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With the exception of our Astley Bridge shop, all shops will close at 4pm on Wednesday 23rd December and re-open on Monday 4th January at 10.00am

Bolton Hospice supporters have raised an incredible £47,758 to enable us to care for patients and their families this Christmas and beyond.

Our Education Team here at Bolton Hospice have created resources to offer support to those supporting children, and here you can see a bitesize version of the training they offer that you may find useful as a parent, family member or teacher in helping the young people in your life through loss, grief and bereavement.

As part of this year's National Grief Awareness Week, here are some helpful resources from our Bereavement Support Team with suggestions of what to say and what not to say to someone who is grieving.

This National Grief Awareness Week we wanted to share our thoughts and helpful resources here at the hospice, joining The Good Grief Trust in their hope to "normalise grief and get people talking."

Generous staff and students at the University of Bolton have raised £700 for Bolton Hospice by donating money collected from £1 meals sold to students during Bolton’s extra Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

During the current outbreak of Covid-19 we have had to restrict access to the hospice building for family members and friends of patients on the Inpatient Unit.

We asked Tracy who has signed up to complete the Bolton Marathon 'Twin Towns Challenge' for Bolton Hospice her reasons for running to make a difference!

Visiting is restricted to TWO named visitors if they live in the same household or are in a support bubble between two households, in line with current local guidance.

Super supporter Laura will be running in loving memory of her late brother John on 2nd November, on what would have been his 49th birthday.

Last updated 16/10/2020

Following a number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 on our inpatient unit this week (two patients, two doctors and two nurses) we have been liaising with Public Health England and following their advice we are now implementing our contingency plan, which aims to mitigate any potential further risks to patients, staff and visitors.

VISITOR RESTRICTIONS (To take effect from Wednesday 9th September 2020) During the current outbreak of Covid-19 we have had to restrict access to the hospice building for family members and friends of patients on the Inpatient Unit.