Jon’s Story
“The only way I can describe St Margaret’s is that it was an oasis of calmness for us all at an extremely difficult time."
Updates about our hospice, as well as testimonies about our care from families, patients and friends.
“The only way I can describe St Margaret’s is that it was an oasis of calmness for us all at an extremely difficult time."
"When you’re living with a terminal illness, you are so focused on your illness that you don’t really get to have ‘me time’, but the Sunflower Centre gives that to you. You are just yourself in there, not somebody’s Mum or somebody’s wife but just you."
"It was the hospice that got him to the wedding, the hospice that looked after him in those days during the illness, and I will be forever grateful for all the people that cared for him."
"One of the first things she asked me was if I had any goals I’d like to reach, and I replied immediately and said, ‘I want to play my saxophone again.'"
They took us in, showed us our room, said ‘this is a cuddle bed’, and showed us how it worked – as a single bed that folded out to a double. It was the first time we were all able to cuddle Julie properly since April 2021. It was lovely.
"I knew that when we needed it the hospice would be there to support us and our children through the scariest and hardest time of our lives."
"We all knew Kevin was with us and was laughing, saying we were really living, and he was proud of us."
“Carol was supported by St Margaret’s nurses and at home as her MND progressed and the team were an amazing support to us both."