Living Well

Living Well is an inviting and welcoming space where people can come to have fun, socialise and relax, and work towards their goals.

Based out of the Hospice in Pembury, the Living Well Centre provides a space for patients and those important to them to come and adjust, together and separately, to the reality that they or their loved one has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

We have a number of groups and activities on offer. We encourage and support you to be independent and to feel empowered to make choices about how you spend your time with us. We’ll work with you to find out what matters to you, and what you’d like to achieve to help you build a personalised programme of activities and therapies based on your needs.

The Living Well team is made up of Nursing Assistants, Complementary Therapists, Complementary Therapy Coordinator, Creative Art Coordinator, Music therapist, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Spiritual support and Volunteers. The team help and support patients and those important to them to feel empowered to make choices and decisions based on their individual needs and wherever possible, encourage supported self-management.

The Living Well Centre at the Hospice is bright, airy and looks out over our beautiful Hospice gardens. We can open the space up for you to sit outside when the weather is good, as well as walk around the gardens and our Labyrinth. We also offer private, intimate complementary therapy and counselling rooms as well as access to the Hospice gym.

Our Cottage Hospice also boasts beautiful large open spaces for group sessions as well as quieter, more intimate spaces for our Complementary Therapy and relaxation offers.

Creating Lasting Memories

Memories are so important. Having precious moments that you and your loved ones can cherish forever is priceless. At Hospice in the Weald we want to help you create those lasting memories together. We have a number of suggestions and services available to help you create physical and digital memories that last. All of which are free of charge, just the same as the rest of our services on offer. Take a look at some of the ways we can help you create lasting memories.

Bereavement Drop-in Group

Monday afternoons 1:30 – 3pm

Living Well Centre, Pembury Hospice

Often people find it helpful to share their experiences of grief with other people. Talking with people in similar situations, can be helpful in processing how we feel. This informal drop-in support group provides the opportunity to meet and talk with other bereaved people in a relaxed and supportive way over a cup of tea.

Facilitated by our Living Well team with support from our Chaplaincy and spiritual care team, our Bereavement Drop-in group takes place every Monday afternoon from 1:30 – 3pm, at our Living Well Centre at the hospice in Pembury.

The group is for family, carers and important people of patients who have died whilst under the care of the Hospice. You are welcome to drop-in to the group with no need to book. Whether you are newly bereaved, it has been several months or even up to a year after your loss, you are welcome to attend the drop-in group.

At these sessions we aim to provide:

A safe space and opportunity to share your feelings with people in a similar situation.

Someone to listen to you.

Signposting to other support offers from the hospice, such as our Living Well Service and Counselling and Support Service.

Signposting to bereavement groups and activities in your locality.

For more information, please call the Living Well team on 01892 820509.

Tea Junctions

Tea Junctions are informal social gatherings where recently bereaved carers, family and friends are invited to come together so they can meet others who are going through a similar experience. We provide tea, coffee and a warm welcome and, most importantly, the opportunity to talk.

People often value the opportunity to meet others in a similar situation as well as the chance to enquire about further support available. Tea Junctions are held once a month at the Hospice and loved ones are invited within three months of bereavement.