Severn Hospice, despite enjoying a joyful Christmas thanks to dedicated staff and the Shropshire Star's Care at Christmas campaign, is preparing for financial difficulties in 2025. Rising costs and a challenging economic climate are making it harder to raise funds. The hospice CEO, Heather Tudor, emphasizes the need for ongoing support and highlights the vital role hospices play in easing the pressure on the NHS.
Severn Hospice is always a joyful place at Christmas. The dedicated staff wouldn't allow it to be any other way. But as the decorations come down, and the Shropshire Star's Care at Christmas campaign draws to a close, chief executive Heather Tudor is keen to focus on the year ahead. Heather says the campaign has given the hospice a crucial boost at Christmas, but points out that raising awareness about the charity's work - and much-needed funds - is an all-year-round affair.
'We're incredibly grateful to the Shropshire Star and their interest in us, the coverage has been fantastic, and inevitably that will prompt some people to think 'this is our hospice, we can't have it deteriorate, we can't afford to have it reduce services',' she says.'Raising awareness is a constant battle for us, there are so many charities out there, and they are all very important, but having a hospice in your county is incredibly important, I think, particularly with the pressures on the NHS organisations. Care would otherwise have to be in hospitals.' Heather expects 2025 to be a tough year, hit by a double whammy of rising costs and a broader economic climate which makes it more difficult to raise funds. 'We're concerned that our costs are increasing, and at the same time it's getting harder for our supporters to support us,' she says. She says the increase in National Insurance, announced by the Chancellor in the Budget last autumn, means the hospice has to raise an extra £500,000 a year just to cover that. And while the Government has announced it will be making an extra £126 million available to hospices nationally, the details are still sketchy. 'We're not altogether clear whether it's a one-off, we think it is, and whether it's to be attached to capital projects, which seems to be the indication,' she says. 'But we've got robust financial management plans in place, and we will continue to do everything we can to maintain the current levels of servic
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