Weston Hospicecare moving to Mooseheart building

Weston Hospicecare has had an offer accepted for Moose International’s headquarters in Winscombe, North Somerset.

It was confirmed this week that an undisclosed offer was made to Moose International who subsequently accepted the offer made by the Uphill based charity.

The Hospice will move from its current site in Uphill, Weston-super-Mare to an “idyllic location” in which patients and their families can receive vital end of life care.

Gill Auden, CEO at Weston Hospicecare explains the decision: “We are thrilled to have secured this fantastic site, surrounded by woodland, with good transport links and acres of space for us to create a state of the art Hospice for our patients.

“This move will safeguard the future of Weston Hospicecare and excellent end of life care in our corner of North Somerset and Somerset.

“Weston Hospicecare’s roots are in Weston, along with thousands of our patients, families and supporters but as our 25 years have rolled on, demand has taken our care to all corners of our catchment area. People need us much further afield than that – in fact many of our patients do not live in the town and many of our supporters are from surrounding towns and villages.

“As patient numbers have grown we’re increasingly finding that our current beautiful site in Uphill will not stand the test of time. We have no more room to add outdoor or indoor space to further enhance our services for patients. We know we simply cannot continue to serve increasing numbers of people at this site – and we have never turned anyone away and we are determined that we never will.

“This will be the third home the Hospice has had in our 25 years and this new site offers so much more space, both for much improved patient care facilities and also simply for incredible outdoor space and views which play such an important part in the health and well-being of our patients. We will be more accessible for those who live outside of Weston whilst maintaining our strong presence in Weston through our Hospice Community Nurse Specialists , Hospice at Home nurses, partnership links with Weston General Hospital and our events held in the town.”

It’s expected to take anywhere up to five years for the Hospice to complete its move. Now the new location is finalised, the Hospice will turn its attention to planning the relocation – a significant undertaking – which will include issuing planning requests, raising funds to complete the move and supporting its patients, staff and volunteers through the transition.

The Hospice will update the community at key milestones during the project.