Sue Ryder Care hospice near Abingdon provides compassionate care for people with palliative, end of life and long-term needs. We are a national charity that delivers services within local communities.
Sue Ryder Care is a national charity providing health and social care services in local communities.
• 4 million hours of care each year
• 1.4 million home visits to people in need
• One of the largest providers of specialist palliative care in the UK
• Over 100,000 days of long-term residential care each year
• 6,000 volunteers support our work
We provide individualised, compassionate care services to people with end of life and long-term needs. We offer this in people's own homes, in the community and in our hospices and care centres. We also support families, friends and carers.
Through innovation and research we work to improve standards in long-term and end of life care. We have recently received government recognition for improving end of life care for people with long-term conditions and our research partnership with the University of Nottingham is extending skills and knowledge across the sector. We have piloted leading hospice at home services and holistic care management programmes for people with complex physical and psychological needs.
Our Nettlebed Hospice between Abingdon and Henley-on-Thames offers specialist palliative care to people with life-limiting illnesses from South Oxfordshire, Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire. The hospice provides an in-patient and out-patient unit, Day Care and community based services.
Sue Ryder Care takes a holistic approach to problems faced, whether physical, medical, social, spiritual or psychological. Expert doctors, nurses, complementary therapists, family support counsellors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists work together to support the different needs of each patient.
Fundraising
Hospice Sales
The local fundraising team holds a number of events throughout the year, and the incredibly successful sales of high quality, donated goods take place every three weeks at the hospice. Donated goods can be left at Sue Ryder Care Hospice anytime, excluding the day of the sale or the day before. For dates of the sales see their website Sue Ryder
Abingdon Sue Ryder Shop
4 Market Place
Abingdon
OX14 3HG
Telephone 01235 521708
......What treasure are hiding in your wardrobe?
Give us the best of what you no longer use...
Please donate good quality, clean reusable items to our shops during opening times.
We accept any of the following:
• Clothing from baby wear to ball gowns
• Shoes
• China, kitchenware, collectables, pictures and ornaments
• Soft furnishings: small rugs, linen, curtains
• Toys and Games
• CD's and DVD's
• Music and musical instruments
• Jewellery, bags and accessories
At many of our shops we accept furniture and electrical goods:
• Settees
• Wardrobes
• Tables and chairs
• Cabinets
• Beds
• Small working electrical goods e.g. table lamps, DVD players, musical appliances
Often we are able to collect free of charge from your home. Please contact anyone of our shops direct to offer the donation and make any necessary arrangements. Our staff will ask you some simple questions about the item as we must ensure that it is saleable. If you are donating an item of soft furnishing we may ask if it has the fire retardant labels attached. Without them, we are unable to sell it as it is a legal requirement.
If you are unsure whether we would like an item, please contact our staff at yourlocal Sue Ryder Care shop.
Donations that are broken, dirty, or do not comply with trading standards and are unusable have to be thrown away and this costs the charity money
Recycling and reuse
There are a number of items including mobile phones and ink/toner cartridges that we can accept and recycle. To learn more about our recycling initiatives click here.
We also accept donations of foreign currency
Working in partnership with Coin Co International plc we are able to turn your unused foreign currency into funds to provide essential healthcare services.
Between September 2004 and December 2007, Sue Ryder Care received £16,513 as a result of our kind donations of unused foreign currency. Please continue to donate your small change in store.
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