News & Media

Bedford’s Living Well Centre now supporting more patients through enhanced services

7 October 2024

Bedford’s Living Well Centre now supporting more patients through enhanced services A year on from Keech Hospice Care’s merger with Bedford Daycare Hospice, the specialist care charity is now supporting many more local patients through its recently refurbished Living Well Centre. The Centre, located at Gladys Hibbert House on Linden Road, Bedford, offers personalised, compassionate […]

Palliative Care for Every Colour of the Rainbow

10 June 2024

    June is here, and you know what that means?… It’s Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈 It’s that time of the year when we come together to celebrate love, acceptance, and diversity within the LGBTQIA+ community. And this year we’re championing the theme for International Pride this year: Reflect, Empower, Unite. For us, Pride Month holds a […]

Keech Hospice Care PRIDE Logo. A colourful rainbow background with the Keech Hospice Logo of 2 interlinked hearts.

Can you help Keech Mum make ball a success?

20 May 2024

One of our lovely children’s mums, Emily, has been very busy over the last few months organising a glittering event which will take place on 22 June to raise money for Keech. Her gorgeous daughter, Amelia, now 4 has been coming to Keech for Tots n Toys sessions since she was a tiny baby. Emily […]

How to talk to loved ones about death and dying

3 May 2024

It’s true, we don’t often like talking about death do we? It’s a subject we tend to swerve through fear of causing upset or distress. But avoiding conversations can lead to people’s wishes not being heard, family fallouts, and stress and confusion when a loved one does die. Karen Hibbert, compassionate communities lead at Keech […]

Supporting a colleague returning to work after a bereavement

By the time most of us reach manager status, we have ourselves experienced a bereavement and know how all-consuming and emotionally debilitating it can be. Our own experience doesn’t however automatically qualify us to know how to best welcome a colleague back after they’ve been away on compassionate leave. For managers, this can feel like […]

The D word!

What did you think we were talking about? How did it make you feel? Were you surprised? Did you think we’d made a mistake? We often start our conversations about death and dying with a question, perhaps not the one we asked you, to grab your attention. Starting with something like ‘have you ever wondered […]

Pam appears in Prima

5 March 2024

  Pam appears in Prima A few weeks ago, we organised a very special day out to remember for one of our patients, Pam, and her 11-year-old daughter, Martha. Pam, aged 48, was invited to star in a special makeover feature for national glossy magazine, Prima. Supported by two members of our team, Pam travelled […]

Keech to feature on new Luton Monopoly board

1 March 2024

  Keech to feature on new Luton Monopoly board   We are very excited to reveal that Keech Hospice Care will feature in the new Luton edition of the board game MONOPOLY! The Luton version of the world’s most popular board game hits shops in April 2024 and will feature famous Luton landmarks voted for by the […]

Smiley Sam retires after 25 years

23 November 2023

  Smiley Sam retires after 25 years…and Smiley Sam Jnr takes the reins   For a quarter of a century, Smiley Sam has been touring the streets of Luton during the festive season, spreading cheer and raising money for Keech Hospice Care. In that time, he’s travelled more than 2,100 miles — that’s further than […]

What happens to our digital memories when we die?

19 October 2023

Keech Hospice Care hosts free online workshop On 1 November 2023 and 11 January 2024, we will be holding free one-hour online workshops open to care professionals and the public, which addresses what happens to someone’s digital footprint when they die. The session helps individuals, professionals and family members gain a better understanding of what […]

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