Coronavirus: New testing requirements for all visitors to our inpatient unit
As a hospice, we have a duty of care to the vulnerable patients we support, many of whom are at higher risk of complications from COVID. That is why we’re updating our visitor guidelines to help ensure the safety of everyone we care for. From Monday 2nd August, we are introducing rapid lateral flow tests to all visitors, over the age of 16, to our inpatient unit. This will be in addition to our existing infection prevention and control measures, such as temperature checks on arrival, hand sanitising, use of personal protective equipment and physical distancing. We have recently been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal College of Nurses infection control award for our hard work keeping patients and the wider community safe and we have confidence this is the right course of action.
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Sparkle Night Walk 2021
Our Sparkle Night Walk is an award-winning fundraising event. It is a 10km walk through Chesterfield that will take place on Saturday 25th September 2021 to help raise vital funds for your local hospice.
After a very successful Virtual Sparkle event in 2020, we hope that Sparkle will return to its usual format in 2021.
£15
Ashgate Hospicecare’s Virtual Sparkle Night Walk
With places at our physical event limited to 1,500 participants, we’ve opened up even more virtual places than last year and we’re asking you to walk, run, cycle or dance in support of Ashgate Hospicecare.
£10
Will you volunteer at Ashgate in 2021?
The support our volunteers provide across the organisation is immeasurable, whatever their role. Without our volunteers, there would be so much we would struggle to do. We have many different roles available. If you are interested in a volunteer role at Ashgate Hospicecare, please get in touch with us. We’d love to hear from you!
Our charity and coffee shops are now fully open!
We are really excited to have all our charity and coffee shops open again. It’s been wonderful to be able to welcome our loyal customers and donors back, and we really look forward to warmly welcoming new supporters through our doors. We want to say a huge thank you to our customers who continued to shop with us online. We’re continuing to sell a range of products online, so do take a look!