As well as offering a range of services from our Hornbeam Park-based hospice, and out in the community in people’s own homes, we are also passionate about working in partnership to enable others to offer hospice-standard care. This June and July, members of our Saint Michael’s team will be working in collaboration with NHS trusts and other professionals such as dieticians, mindfulness practitioners and benefits advisors to offer practical advice as part of an online health and wellbeing programme for patients living with incurable cancer. The programme is co-ordinated by Calderdale and Hudders ..read more

This week (May 10-16) marks national Dying Matters Awareness Week, led by Dying Matters and Hospice UK. This year’s campaign Proud father and family man Paul Williams was cared for at Saint Michel’s before his death in January 2020. Here, his wife Marianne explains how the support offered by Saint Michael’s helped them plan Paul’s end of life care, and to make the most of the time they had together.focuses on the importance of being #InAGoodPlace to die, following a year like never before. #DMAW21 “Paul spent 10 days at the hospice, and it was just amazing right from the start. The setting wa ..read more

This week (May 10-16) marks national Dying Matters Awareness Week, led by @DyingMatters @HospiceUK. This year’s campaign focuses on the importance of being #InAGoodPlace to die, following a year like no other. #DMAW21 An innovative pilot scheme managed by Saint Michael’s is using technology to help people in nursing homes to talk about what they want from healthcare in the future, while they are still well. Saint Michael’s Future Wishes Advance Care Planning Service uses trained volunteers to have Covid-safe conversations with nursing home residents using video calling technology, discussing a ..read more

As an organisation shaped by the growing, changing, and complex needs of our community, Saint Michael’s Hospice is committed to ensuring more local people with any terminal illness get the high-quality care, comfort, and support they need. In 2017, as part of a three-year 2020 Vision strategy, we set ourselves a goal to extend our expertise to support more people with conditions such as heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dementia and motor neurone disease, who we know can often miss out on getting the right care at the right time. Year on year, working in collaborati ..read more

Saint Michael’s Chief Executive Tony Collins said: “We are saddened to hear of the death of His Royal Highness, The Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. “On behalf of our Board of Trustees and the team at Saint Michael’s, I would like to send our deepest condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and all the members of the Royal Family. “His Royal Highness has a long history of support for charities and causes across the UK, including the hospice movement. We join our communities in mourning his death ..read more

Saint Michael’s, which is part of charity North Yorkshire Hospice Care, is looking to recruit new trustees to join the organisation’s Board. The person-focused, expanding charity has ambitious plans for future expansion of services, seeking to remove barriers for its community to access care and support. The organisation’s Board of Trustees is responsible for the governance of a leadership team, ensuring delivery of agreed strategy, monitoring of performance, protection of reputation, and more. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of ..read more

Anniversaries and key dates in the diary can be a difficult or isolating time for people experiencing bereavement, whether their significant person died recently or many years ago. In time for Mother’s Day, our Just ‘B’ team shares some useful ideas on how people can look after themselves if they are experiencing grief for a mum, step mum, grandmother, or important female role model in their life, and suggestions for families to mark the day. Sometimes we might wish to find different ways to mark the day: Visit or think of their favourite place or somewhere special to them. Read a book or poe ..read more

People from across the Harrogate District are being given the opportunity to protect the people and things that matter most in support of a local hospice initiative this April. Saint Michael’s Make a Will Month, now in its eighth year, sees local participating solicitors waive their usual fees to allow people to make a will or amend a current will throughout April. People who take part can then donate to Saint Michael’s, supporting people living with terminal illness and bereavement across the Harrogate District. Make a Will Month is open to anyone aged 18 and over, and the scheme allows parti ..read more

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week – and it’s never been more important to help our children look after their emotional wellbeing. Just ‘B’ is one of the services offered by Saint Michael’s Hospice and our specialist children and young people support workers are sharing some simple self care ideas for you and family during lockdown to encourage good communication around emotional wellbeing. 1: Share your feelings with your children and encourage them to share theirs too. For example: “It made me feel really frustrated that I have burnt the dinner because I was really looking forwar ..read more

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been hearing about emotional wellbeing support for UK-wide frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, provided by North Yorkshire-based Just ‘B’. Their Royal Highnesses spoke with frontline workers and members of the Just ‘B’ team about the mental health impact of the Covid-19 crisis for those working on the frontline, and why it is vital that they are able to reach out for support at such a critical time. Just ‘B’ is part of North Yorkshire Hospice Care, a registered charity with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B ..read more