Sobell House Hospice

BMW Group has made €10,000 donation to Sobell House through The Karl-Monz Foundation. 🚗 Dr. Markus Grüneisl, Managing Director of Plant Oxford, and his team were instrumental in securing the generous donation. Markus and the MINI manufacturing plant are ongoing supporters of the hospice and were a key partner for OxTrail, which took over the city last summer. Thank you so much for your ongoing support!

We're proud to announce the launch of the "This is Hospice Care" campaign, a groundbreaking collaboration between 143 hospices, brought together by Hospice UK. Hospices are at the very heart of communities, offering compassionate care and support when we need it most. But just as this incredible support wouldn't exist without hospices across the UK, hospice care wouldn't exist without the incredible generosity of their local communities. That's why we’ve brought hospices together to shine a light on the essential role they play in our communities and to protect their futures. We're asking everyone to consider leaving a Gift in their Will to a hospice close to their heart. By doing so, you can help ensure that everyone has the support they need for generations to come. Together, we can make sure that hospice care lives on for all, for now, forever. https://lnkd.in/dppajFb8

We’re proud to announce we have joined with 143 hospices across England, Scotland, and Wales as part of the #ThisIsHospiceCare campaign. 💛 Together, with your support, we can protect the future of hospice care in Oxfordshire. Find out more about how you can help with a Gift in your Will 👉 https://lnkd.in/dsjHQ_BY

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! You can only run in the Oxford Half Marathon this October through a charity funded place – the general ballot has now sold out. If you left it too late or have only just decided you want to take on the Oxford Half challenge, there’s no need to worry. We have places available here with Team Sobell! However, we only have limited spaces and they’re filling up fast now that the general ballot has sold out. Don’t miss out and run for Team Sobell today 👉https://lnkd.in/eMrxri-4

You may have heard of our community palliative care team, but underpinning this vital service are the unsung heroes of our Hospice Hub team! Meet Maria, a Specialist Nurse and Hub Team Coordinator who has worked at Sobell House for four years. ✨ Maria has sat down with us and told us a little more about her role… ‘ The Hub team provides support and advice to patients and their families, as well as GPs, district nurses, and other health and care professionals. Our job is to help coordinate a patient’s care to ensure they receive the best possible support, and give them practical help with distressing symptoms, such as pain, nausea, breathlessness, and constipation. Each day starts with a check in meeting with the clinical teams covering the inpatient, hospital, and community services. This enables us to check the capacity each area has for the day and which beds are available. We discuss any patients who won’t be admitted as an inpatient, and how we plan to support them over the next 24 hours. Following this, we have a Hospice Outreach meeting to discuss the patients that are symptomatically unstable and require a daily review either by phone or through a home visit. Within the Hospice Outreach team we have occupational therapists, physios, specialist nurses, a specialist registrar, and a consultant. This enables us to provide a holistic review of the patient to meet their needs more effectively and quickly. Calls come into the Hub and are answered by our amazing coordinators, who log the call on the digital message board for the three Hub nurses to respond to. We receive about 40 calls, 50 emails, and 2-3 urgent referrals every day. The calls we deal with are varied, and can take anything from 5 to 60 minutes – it’s important to us to give people as much time as they need. We strongly encourage patients…’ Continue reading 👉 https://lnkd.in/dd-3_vdt

🚨 Urgent appeal for raffle prizes. We’re in urgent need of raffle or auction prizes for our upcoming events and fundraising activities. If you are able to help please do get in touch with us by emailing mail@sobellhospice.org.

Miriam received support from Sobell House for 18 months, following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease. She died at home in January 2021. Her husband, Andrew, has kindly shared their experience. ❤️ “Mim was a nurse. A very, very good one. 15 years in hospital then another 15 in general practice. She knew everything there was to know. And she was a stern judge of nurses. She was not disappointed. To my shame I can’t remember if Lisa, the Sobell House nurse who supported Mim, was one of the people we met at the initial appointment with Sobell House. I will never forget what she did for us later”. Continue reading 👉 https://lnkd.in/egDg9Cyp

It’s the last day to get your 20% off tickets for our Winter Walk in March 👉 https://lnkd.in/eUxTkge7 📍Blenheim Palace ⏰ 2 March 2025 🚶 4.8 mile walk (a shorter 2.5 mile route will be available too) ☕ Hot drinks, crepes, breakfast and burger bar!

Ready to take on a challenge? Choose Team Sobell in 2025 and you won’t regret it! ‘Having seen first hand the difference Sobell makes, I could not be happier to have been a part of Team Sobell’ 👉 Goring Gap – 17-18 May Run a half marathon, 52k beginners ultra, or 50 mile ultra, or walk/jog the half marathon or full marathon. 👉 Blenheim 7k – 18 May Run through the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace with a choice of a 7k, a dog-friendly run, a 4-mile route suitable for buggies and wheelchairs, and a 1-mile run for participants under 15. 👉 Bike Oxford – 22 June Choose from a 13, 25, 50 or 78 mile route and soak in picturesque views of Oxford’s city and countryside by bike. 👉 Oxford Half Marathon – 12 October Run the famous 13.1 mile race around the streets of Oxford. General ballot places are now sold out. The only way to run the race is through a charity funded place, so sign up with Sobell NOW. Sign up to a Team Sobell event today 👉 https://lnkd.in/eb-qzjN9

Tom, our Music Therapist, gave one patient living with a rare brain tumour the chance to feel like themselves again through the power of music. Tom has told us a little more 👇 “As the Music Therapist here at Sobell House, I see time and time again how music can unlock precious memories, instantly transporting someone back to the associated experience, place, or person, which can often lead to life review work. Over the last year, I worked with a patient called Grace* who had a rare brain tumour and needed help with daily activities. Getting out of bed, washing and dressing, eating and drinking all needed the assistance of her husband and a team of carers. Each week I would make a home visit for our music therapy sessions, and during these sessions we would simply sing through some of her favourite songs, each one filled with memories of her life. Her husband and carers would join us – along with visitors and neighbours at times – to help sing these songs. Singing was something that Grace could still do herself, that didn’t need to be done for her or to her. She had agency and autonomy, and singing allowed her access to these cherished moments of her life. By October, Grace’s health had deteriorated, and she was needing more medical assistance. She was now more fatigued and less able to engage in our music making. The last time I saw her, she was bedbound and less responsive, but her husband was keen that we sing through some of her favourite songs as usual, confident that she could still hear us. We were joined around Grace’s hospital bed by her carer and sister, who was visiting at the time, and sang through some of her favourite songs that we knew would be most familiar to her. I sensed that we were all aware time was short now and little more could be done, but in that moment, we could still sing, still do something ‘normal’, something positive that we had done together throughout the year. It was a privilege to support Grace and her family.” Did you know that our art and music therapy service is entirely funded through donations? Help fund our music therapy service 👉 https://lnkd.in/devwWBe8 *name changed for anonymity