Rossendale Hospice Patient / Carer Services

We aim to improve the quality of life for people in Rossendale who have a life-limiting illness. We do this through expert nursing care, compassion, understanding, emotional and psychological support.

All our services involve our patients and their carers and families in their future care choices and we work in partnership with patients’ GPs and community teams to ensure the highest level of care.

The Hospice is located on the 2nd floor of the Rossendale Primary Health Centre on Bacup Road in Rawtenstall.

We provide a range of services at the Hospice, in patients’ homes, and in the community. These include:

A Guide to our Services

Counselling

Family & Carer Support

Mindfulness Skills

Complementary Therapy

Hospice Referral Form

Breathing techniques

Ladies' Christmas Lunch 2021

ANNUAL LADIES’ CHRISTMAS PARTY RAISES THOUSANDS FOR HOSPICE

Nino’s Restaurant, Rawtenstall played host to over 170 of Rossendale’s Ladies last week for a Christmas Fundraiser all in aid of Rossendale Hospice.

The event was organised by the Special Events Committee, a group of fantastic volunteers who dedicated the past few months to liaising with local businesses to source spectacular donations to the auction and raffle which ultimately raised £19,127 on the day.

The festivities got off to a thought provoking start with Hazel Holland, who talked about her personal journey with cancer as a reminder of why the Hospice is such an important community service and why raising money for it is so vital.

Post lunch the fundraising began in earnest with compere Joe Casserley keeping up with the bidding frenzy for lots such as holidays in Tenerife and Wales, A Day at the Races, gym memberships from new gym, Thrive and a bespoke garden design from Simon Nuttall at NuttHutt.

One of the most sought after lots however were the VIP tickets to see Adele live at Hyde Park next year, kindly donated by Georgina Nuttall which went for a whopping £2100!

Guests were rewarded for their generosity with music from Callum Spencer and an afternoon of table service from the staff at Ninos.

Clare Richards, Head of Fundraising said “This event is always a great success thanks to the support of the ladies of the Special Events Committee and the local businesses who so graciously donate high value items to raise money for the Hospice. A special thanks to supporting businesses such as CFH Design who provided design and print materials, which allows for more funds to go directly on funding patient services. A huge thanks to the ladies for attending this event and helping raise so much money which will allow us to continue to make such a positive difference to people’s lives.”

Our Special Events Committee (LtoR)– Sarah Makin, Danielle Harrison, Rachel Hall, Louise Smith, Mel Fourie

Dec 05 More about Haslingden Shop reopens bigger and better

Haslingden Shop reopens bigger and better

This Friday our Haslingen Shop reopened after a few weeks of closure for revamp. We have moved 2 doors up from the previous premises into a bigger and batter space.

Doors we due to open at 10am Friday 3rd but we had such a queue at 9am that we had to open up ealier than expected. Feedback was wonderful from our early visitors and we had a bumper day of sales.

To come and see for yourself and grab yourselves a Christmas bargain, head to Upper Dearden Gate, Haslingden;

10am - 4pm Monday to Wednesday

10am - 1pm Thursday

10am - 4pm Friday & Saturday

Dec 01 More about Rossendale Hospice - Award Winners

Rossendale Hospice - Award Winners

R-Award for Best Not-for-Profit

We are so honoured that all our hard work over the past 12 months has been recognised with this fantastic award. Thank you so much to the judging panel at Rossendale Business Awards for selecting us as the winners of Best Not-for-profit.

We don’t do what we do for the awards but it is lovely to know our work is appreciated in the Rossendale Community and we accept it on behalf of every single person who helps make the Hospice the wonderful organisation it is, from the nurses and fundraisers to the office staff, the cleaners and of course our invaluable volunteers.

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated in all categories, especially our fellow charitable nominees. Keep doing what you do.

Nov 20 More about Penny Appeal 2021

Penny Appeal 2021

Schools help make every moment count for Rossendale Hospice

From pennies, to pounds, to people: Pupils from over thirty Valley schools have been saving their pennies since the end of September all in support of Rossendale Hospice and their annual ‘Inter-School Penny Appeal’.

Pennies have been saved in their ‘Penny Boxes’ featuring new mascot, Penny the Pig and between them the schools have raised a wonderful £5,257.66!

The Challenge has been running for over 15 years and has raised in the region of £60,000 for the Hospice, all of which goes towards supporting Rossendale residents with life limiting conditions, often in their homes.

This year the winning high school is yet again, Haslingden High making this their eighth years in a row to bring in the highest amount. Northern County Primary in Bacup won in their category and the winning preschool/ nursery was Bacup Nursery School.

The winning schools have received a special Penny Appeal certificate to congratulate their efforts and each participating school have received a certificate of appreciation.

Fundraiser Joanna Williams said: “It’s wonderful to see schools engaging with our Penny Appeal year after year and so generously giving their own spare change to help people in their community. Seeing our younger residents getting involved with fundraising for Rossendale Hospice fills us with appreciation and hope for the future.

The Hospice couldn’t continue to run things like its ‘Hospice at Home’ service, or ‘Wellness Centre’ for day patients without the highly trained care team, the many volunteers who help to keep day to day running of the Hospice going, or ultimately our wonderful fundraisers, so thank you to each and every one of them”

Oct 10 More about Sabre Challenge 2021

Sabre Challenge 2021

Valley residents take on ultimate challenge for Rossendale Hospice

This week saw over 100 Rossendale residents take on a gruelling physical and mental challenge all to raise much needed funds for Rossendale Hospice.

Hospice supporter and former soldier, John Dawson meticulously planned The Sabre Challenge: a gruelling 8 mile trek with seven team challenges en-route. The teams of four were tested on their map reading and navigation skills, casualty extraction, communication, minefield crossing, survival skills, observation and memory. Rawtenstall Cricket Club were the host for the final challenge, an obstacle course with 6 more problem solving tasks to truly test heavy legs and tired minds. John, who sadly lost his Dad, David, a year ago to cancer wanted to plan the fundraiser in gratitude to Rossendale Hospice’s Hospice at Home team who provided care and support as well as much needed respite for the whole family during the difficult time. John said, “I was really pleased how the day went and amazed by the amount of money we managed to raise. Despite a damp start with navigation difficult in low cloud, all teams took on the challenges in their stride and it was great to see them complete the final obstacles with a smile on their face, and it put a smile on my face to hear them say that they wanted to do it again next year.”

When Bear Grylls heard about the event, he commented “An epic challenge for an amazing cause. John I admire you and all your challengers so much. Huge respect and never give up!” He even donated signed copies of his books to the prize fund. Despite the wet and foggy start all challengers seemed to thoroughly enjoy the punishing course and Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue were on hand to ensure everyone got home safe and in good time. The teams were marked on their times with penalties deducted for failed or missed tasks and the winning team of Christopher, Jay, Michael and Daniel crossed the finish line in a spectacular 2 hours and 19 minutes, narrowly beating out Daniel’s brother Jamie and his team, who came in a close second.

Both John and Rossendale Hospice would like to thank sponsors without whom the event wouldn’t have been to take place: Mission Labs, Limelight Signs and Wynsors Shoes, along with every single volunteer who helped along route and of course to each participant all of whom went above and beyond on the day to make it an event to remember. Their fundraising efforts to date have raised over £8,300 with donations and personal sponsorships still coming in.

Rossendale Hospice - Patients & Carers