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From welcoming our new Chief Executive, Rachel Street, and opening a new charity shop in the east, to expanding our reach in the community with the Living Well Team, developing our education offering, and our team – 2025 was truly a year of growth for Jersey Hospice Care. As we reflect on the past year, we’re extremely proud of all that we achieved – and the support we’ve had from our community, from our supporters and donors to our volunteers, colleagues, and our corporate and business partners. Without you all, we wouldn’t be able to deliver our essential services and grow in the way our Island needs to meet future demands.

Last year, we supported 921 Islanders. As you can imagine, running all of our Hospice services to more than 900 people free of charge comes at a cost – and last year it was £7 million. That covers the cost of care on our In Patient Unit, in the community (in people’s homes, care settings and nursing homes) in the hospital, in our bereavement service which also supports people who’ve experienced a bereavement outside of Hospice, our education service, and more. Alongside the element of contractual funding we get from the Government of Jersey, we rely predominantly on fundraising by the community, our shops, our events and lotteries, local businesses, trusts, and gifts in Wills. Last year, we held our first crowdfunding campaign, Together for Hospice, which was an incredible success, beating our £100,000 target by more than £30,000! We truly saw the Island come together to support their Hospice.

We’re fortunate to also have so many Islanders give in a different way – with their time and skills. Last year, more than 300 volunteers gave 29,000 hours of their time to Hospice – which equates to 15 full-time colleagues! – in our shops, welcoming people in on our reception, at our various events, and so much more.

This is just a snapshot of 2025, and we know that with a continuing ageing demographic, demands for our services will carry on rising, and we need to be able to meet that every step of the way. Some of the challenges we’ve faced, and know we’ll come up against, is the ever-changing fundraising landscape, with rising costs affecting us all, ensuring good quality donations to our shops, and changes to our team – with new teams being established to provide further support to Islanders at the end of life.

You can read more about our year in review in our Impact Report here.