North Devon Hospice
Formation22 March 1983 (1983-03-22)[1]
TypeCharity
PurposeProvides palliative care
HeadquartersBarnstaple
Region
North Devon
Key people
Stephen Roberts (chief executive)[2]
Budget (2020)
£3.88 million[3]
Revenue (2020)
£7.51 million[3]
Staff (2020)
195[3]
Volunteers (2020)
485[3]
Websitewww.northdevonhospice.org.uk

The North Devon Hospice is a charity based in Barnstaple, Devon, England, which provides palliative care. It was established in 1983.[4]

It operates a hospice in Barnstaple and palliative home care. It is developing a new base in the grounds of the Holsworthy Medical Centre.

History

In 2014, it won the UK Charity of the Year award.[5]

In June 2020, the Hospice's volunteers were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.[6]

Notable fundraising challenge (2020–2023)

In 2020 11-year-old Max Woosey from Braunton, began raising money for the hospice, which had cared for his late neighbour Rick, by camping in his back garden.[7][8][9][10] In August 2021 he spent his 500th consecutive night under canvass, by which time he had raised over £640,000.[11] In November 2021, Woosey was given a Pride of Britain 'Spirit of Adventure' Award presented by Bear Grylls,[12] and invited to spend the night camping on the pitch at Twickenham Stadium. Invited by the award organisers to spend the night before the ceremony in a hotel, he instead slept on its balcony.[13] Woosey was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2022 New Year Honours.[14] In March 2023, Woosey announced he would end his challenge on 1 April with "a final celebratory camp-out festival".[2] Stephen Roberts, the hospice's chief executive, said that Woosey's contributions had directly funded 15 nurses for a year.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Charity number: 286554 - Governance". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Kevin Rawlinson (1 March 2023). "'Tent boy' ends charity camping challenge after three years". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Charity number: 286554 - Charity overview". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Company number 01696150". Companies House. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "North Devon Hospice scoops UK Charity of the Year award". North Devon Journal. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Matt Smart (2 June 2020). "North Devon Hospice's volunteers receive royal recognition with Queen's Award". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Tony Gussin (11 January 2021). "Camp out fundraiser Max receives gift from fallen soldier's family". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Boy, 10, has camped out every night since last March". ITV.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Joseph Bulmer (30 March 2021). "North Devon hero Max raises £500,000 by sleeping outside for a year". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Max Woosey sleeps in tent for year in memory of family friends". BBC. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Max Woosey: Camping challenge boy set for 500th night". BBC News. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Pride of Britain Awards". Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. ↑ Smith, Colleen (30 October 2021). "Superstar 'Tent Boy' is a Pride of Britain winner". DevonLive. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Amos, Owen (31 December 2021). "New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2022.


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