part performed by one of our wonderful volunteers and the remainder performed by our lovely nurses.

Thank you to Barbara for writing such a beautiful poem.

Don’t leave hospice care to chance.