Stronger Together

Who are the West Yorkshire Hospice Collaborative?

The West Yorkshire Hospice Collaborative unites ten hospices across the region to enhance and extend palliative and end-of-life care for our communities.

Our Collaborative includes eight adult hospices and two children’s hospices. Seven of the hospices are independent charities—Forget Me Not Hospice, The Kirkwood, Martin House, Overgate Hospice, The Prince of Wales Hospice, St Gemma’s Hospice, and Wakefield Hospice. The remaining three, Marie Curie Bradford, Sue Ryder Wheatfields, and Sue Ryder Manorlands, are part of national organisations.

Why do we work as a Collaborative?

Born out of the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, we united our expertise, experience, and passion to make a difference. By joining forces, we discovered the power of a collective voice to drive real change. Our mission is clear and inspiring: to ensure that everyone across West Yorkshire has access to the palliative and end-of-life care they truly deserve. Together, we are committed to making this vision a reality.

Our Strategic Objectives

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    Resilience

    Build our financial and organisational resilience so that we can provide and commission responsive, holistic, high-quality care today, tomorrow, and in the future.

  • Equity - a purple heart with two hands inside reaching out to each other for support

    Equity

    Create equity in access so that everyone who needs palliative and end-of-life care is aware of our services and can access high-quality and effective services easily and rapidly.

  • Partnerships - a graphic of people holding hands, making up an unbreakable supportive circle

    Partnerships

    Strengthen partnerships by collaborating in key decision-making groups, ensuring representation in system-wide initiatives.

  • Unity - graphic of coins with new shoots of leaves growing from it and a coin with a pound logo on

    Unity

    Unity – we are stronger together, harnessing partnerships and the power of a united voice to create meaningful change and drive collective impact.

Read more about the impact we make

West Yorkshire Hospice Collaborative Members

  • Forget Me Not Children's Hospice

  • The Kirkwood

  • Marie Curie

  • Martin House Children's Hospice

  • Overgate Hospice logo

    Overgate Hospice

  • The Prince of Wales Hospice logo

    The Prince of Wales Hospice

  • St Gemma's Hospice logo

    St. Gemma's Hospice

  • Sue Ryder logo

    Sue Ryder Hospices

  • Wakiefield Hospice logo

    Wakefield Hospice

Find out more about our Collaborative members