In 1969, Dr Mary Baines pioneered the first home care team taking St Christopher's care and philosophy out into the community.
Read more 1969HRH Princess Alexandra opened our Education Centre in 1973. Since it’s opening, over 100,000 people have studied with us and we have offered over 5,000 courses.
Read more 1973The St Christopher's international conference held in 1984 had 200 delegates with representatives from 28 countries.
Read more 1984Volunteers contributed 2,552 hours each week to the hospice - the equivalent of 72 paid people. St Christopher's is currently supported by over 1,200 volunteers.
Read more 1998Our specialist Child Candle Bereavement Service was launched in 1999. The Service offers counselling for children and young people as well as training and advice.
Read more 1999In 2001 St Christopher’s Hospice received the Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize – the world’s largest humanitarian award. This was presented by Kofi Annan.
Read more 2001Dame Cicely Saunders died peacefully at St Christopher's on Thursday 14 July 2005.
Read more 2005Our Anniversary Centre was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra. Open 7 days a week the Centre supports around 150 patients, families and friends every day.
Read more 2009Our Pilgrim Room, a place for quiet meditation and prayer, was opened. It is a space for all to use, regardless of faith.
Read more 2010In 2011, we introduced our Namaste project. This project aims to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia.
Read more 2011Our 2012 Midnight Walk raised an impressive £50,000 with 400 people taking part.
Read more 2012Harris HospisCare merged with St Christopher's in October 2013. When first founded in 1984 Dame Cicely supported the development of Harris HospisCare.
Read more 2013In our 50th anniversary year we are creating something that means generations to come will benefit from the care of St Christopher's. Our new Learning Hub, which will be technologically equipped with flexible spaces, will enable us to train many more people both here and around the world.
Read more Looking forward