St Helena’s Safe Harbour project reaches out to people who traditionally have had difficulty accessing hospice services, such as people who are homeless, have a history of drug and alcohol addiction, people with a mental health problem, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ groups, refugees or those living in areas of deprivation.
Safe Harbour helps ensure that vulnerable local people receive the hospice care they need, are able to live well with their incurable illness, and die with dignity in a place of their choice.
Safe Harbour was set up in 2016 and is run in collaboration with Macmillan Cancer Support to help tackle inequalities in care.
Debbie Pigeon, St Helena’s outreach clinical nurse specialist, is funded through the project. She said:
Read more from Debbie and the people she has supported here
Since its launch, referrals to St Helena have increased by 51% in areas of deprivation and we have developed key relationships with homeless support groups, neighbourhood schemes and services for vulnerable people.
In 2018, Safe Harbour won the Innovation in Tackling Inequalities Award at the Hospice UK awards. Read more here
If you think Safe Harbour can support you, please contact Debbie Pigeon by calling SinglePoint on 01206 890 360.