We help people in north east Essex face incurable illness and bereavement, supporting them, their families, friends and carers.
Find out moreSt Helena offers support at the Hospice in Colchester and in patients own homes via our Hospice in the Home, SinglePoint and Virtual Ward services.
Find out moreSt Helena helps adults, children & young people who have been bereaved. Our grief counselling is available for anyone, not just those with a hospice connection.
Find out moreA third of our funding comes from the NHS, the remaining two thirds is raised from the generosity and support of people like you.
Find out moreA small gift from you can make a big difference to local people facing dying, death and bereavement.
Find out moreFundraise your way as an individual, as a group, at school or at work and raise vital funds to help ensure more local people have dignity and choice at the end of life.
Find out moreFind out more about how your business can support St Helena Hospice through corporate partnership, support and fundraising.
Find out moreAn urgent appeal has been launched to raise funds for St Helena Hospice over the Easter weekend, in tribute to a young patient who died this week.
View moreInnovative and award-winning art and craft classes, clubs, parties and events, for children and adults, have been launched by local charity, St Helena Hospice with their own Creation Station franchise.
View moreRoger and Di Renders were a team who looked after each other and had adventures together. When Roger became more unwell, he was reluctant to accept help from St Helena at first but soon looked forward to visits from the Hospice in the Home team
View moreOur patron Dermot raised thousands for St Helena on Celebrity Catchphrase.
View moreRyan Corlett was 23 when he was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Ryan and his wife Danielle spent their remaining months together making memories, and they were together at the hospice when he died. Danielle shares their story.
View morePauline and Jim Lawrence had 57 happy years together, enjoying their time spent out on the barges.
View moreColchester Sports Park saw almost 200 runners on Sunday 3rd March for the Hero Run to raise vital funds for St Helena Hospice.
View moreI don't think about what life will be like without Daisy because I know it would be unbearable.
View moreWhen Neil became ill, he was philosophical about it, recording his decisions about his care and end of life choices, and discussing the future with his husband. Pete shares their story.
View moreSt Helena Hospice is calling for local heroes to join its mascot Saunders in taking part in a fun run at Colchester Sports Park on Sunday 3rd March 2024.
View moreKatie Suley loved sunflowers and walking along the Dovercourt seafront with her three year old daughter Arabella.
View moreEast of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) is leading the way in joining up the skills of emergency and end of life care professionals in the community by embedding its paramedics in St Helena Hospice, in a scheme that is thought to be one of the first of its kind in England.
View moreDiscovering that hospice support happens in people’s homes, came as a surprise to Ricky and Anne Aldons. Now they have experienced it themselves, they want to share with their community how St Helena Hospice “puts their arms around your shoulders”.
View moreThirteen people are gearing up to take on the TCS London Marathon on Sunday 21st April to raise vital funds for St Helena Hospice to help support people across north east Essex who face incurable illness.
View moreA moving collection of portraits and testimonies that capture the quiet dignity of a wide range of people who find themselves in the Borderlands between life and death at St Helena Hospice.
View moreIt’s just been life changing and I am so grateful that I am able to enjoy what I can for as long as I can.
View moreYour donation, large or small, can make a big difference, giving more local people dignity and choice at the end of life.
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