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3 October 2025

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Speak up for hospice care by writing to your MP

This year, Hospice Care Week is celebrating the importance of hospice care, while also highlighting the vital issue of funding shortfalls.

This year, Hospice Care Week is celebrating the importance of hospice care, while also highlighting the vital issue of funding shortfalls.

Hospice UK estimate that as many as 2 in 5 hospices are planning to make cuts this year.

As the home of the modern hospice movement, we’re standing up for hospices across the country and calling for a new funding model.

At St Christopher’s we are fortunate that, thanks to the support of our community who raise millions for us every year, we are able to continue to provide care and support when people need us most.

Write to your MP

So this Hospice Care Week, please speak up for hospices up and down the country and encourage your local MP to attend a Hospice UK event in parliament on 15 October.

You can find a template of the letter below to copy and paste into your email.

Find your local MP and their email address by entering your postcode on members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP.

Dear (insert name of your local MP), 

I am writing as your constituent and a supporter of St Christopher’s to ask you to attend a special parliamentary drop-in event in Westminster on Wednesday, 15 October, hosted by Hospice UK, to celebrate Hospice Care Week. 

This year’s theme is “hospice care is more than you think”. To bring this to life, Hospice UK will be reimagining a Hospice at Home in Parliament, offering a unique insight into the care hospices provide in people’s homes and communities every day. 

I understand St Christopher’s is proud to be part of a movement that delivers personalised, compassionate care, helping people stay at home, surrounded by the people and things they love most. Their teams work tirelessly, not only on the ward but also in the community and in people’s homes, supporting those who need palliative and end of life care day in, day out. 

However, the reality is that rising costs and an unsustainable funding model mean many hospices are being forced to cut back services, despite growing demand.  

With fair funding from government, hospices like St Christopher’s can maintain and expand their services, supporting the ambition laid out in the Ten Year Plan for Health to provide more care, closer to home – just what people like me and my family want.  

Last year, St Christopher’s joined Hospice UK in campaigning for better funding, and thanks to this, they have been able to develop new services and support more people in our community. 

I would be hugely grateful if, as my local MP, you could drop-in to Parliament’s Hospice at Home on Wednesday 15 October, 10am-3pm in the Jubilee Room. Please join Hospice UK and St Christopher’s in celebrating the breadth of support hospices offer, and in calling for the fair funding that will secure the future of these vital services. 

To RSVP or for more information, please email policy@hospiceuk.org. 

Thank you for your support. 

(Name)  

(insert your postcode) 

Share stories of our work

We are also using this opportunity to celebrate the great work of our teams.

Hospice care is more than you think. It isn’t just about managing symptoms in the last few days of life. 

It’s about living fully and living well, right until the last moment.

That means remarkable moments happen. Like a game of football in the hospice garden or a couple dancing again.

Last year we supported almost 7,000 people across our south London and our community teams made more than 25,000 home visits.

Please share our videos celebrating our work on social media to remind people that hospices are so much more than you think.

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