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Deb Isherwood and her 8 year old son Oliver are taking part in this year's 'My Memories Walk' as a tribute to their late father/grandfather, Gerry Lunn. The 10,000 step virtual sponsored walk takes place on Saturday 19th June 2021.

We have continued our successful partnership with specialist cancer centre, The Christie, to improve services for local patients with lymphoedema. A weekly clinic is now being held in the new facilities of our Wellbeing Hub to provide specialist outpatient care to people in Bolton and beyond.

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 to ensure that our patients, staff and volunteers working within the hospice are safe. These will continue to be reviewed on a regular basis and may change depending on the national and/or local infection rate and guidance.

This Dying Matters Awareness Week, Bolton Hospice volunteer and Poet Phil Isherwood shares his new poem 'Belonging' written for the awareness week, his thoughts on the topic of belonging and what this means for our patients here at Bolton Hospice. 

Hearing the personal stories of how our nurses have touched the lives of patients and their families is incredibly special to us. Dr Nayyar Naqvi kindly shared his family's story in loving memory of his mother-in-law Fatima. 

Helping your loved one to be in a good place to die is an incredibly difficult time, filled with difficult conversations - but this Dying Matters week we are touched to be able to share this story from a patient's husband, and his experience of the care our Hospice at Home team provided to his wife in the last months of her life.

Today on what would have been Jackie's 74th Birthday, her husband Dr Peter Green has shared his touching hospice story with us and how his family are keeping Jackie's loving memory alive with their very own Tribute Fund.

Bolton Hospice supporters across our community challenged themselves to become our ‘Biggest Loser’ in 2021 – taking on a 12 week ‘virtual’ fitness challenge for the hospice in January 2021, with the aim of losing pounds and getting fit with the help of FitBox Online.

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 to ensure that our patients, staff and volunteers working within the hospice are safe. These will continue to be reviewed on a regular basis and may change depending on the national and/or local infection rate and guidance.

Today on the National Day of Reflection to mark one year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve much to reflect on here at Bolton Hospice.

We are thrilled to offer a virtual spin on our much loved Midnight Memories Walk this year. This year you can make every step count by taking part in My Memories Walk - a 10,000 step sponsored walk on Saturday 19th June 2021 (or a day you choose in June).