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.
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.
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.
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.
23rd October 2024 Christine’s Story Christine began volunteering on our Inpatient Unit in May 2018 after coming into contact with the hospice on separate occasions with different family members.
Bethany’s Story Bethany began volunteering at the Hospice over a year ago, supporting the refreshments team in the Inpatient Unit. She does this alongside her full time job in the NHS.
16th October 2024 Kath’s Story Kath has been a Wigan & Leigh Hospice volunteer on the reception team for five years. She also volunteers as a bank receptionist to cover any shifts where needed.
15th October 2024 Nick and Lucy’s Story Lucy and Nick had always planned to marry, but it was only when Nick became ill that they decided it…
30th August 2024 Muriel ‘Moo Moo’ Leatham’s Story Mum was called Muriel, but everyone knew her as Moo Moo. She’d been poorly and struggling for such a long…
14th August 2024 Naomi’s Story After knowing from a young age that she wanted to work at the hospice, Naomi joined the team in 2017 as a Staff Nurse before she transitioned onto our Hospice Nurse Specialist team in 2020.