insideKENT Magazine Issue 80 - November 2018 | Page 198

CHARITY
KENT-BASED CHARITY,
HOSPICES OF HOPE, OPENS TWO
NEW HOSPICE CENTRES
KENT-BASED CHARITY, HOSPICES OF HOPE, HAS
RECENTLY OPENED TWO NEW CENTRES – A
CHILDREN’S RESPITE AND THERAPY CENTRE IN
ROMANIA AND A NEW HOSPICE CENTRE IN SERBIA.
The children’s centre is in a beautiful
summer estate called Copaceni, which
was donated to the charity by the
Florescu family. Sister St John the
Baptist, one of the original donors,
travelled from Minster Abbey in Kent
to take part in the opening ceremony.
She remembers playing in the grounds
of the estate before it was confiscated
by the communist regime.
Copacen Manor house
The facility is the first of its kind in
Romania and will provide respite care
and therapy for children living with
rare or life-limiting illness such as
cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy.
It will also offer temporary emergency
accommodation for families facing
homelessness, a common situation
with children requiring constant care.
Copaceni is already used as a base for
Sister St Jean
the Baptist and
Miruna cutting
the ribbon
the charity’s summer trips for
children, which are run by volunteers
from the UK.
The hospice centre in Belgrade is
unique in Serbia. It will provide a base
for the existing home care service but
will also house a new outpatient unit
and a new daycare centre. The charity
is now looking at opening an in-
patient hospice.
According to executive director of the
charity, Alex Padureanu, the need for
the services offered by these new
centres is immense. In both countries
the majority of people face terminal or
life-limiting illness with little or no
treatment whatsoever.
www.hospicesofhope.co.uk
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