We help people in north east Essex face incurable illness and bereavement, supporting them, their families, friends and carers.
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 moreNaomi and Georgina met in a nightclub and hit it off straight away, falling in love and announcing their engagement a year later. Then a month before their planned wedding, Naomi was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer, and then the country went into lockdown.
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 moreA new monthly Compassionate Walk around Highwoods Country Park, Colchester, is giving the community an opportunity to enjoy exercise and socialise in a safe space.
View moreOn International Nurses' Day, some of our nurses, clinical support workers and healthcare assistants tell us what they love about being there for our patients and families.
View moreMore than 500 people enjoyed a stroll in the sunshine along the seafront on Sunday 8th May as they walked between Clacton and Walton Piers to raise money for St Helena Hospice.
View moreTom is being supported by St Helena Hospice through counselling and by our hospice in the home team. With his family, Tom has had frank conversations about the future and the importance of being in a good place to die.
View moreDr Karen Chumbley remembers talking to her father about his choices for end of life care.
View moreOn Sunday 8th May hundreds of walkers will be heading to the seafront to take on St Helena Hospice’s popular Pier to Pier walk – the charity’s first mass participation fundraising event since 2019.
View moreGet into the fundraising spirit this June and join us in celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
View moreSt Helena Hospice and St Elizabeth Hospice have announced a new learning and development partnership through the launch of their joint programme, Hospice Education.
View moreSt Helena Hospice is growing its Hospice in the Home services in the Tendring district, with 1,890 patients and families facing incurable illness and bereavement being cared for last year (April 2020 to March 2021)
View moreAfter we supported ‘A’, his wife wanted to help reassure people who may be in need of support from St Helena too.
View moreJosephine Gunnee made sure she grasped every opportunity, and being diagnosed with a rare cancer didn’t stop her from going out with friends and spending time with her family
View moreDiana, Princess of Wales officially opened the Joan Tomkins day centre on 26th April 1988, where she captivated patients, hospice volunteers and staff.
View moreChristmas ended abruptly for Hazel Forster last year when her husband of 46 years was rushed to hospital after collapsing with a suspected stroke on Christmas Day.
View moreEmma Collins is a community clinical nurse specialist with St Helena Hospice.
View moreJust as they were adjusting to life in lockdown in April, Doris Blunden’s family encountered a further blow.
View morePauline and Jim Lawrence had 57 happy years together, enjoying their time spent out on the barges.
View moreWhen Sally Brunton’s community clinical nurse specialist (CNS) suggested she may benefit from relaxing Reiki sessions with our complementary therapists, Sally went along so it would give her husband Andy some respite.
View moreAfter watching his 24 year old big brother Robin go from being fit and healthy to living with a rare cancer in less than a year, Toby and his family could now make every memory matter.
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 moreThe bulbs are coming through and you can see it's on its way so you know it's going to come soon, the spring.
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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