What is Lewis-Manning Hospice?
Lewis-Manning Hospice is Poole’s voluntary hospice offering free specialist palliative nursing care to around 650 local people living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. We are a registered charity, regulated and inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
What we do
We aim to promote acceptance, hope and peace of mind in a safe and calming environment.
We know that when someone develops cancer or another life threatening illness their life is changed dramatically.
It is our aim to ensure that local people are given access to the support they need to help them cope with their illness and the changes it may bring.
Our specialist nursing team offers care and support through a day care service, lymphoedema and breathlessness clinics, and education services and support groups for both patients and carers. We also offer creative arts therapies, physiotherapy, aromatherapy and other holistic treatments as well as a lovely home cooked lunch. We know that it’s the little things that make a world of difference.
Find out more about our core services:
Day hospice
Lymphoedema clinic
Breathlessness clinic
How are we funded?
We receive 1/3 of our funding through the NHS Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care Trust. The remaining running costs of around £50,000 a month we raise ourselves. Patients and their carers are not charged for any of the services offered at Lewis-Manning Hospice and services will continue to be free of charge upon completion of the Time to Care Appeal and the new build (in spring 2012 when we will open a new purpose built facility, which will include a bedded unit for emergency and planned respite.)
Funds are raised through fundraising initiatives, such as events and campaigns, retail operations - we now have ten charity shops, the hospice lottery, community and corporate support, donations, and gifts left in wills.
How is the organisation managed?
A team of skilled administration staff help run the hospice and there are over 13 members of the clinical team dedicated to patient care. See who we are for more information about the hospice team.
We also rely on over 250 volunteers to help run the organisation, including driving patients to and from the hospice, helping at fundraising events, gardening, assisting in the kitchen, making tea and coffee in day care and spending time with patients, hairdressing, helping in the shops, and carrying out administration tasks.
Where are we?
We are currently in temporary accommodation at:
Brownsea House
Constitution Hill Road
Parkstone
Poole
Dorset
BH14 0QA
We will return to the Lilliput site upon completion of the re-build in spring 2012.
Click here to download our Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11
