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Come to our first-ever careers fair
School-leavers, jobseekers and college and university graduates are being promised a showcase of 100 roles when we hold our first-ever careers fair. The fair will be held at our hospice site in Bicton, Shrewsbury on January 18 between 3-7pm. While we provide outstanding palliative care on our wards, with our hospice at home nurses and...
Help support us by donating your unwanted Christmas gifts
Christmas cheer will last a little longer, thanks to our scheme to help people who’ve received something from Santa that wasn’t quite right. Our shops will reopen their doors from Wednesday 28 December as ‘re-gifting hubs’ – allowing supporters to donate presents they are not planning to keep. Re-gifting “Re-gifting through our shops is a...
Trailblazing Cheryl sets the pace
When she joined Severn Hospice in 2008, Cheryl Johnson had no idea that one day she would be a trailblazer. But that is just what she is – the charity’s first Nurse Associate, a vital link between the nursing healthcare assistants and the staff nurses. And since she began her training and started on her...
First festive fayre for Refresh
It’s time for Refresh at Severn Hospice’s traditional Christmas Fayre. If you would like to join us it takes place this weekend (December 17-18) at our hospice in Bicton, Shrewsbury. There will be music, mince pies and mulled wine and well as crafts made by local artisans and food and drink from local producers. Our...
Charity’s annual remembrance service is back
There was an emotional feeling in the air when we held our much anticipated service of remembrance in person for the first time since 2019. The hour-long service of reflection at its Bicton campus saw hundreds of people come together under the night sky, around a 25ft-high Christmas tree covered in thousands of twinkling lights....