insideKENT Magazine Issue 66 - September 2017 | Page 159

Tell us the story of one of your
patients…
We have many amazing patients and
their courage is inspirational. Catia suffers
from muscular atrophy and attended our
hospice in Brasov through much of her
childhood. She learned English at the
hospice from a UK volunteer and has
won a scholarship at university in the UK
to study psychology.
How important are volunteers to
Hospices of Hope? What sort of thing
do they do and how can our readers
get involved?
Volunteers are vital to our work and help
in all sorts of ways. All opportunities are
listed on our website but perhaps the
most exciting are our summer trips.
These trips give volunteers the chance
to spend a week in Romania working
with some of our child patients.
What does the future hold?
The future is very exciting. Prince Charles
recently saw some of our work with
children and we are expanding that work
by opening a new respite centre for
children in Romania. We are also
opening the first hospice in Serbia which
will make a major difference to end of
life care in that country.
www.hospicesofhope.co.uk
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