How your contribution will help

Your support is vital to over 2,000 local people each year who are cared for by Pilgrims Hospices. Please do take a few minutes to read about us and hopefully be inspired to support your local charity.

Pilgrims Hospices charity cares for people with illnesses that can not be cured including cancer, heart failure, respiratory conditions and neurological diseases. Care is provided from the three sites in Canterbury, Ashford and Thanet, in patients’ homes and via community programmes. Care is also extended to families and carers.

Approximately 30% of people who die in east Kent every year are cared for by us and nearly half of all patients and families are supported in their own homes.

To keep delivering care to those who need it the most, Pilgrims Hospices has to raise over £8 million each year.

Our services are provided completely free of charge and as a charity we rely heavily on donations. The NHS contributes around 25% annually – the rest is raised by people like you who fundraise tirelessly and come along to the many events we have each year.

1 in 4 of our patients are cared for using gifts that people leave for us in their wills.

It costs over £500 to care for a patient for a day and we provide over 13,000 inpatient care days over a year.

The Community Services team carry out 6,000 visits to patients at home each year at a cost of £200 per visit.
We provide places for over 110 people per week in our day hospice at a cost in excess of £60 per place per week.

Over 80p in every £1 raised is spent directly on patient care.

This is made possible by our 1,800 strong army of volunteers, without whom Pilgrims Hospices would not survive.

Our patients, staff and volunteers cannot thank you enough for the incredible support they receive, both in fundraising and time donated.

If you would like to support us there are so many ways of doing so and we would love to hear from you.

Take a look at our main Fundraising page for inspiration, attend an event, become a volunteer or perhaps even make a donation. We have a host of gifts online and Hospice shops throughout East Kent where you can pick up a real bargain. Or why not be in with the chance of winning up to £20,000 with our Lottery!

Please keep supporting Pilgrims Hospices so we can continue supporting our local community.

Thank you.

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In Support Pilgrims

How your contribution will help

Your support is vital to over 2,000 local people each year who are cared for by Pilgrims Hospices. Please do take a few minutes to read about us and hopefully be inspired to support your local charity.