Quality End of Life Care for All (QELCA©)
An innovation in end of life care education. This exciting education initiative has caught the imagination of so many and is potentially so easy to deliver. The joy of the QELCA© programme is its...
View ArticleArticle from the Falkirk Herald
I’m sure it hasn’t escaped many of you charities, and in particular their fundraising activities, have come under considerable scrutiny during the past year with a number of high-profile cases making...
View ArticleRuth MacFarlane has been busy creating memory cushions.
Strathcarron Hospice supports patients of all ages and from different backgrounds, but they all have at least one thing in common – as they face a diagnosis with a life limiting condition they will...
View ArticleHospice Film Premieres in USA
Hospice Film Premieres in USA The film “Seven Songs for a Long life” which follows the lives of six extraordinary patients at Strathcarron Hospice is about to receive its USA premiere at the South by...
View ArticlePalliative Care Congress
The palliative care congress took place at the SECC in Glasgow on 9th – 11th March 2016. We were delighted that Strathcarron Hospice had a stand at the conference. It gave us the opportunity to meet up...
View ArticleWe’re going to be 35!
Help us celebrate our 35th birthday by holding a Tea Party with the proceeds being donated to the hospice. We have promotional posters to advertise your tea, and lovely little birthday cake toppers...
View ArticleFalkirk V Rangers – Strathcarron Day!
Strathcarron Hospice set to benefit from the Falkirk V Rangers match on Friday 18th March. We are delighted that the upcoming match between Falkirk and Rangers Football Club on Friday 18th March 2016...
View ArticleSizzle for Strathcarron
Help raise funds for your local hospice and Sizzle for Strathcarron this May to July. Host a BBQ at home, work or even at your local Gala Day and donate the proceeds to Strathcarron. You can also buy...
View ArticleFunds raised at Falkirk FC Strathcarron Day
Strathcarron Hospice Fundraisers, Claire and Coleena, were delighted to visit Falkirk Stadium last week to receive a framed print as a gift from the memorable match against Rangers as well as a...
View ArticleSisters for Strathcarron Fashion Show
Our corporate partners at Sisters Boutique are launching Falkirk Fashion Week with a ‘Sisters for Strathcarron’ Fashion Show on Thursday 19th May 2016. Get your tickets from Sisters now for only £25...
View ArticleFalkirk FC Launch ‘Messages to Morocco’ fundraiser with MAN Trucks and John...
Our corporate partner Falkirk FC is continuing support for the hospice by launching another innovative concept with MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd, John Mitchell Haulage and the Howgate Shopping Centre,...
View ArticleRehabilitation Conference
Tomorrow (Friday 6th May), 80 people will arrive at Westerwood Hotel to hear about the rehabilitation in palliative care supporting people to live actively and until they die. This one-day conference...
View Article60 years ago today, John Mitchell started his haulage business.
60 years ago today, John Mitchell started his haulage business with one second hand Albion. Now, John Mitchell Grangemouth runs 120 vehicles and employs 170 people! To celebrate this momentous...
View ArticleThe Big Conversation
Dying Matters is a coalition of 32,000 members which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life. This is the annual Awareness Week...
View ArticleWhat, exactly, is day care?
Every day at Strathcarron Hospice patients and families come through our doors for the first time fearful and apprehensive but these feelings are often allayed within a matter of minutes. Most of our...
View ArticleIt Pays to Play
Strathcarron Hospice understands the value of living life to the full. Patients and families are welcomed by our incredible team with warm hearts and helping hands. It is not easy to work every day in...
View ArticleWe Care for Carers!
Carers Week aims to raise awareness of caring and highlight the challenges that carers face. Carers week recognises the contribution that carers make to families and communities throughout the UK,...
View ArticleThe volunteer celebration
Every hour and every minute of volunteering for Strathcarron Hospice is hugely valued and is very helpful directly or indirectly, to the people needing our care. Strathcarron Hospice joins the UK’s...
View ArticleMorocco Trek 2016
Some of you may have been following the Strathcarron 2016 High Atlas Mountain Challenge through our Social Media. This was the first overseas challenge for the Hospice and we are delighted to say...
View ArticleThistles Centre nominates Strathcarron as Charity of the Year
The Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling has nominated Strathcarron Hospice as its official charity for 2016. Phil Byrne, Centre Director of The Thistles said: “Strathcarron Hospice is a most...
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