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Can you spare a few hours a week to help your hospice?

8 October 2017

Keech Hospice Care, which cares for adults in Luton and Bedfordshire and children in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes, needs more volunteers to help run its 21 charity shops. Kitty Read, who volunteers every week in a Keech Hospice Care charity shop, says she finds volunteering incredibly rewarding and is encouraging others to do the […]

Who says you can’t party at a hospice?

24 August 2017

KeechFest is back by popular demand with a fun-filled day of back to back live music acts and family entertainment. The beautiful Alan Titchmarsh garden at Keech Hospice Care in Great Bramingham Lane, Luton, will be rocking as the charity hosts its summer festival on Sunday 10 September. Liz Searle, CEO at Keech Hospice Care, […]

TV gardener Adam Frost opens new Courtyard Garden

19 July 2017

Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost has transformed a Luton hospice’s drab concrete yard into a colourful garden paradise for seriously ill adults and children. The Courtyard Garden, which is a joint project between Keech Hospice Care and Greenfingers Charity, has been officially opened by the landscape designer today and he said he can’t wait to […]

Mum calling on you to support Colour Dash

2 July 2017

A mum is encouraging people across the Three Counties to get bright, bold and colourful for an adult and children’s hospice which has helped her cope with her daughter’s cancer. Beckie Ward, 36, from Stevenage says she can’t wait to run Keech Hospice Care’s new look Colour Dash, which will be Luton’s biggest yet and […]

New service helps people live well for longer

27 June 2017

A dad-of-three who considered suicide after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease says a new service which helps terminally ill adults live well for longer has saved his life. Pete Almond, 64, from Luton, said he supports the Macmillan Independence and Well-being Service, launched today and based at Keech Hospice Care, because it has given him […]

Celebrities support #DeclutterForKeech

6 June 2017

Famous faces are coming out in force to donate their rare items to help children and adults with life-limiting and terminal illnesses in Bedfordshire. Actress Joanna Lumley is urging people to support Keech Hospice Care in Luton by handing in their good quality items to one of its 32 charity shops across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and […]

Research to reveal true situation of end of life care

22 May 2017

A mum from Hertfordshire is backing research which will investigate if seriously ill children’s care needs are being met as she battles to get the support she needs for her life-limited son. Jen Carter, 27, from Baldock, said she’s delighted Keech Hospice Care, together with the University of Bedfordshire’s Institute for Health Research, is funding […]

Press statement on NHS cyber attack, Friday 12 May

11 May 2017

Following the cyber attack on NHS Digital, Keech Hospice Care has shut down its IT link to the NHS as a precautionary measure. “This does not affect the operation of the hospice and no patient information or data has been affected. We continue to monitor this situation as it develops. The protection of patient data […]

Urgent appeal for people to #DeclutterForKeech

27 April 2017

Keech Hospice Care is urging people to #DeclutterForKeech and urgently donate their good quality clutter so it can provide excellent care for adults in Luton and South Beds and children in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes with life-limiting illnesses. As a charity, Keech Hospice Care has seen a rise in items unsuitable to sell being […]

Glowing success for Keech Hospice Care!

27 March 2017

More than five hundred people have pledged £35,500 by getting their glow on for Keech Hospice Care. Luton’s first ever Glow Walk, on Saturday 25 March, raised money for Keech Hospice Care so it can continue to care for children across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes and adults in Luton and Bedfordshire. Mark Relf, Keech […]

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