North Devon Hospice

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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£3.88 million[3] (2020)
Revenue£7.51 million[3] (2020)
Staff195[3] (2020)
Volunteers485[3] (2020)

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

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

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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)

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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]

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