Strathcarron Hospice
strathcarron.bsky.social
Strathcarron Hospice
@strathcarron.bsky.social
We provide specialist palliative & end of life care and support to people across Forth Valley, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth living with a life limiting illness.
Congratulations to our staff members Lyndsay, Denise and Yvonne who are celebrating professional success through their work with @NHSForthValley and @UniversityofStirling

Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.com/news 👏
December 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🤩 Viral Denny carollers who visited us last week have inspired a festive @Ring campaign in aid of Strathcarron!

🎤From 8 Dec capture a Christmas carol performance on your Ring Video Doorbell and for each #RingAndSing video shared Ring will donate £10 to us! ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎅 What a wonderful festive opening weekend at our @HowgateShoppingCentre Santa's Grotto!

🎁Pop in to visit Santa and his elves over the next few weeks and receive a small gift.

📍 Howgate Shopping Centre
📆 10am–4pm Saturdays & Sundays
👛 £5 per child - drop in

All proceeds go to Strathcarron💙
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
⭐ WIN A CAMPER VAN ⭐

George is kindly raffling off a campervan to raise funds in aid of Strathcarron in memory of wife Gaynor who died in the hospice.

Tickets priced £5 each can be bought at ggontwowheels.com/raffle/

Read more about their story ➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/news/george-...
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sending Season's Greetings 🎄

Many people have moved away from sending physical cards at this time of year and instead opt to make a donation to charity. We are hugely grateful to everyone who chooses Strathcarron Hospice as their charity of choice 🩵

www.strathcarronhospice.net/Appeal/seaso...
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
On this day, Monday 1st December 2025, all our services in the Hospice and across the local community are being paid for by the family of Alan James Brisbane, in his memory.

Alan's family and friends have fundraised tirelessly since he was cared for at home by our Hospice at Home Team in 2021🩵
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚴Lorna, Jamie and siblings Elaine and Paul have completed 309 miles cycling from London to Paris raising an incredible £21,000 for Strathcarron Hospice in memory of loved ones cared for by the hospice 💙

Read their story ➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/news/friends...

#cycling #charity
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🕯️CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE 2025 - REGISTRATION CLOSED🕯️

Registration for in-person attendance of our annual Candlelight Service has now closed due to reaching maximum capacity. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Watch the service on our Facebook live stream Tuesday 2 December at 7pm
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“This role has been very rewarding - I hope I've given as much back to the patients.”

We bid a fond farewell this week to Sandra, a Rehab Assistant and latterly Physiotherapist with our AHP team as she moves on to a new role. Sandra also helped volunteer in our garden 🌻

We'll miss you Sandra 💙
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🌟Light Up A Life Appeal🌟

Donate to the hospice and dedicate a ‘Strathcarron Star’ on our website for a loved one and see it sparkle in our virtual ‘Starry Sky’.

💙You can choose to leave a personal message and you will also receive a digital card acknowledgement.

ℹ️www.StrathcarronHospice.net
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🍾🎉🥳 LET'S LUNCH - Sunday 10th May 2026🥳🎉🍾
⏰ 12noon - 5pm
📍 Glasgow Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld
www.strathcarronhospice.net/Event/lets-l...

Join us for another unmissable afternoon filled with fun, fizz, friends and fundraising
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎤 NEW PODCAST EPISODED where Donna Ashworth reveals how her very first grief poem, “When You Say Goodbye to a Parent,” was written after visiting Lynn’s mum here at Strathcarron.

“I thought a hospice was just a building - but it’s so much more.”
-Donna Ashworth
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Now open for bookings!

It seems to come around quicker every year - our Christmas Tree Recycling scheme is open for bookings:

just-helping.org.uk/register-tree

#treecycling #HospiceCare
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We were honoured to host the first @SobellEducation Scottish Masterclass in #PalliativeCare last week with Dr Mary Miller - Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care.

Read more➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news

#hospice #education
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 We're recruiting 📢 Join the team!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to contribute to shaping the ongoing development of Strathcarron Hospice.

Find out more and apply: www.strathcarronhospice.net/Pages/FAQs/Category/Job-vacancies

Closes: 5pm Fri 28 Nov
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Brilliant news! 🎉

Our Compassionate Communities Team has been awarded £167,547 from @TNLComFund to expand work in Slamannan, Bainsford/Langlees and beyond.

Thanks to MP Euan Stainbank for visiting today and highlighting our work in Parliament.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
⭐Thank you @RotaryGmouth & @McDonaldsUK Community Foundation for their recent £5000 donation!

The local Rotary group is also generously hosting Santa’s Grotto @HowgateShoppingCentre from Sat 29 Nov £5 per child with proceeds to the Hospice 💙

More info➡️www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A GOOD DEAL TO DO A GOOD DEED....

Sign up for our 2026 Firewalk or Falkirk Wheel Abseil and enjoy £5 off your entry fee with our special Black Friday offer 🤩

Offer will run until Sunday 30th November or until events sell out.

Make this your Black Friday deal to remember 🖤

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November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
💙 Join us in the Hospice grounds on Tuesday 2 Dec at 7pm for a special Candlelight Celebration Service, to celebrate the lives of those we love and remember.

Pre-register by Sunday 30 Nov➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/candlelight-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
⭐ Congratulations to our clinical staff who have been praised for their work supporting resident doctors in training by NHS Education for Scotland (NES).

Feedback came from newly qualified foundation doctors, GP registrars and specialty registrars. Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

'For the Fallen' Poem by Laurence Binyon

#RemembranceDay2025
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
105-year-old Marion lives in a residential care home and was experiencing #loneliness and isolation as she didn’t have many visitors...until she forged a friendship with our volunteer Compassionate Neighbour befriender Lesley💙

Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news

#BefriendingWeek
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our Papermill Cafe welcomed special visitors today attending a ceremony of remembrance for those in the Armed Forces, held at Stirling Health and Care Village @nhsforthvalley

During the poignant ceremony, a member of our team lay a wreath on behalf of the hospice 💙

#ToAbsentFriends
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#ToAbsentFriends Week 1-7 Nov gives people across Scotland an opportunity to remember, tell stories, celebrate and reminisce about people we love who have died.

Our Compassionate Communities team has supported communities to host remembrance events this week ➡️bit.ly/3SOy1nR

#loss #grief
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We’re inviting local Schools and Nurseries to take part in our Schools Santa Day in aid of Strathcarron. Each participant will receive a Santa hat for a minimum suggested donation of £1 and you can decide how best to make the day special within your own setting. Sign up below:

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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM