Ella and her family are big Oxford United supporters, and they met the club’s Football Manager, Karl Robinson, who has become an ambassador for our charity, at the match on Saturday 12th February. We have worked with ex Oxford United player, Rob Hall, in the...
Emily, whose daughter Neve has brain cancer comes to the hospice for short supportive stays, ran the Oxford Half Marathon in 2021 and raised over £7,800 for Helen & Douglas House. Here, she talks about her experience of running the Oxford Half Marathon for the...
Pippa, from Maidenhead, was born in 2013. She was born with Down’s syndrome and, as she got older, developed other conditions that cause seizures and further complications. Eventually, Pippa needed our care and support and she started coming to Helen & Douglas...
Did you know that we have a school at Helen & Douglas House? Some of you might as we did an update a few years ago on our blog. If you missed that you can check it out here. For our latest update on our hospice school, we spoke to teacher Maria. She told us that...
Meet Julie. Julie first started at Helen & Douglas House as a volunteer in 2015, working on our reception desk. A couple of years later, Julie moved over to volunteering with our care team. And, more recently, she has joined the care team as a member of staff....
We’ve been really looking forward to celebrating Christmas this year with our families at the hospice and at home, particularly as we weren’t able to celebrate in person last year. The last two years have been tough for most of us, but particularly for the...
Baby Loss Awareness Week 9-15th October is an opportunity to remember babies we have lost. To honour every little life lost, we will be joining hundreds of thousands of people around the world to light a candle or share an image of a candle on Friday 15th October. You...
Once a supporter gets a taste of fundraising they often go on to do bigger and better challenges each time raising more vital funds for Helen & Douglas House. We are so pleased to see that this even extends to our young fundraisers, who are out and about again!...
We recently welcomed Darren Field of The New Driveway Company and other contributors and volunteers to the official opening of our new hospice garden by Hannah Ingram-Moore, Captain Sir Tom’s daughter. Lucie, Hannah Ingram-Moore, Benji, Georgia, Finley and Michaela...
Her Majesty The Queen, visited Helen & Douglas House on Tuesday 13th July to meet families supported by the hospice in the garden to learn how they have been coping with the pandemic. Her Majesty The Queen who became patron of Helen & Douglas House in 2007,...
