North Devon Hospice

The North Devon Hospice is a charity based in Barnstaple, Devon, England, which provides palliative care. It was established in 1983.[4]

North Devon Hospice
Formation22 March 1983 (1983-03-22)[1]
TypeCharity
PurposeProvides palliative care
HeadquartersBarnstaple
Region
North Devon
Key people
Stephen Roberts (chief executive)[2]
Budget (2020)
£3.88 million[3]
Revenue (2020)
£7.51 million[3]
Staff (2020)
195[3]
Volunteers (2020)
485[3]
Websitewww.northdevonhospice.org.uk

It operates a hospice in Barnstaple and palliative home care. It is developing a new base in the grounds of the Holsworthy Medical Centre.

History

In 2014, it won the UK Charity of the Year award.[5]

In June 2020, the Hospice's volunteers were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.[6]

Notable fundraising challenge (2020–2023)

In 2020 11-year-old Max Woosey from Braunton, began raising money for the hospice, which had cared for his late neighbour Rick, by camping in his back garden.[7][8][9][10] In August 2021 he spent his 500th consecutive night under canvass, by which time he had raised over £640,000.[11] In November 2021, Woosey was given a Pride of Britain 'Spirit of Adventure' Award presented by Bear Grylls,[12] and invited to spend the night camping on the pitch at Twickenham Stadium. Invited by the award organisers to spend the night before the ceremony in a hotel, he instead slept on its balcony.[13] Woosey was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2022 New Year Honours.[14] In March 2023, Woosey announced he would end his challenge on 1 April with "a final celebratory camp-out festival".[2] Stephen Roberts, the hospice's chief executive, said that Woosey's contributions had directly funded 15 nurses for a year.[2]

References
  1. "NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Charity number: 286554 - Governance". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. Kevin Rawlinson (1 March 2023). "'Tent boy' ends charity camping challenge after three years". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. "NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Charity number: 286554 - Charity overview". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. "NORTH DEVON HOSPICE Company number 01696150". Companies House. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. "North Devon Hospice scoops UK Charity of the Year award". North Devon Journal. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. Matt Smart (2 June 2020). "North Devon Hospice's volunteers receive royal recognition with Queen's Award". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. Tony Gussin (11 January 2021). "Camp out fundraiser Max receives gift from fallen soldier's family". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. "Boy, 10, has camped out every night since last March". ITV.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. Joseph Bulmer (30 March 2021). "North Devon hero Max raises £500,000 by sleeping outside for a year". North Devon Gazette. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. "Max Woosey sleeps in tent for year in memory of family friends". BBC. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  11. "Max Woosey: Camping challenge boy set for 500th night". BBC News. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  12. "Pride of Britain Awards". Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. Smith, Colleen (30 October 2021). "Superstar 'Tent Boy' is a Pride of Britain winner". DevonLive. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  14. Amos, Owen (31 December 2021). "New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2022.


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