Kirkwood Hospice

Kirkwood Hospice

Coordinates: 53°39′00″N 1°44′21″W / 53.6501°N 1.7391°W / 53.6501; -1.7391

Kirkwood Hospice
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Geography
Location Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Hospital type Hospice
(Registered Charity No. 512987)
Services
Links
Website http://www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk/
Lists Hospitals in England


Kirkwood Hospice is a hospice situated in Dalton, Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. It provides Specialist palliative care for the terminally ill in Kirklees. It was built on the site of the former Mill Hill Isolation Hospital, which closed in 1971

Kirwood hospice provided help and assistance in the formation of the Laura Crane Trust.[1]

Finances

Kirkwood is dependent on private donations and charitable gifts. To help raise funds for patient care the hospice organises annual activities such as the 'Midnight Memory Walk', which has raised in excess of £200,000 for patient care over the last three years[2] and an 'It's a Knockout' style tournament.[3] Other major fundraising events include Tandem skydiving.[4]

Patrons of the hospice include Author Joanne Harris, world renowned for bestsellerss Chocolat, The Lollipop Shoes and Five Quarters of the Orange and Runemarks.

References

  1. ^ Lauran Crane Trust - Quality and Standards
  2. ^ Kirkwood Hospice Newsletter, issue 69, Page 3
  3. ^ Kirkwood Hospice Newsletter, issue 69, Page 5
  4. ^ Kirkwood Hospice Newsletter, issue 69, Page 8

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