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Impact Report 2024-25

St Wilfrid's Hospice reports on specialist palliative and end-of-life care, counselling, community support and the contribution of staff, volunteers and supporters in 2024-25.

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About

St Wilfrid's Hospice is a registered charity providing specialist hospice care in Eastbourne and the surrounding area.

Key Metrics

Patients and families supported 2,286 patients and family members supported in 2024-25, including 1,504 patients.

Key Outcomes

  • The hospice delivered 2,503 counselling sessions in 2024-25.

Geography

South East

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