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Longfield Community Hospice Impact Report 2025

Longfield reports on hospice-at-home care, wellbeing services and support for patients, families and carers in Gloucestershire. Its 2025 report describes increased service reach and wellbeing-centre activity.

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About

Longfield is a community hospice in Gloucestershire supporting adults with life-limiting conditions and those close to them.

Key Metrics

People supported 1,110 patients, family members and carers were supported, a 12% increase on the previous year. This excludes families and loved ones supported by Hospice at Home.

Key Outcomes

  • The Wellbeing Centre delivered 7,255 appointments, a 14% increase on the previous year.

Geography

South West

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service