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Accept CookiesIf you or someone you love may benefit from Hospice care, you can find out more using the information below. For support or advice at any time of the day or night, please visit our 24/7 Help Hub.
We provide Hospice palliative care across our Services, to enable you or your loved one to make choices that are right for them.
If you or someone you love needs Hospice care, please complete this short form and we will contact you. There is no need to wait for a referral from your GP or healthcare professional.
Our Services are free of charge to all patients and their loved ones. We need to raise over £8 million every year to provide outstanding Hospice care to the local community.
To get involved with our fundraising activities, design your own, or make a donation, use the information on this page.
It’s important to us to know that you are getting all the help and support that you and your family may be entitled to. We are able to help relieve physical symptoms, provide emotional support and also with more practical issues.
Finding out which benefits may apply to you and applying for them can make you feel like you are navigating through a maze – but we’re here to help you.
Our support and care is offered free of charge by our experienced and trained volunteers who have undergone safeguarding DBS checks (a DBS is a check on criminal history). Our volunteers understand the importance of confidentiality and have the empathy required when dealing with all aspects of Benefit Support.
To be considered for Personal Independence Payment
To be considered for Attendance Allowance
For more information and support, get in touch.
There are many grants available – one of which is the Macmillan Grant, as below.
To be considered for a grant, a person living with cancer must meet these criteria:
There may be other benefits and information available to you, please do get in touch for more help and advice.
One of our Benefit Support team will contact you to arrange a suitable day and time to either discuss options over the telephone, via email, virtually or face to face in your home or at either one of our Hospice sites (Pembury or Five Ashes). We can meet with patients and those important to you in the most comfortable place for you to ensure we give you the best benefit support and guidance we can. We will endeavour to support, be flexible and help each family with whatever their needs.
Any benefit support and/or guidance given should not be regarded as a recommendation from Hospice in the Weald. All Information & Guidance given is protected by Professional Indemnity Insurance.
Please contact Kerry Berry – Benefit Support Coordinator on 01892 820515 or kerry.berry@hospiceintheweald.org.uk