Kate’s Story
Kate joined Team Hospice as a Reception Volunteer in July 2022, and after hearing about employment opportunities at the Hospice, she jumped at the chance to join our Fundraising and Lottery team.
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8th May 2025 Maz’s Story
Marion, known to all as Maz, began her volunteering journey at the hospice just over two years ago. Before this, she worked for another hospice as an Admin Supervisor and managed other volunteers for over 11 years, until she retired in December 2023.
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28th April 2025 Barbara and Phil’s Story
Phil was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer and was cared for by our Hospice Nurse Specialist team before being admitted to our Inpatient Unit in February 2023.
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20th March 2025 Dimitri’s Story
After being diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer in November 2024, Dimitri underwent surgery to remove a tumour on his brain. Throughout this difficult process, he was supported by the Hospice Nurse Specialist team from Wigan & Leigh Hospice.
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4th March 2025 Paul and Sarah’s Story
Paul was diagnosed with stage four Sarcoma in 2018 and was admitted to the Wigan & Leigh Hospice Inpatient Unit at the end of November 2024.
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21st February 2025 Alex and Georgia’s Story
Alex explains why his family is now dedicated to supporting the hospice, so other families, like his, can benefit from its services.
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27th November 2024 Lesley’s Story
Lesley has worked in hospice care for 26 years after previously managing a nursing home. Prior to that, she also worked within intensive care and acute medicine and surgery.
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Marie’s Story
Before joining the Practice Development Team here at the Hospice, Marie worked in home care where she worked her way up to being a manager of a residential unit in a care home.
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29th October 2024 Chris’ Story
Chris was diagnosed with Non- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and experienced multiple relapses since 2019. He was introduced to the Hospice Nurse Specialist team in June 2024, who supported and cared for Chris whilst he was at home.
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28th October 2024 Ian’s Story
Ian has been volunteering for the Fundraising team for 12 months and assists with picking up collection boxes and distributing event posters and flyers across the borough.