Great Oaks Hospice’s mission is to provide the best care and support for everyone in our community when they need it most.
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Who we are
Great Oaks Hospice is in Coleford in the heart of the Forest of Dean. We provide a range of services for adults with life-limiting illnesses, and their families and carers.
All our services are free of charge and provided by experienced staff, supported by trained volunteers.
We offer a range of services for adults with life-limiting illnesses and their support networks.
Everyone can support us, whether donating, fundraising, volunteering or joining us for an event.
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Great Oaks provides supportive, palliative and end of life care programmes according to the ongoing and changing needs of our community, All of our services are free of charge and provided by experienced staff, supported by trained volunteers.
February's Super Draw Prize on the Forest Lottery is
A Luxury City Break 🏙️ or £1000 Cash Prize 💷
You can make a difference and be in with a chance to win 🌟
Sign up below and support your local hospice 💚
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💚 A day of learning, connection and collaboration at Great Oaks 💚
On Wednesday, more than 30 members of the Great Oaks team came together for a brilliant Staff Training Day, bringing colleagues from across the organisation into one room.
The day included:
✨ A valuable catch‑up with our CEO
🧘♀️ Self‑Care with Ali Armishaw
🧠 Learning more about Parkinson’s with Jane from Parkinson's UK Parkinson's UK South West
🌍 An inspiring afternoon on Carbon Literacy, led by Emma and Don from Lighthouse_sustainability
We were delighted to welcome our Chairperson and Trustees, alongside clinical and non‑clinical staff, charity shop managers and volunteers — a real reflection of the whole Great Oaks community.
A huge thank you to Karen and family at Caption Catering for keeping us fuelled with a delicious lunch 💚
Days like this remind us of the strength, compassion and shared purpose of our Great Oaks team 💚
Thank you to everyone who made this day such a success 🌟
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🗓️Don't forget, February's Coffee Morning at Great Oaks is cancelled as our team are training
💚See you in March when we will be back to normal
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It is the aim of Great Oaks Hospice to offer care and support to adults with a life limiting illness.
🌟 A huge thank you to Billy! 🌟
We’re incredibly grateful to Billy Hale who has chosen to support of Great Oaks Hospice in the London Marathon on 26th April.
Your dedication, energy, and generosity make such a difference to the patients and families we care for.
If you’d like to cheer Billy on and support his amazing fundraising effort, you can donate here:
👉 www.justgiving.com/page/billy-hale-2?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL
Thank you, Billy—you’re amazing! 🙌💚
Billy's fundraiser for Great Oaks Hospice
www.justgiving.com
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🎭🐰Great Oaks Hospice Easter Panto is Back!🐰🎭
After last year’s smash hit, Suspicious Minds are bringing the laughs, magic, and mischief back to Coleford with “Who Stole Easter?”!
Meet your favourites and discover some brand new characters:
✨ Dame Picklebottom
✨ Tinkerbell
✨ Old Mother Hubbard
✨ Long John Silva
✨ Santa
✨ The King of Hearts
✨ Grizzhilda the Witch
✨ Penny Cottontail
✨ …and the Evil Villain!
Expect fun, chaos, and plenty of cheeky panto moments – think: “Oh no you didn’t!” 😱 “He’s behind you!” 👀 “Give me a big cheer!” 🎉
🍫 Plus, every child gets a FREE Easter egg!
📅 Sunday 29th March
⏰ 2pm for 2:30pm start
📍 Bells Hotel and Country Club, Coleford
💷 £8 Adults | £4 Under 16s
Don’t miss out – book your tickets now!
📞 01594 811910 | ✉️ events@great-oaks.org.uk
Come for the laughs, stay for the magic, and help support Great Oaks Hospice.
Let’s make this Easter egg-stra special! 🐣✨
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🎭✨ WHERE DID THE WEEK GO?! ✨🎭
We can’t believe a week has already flown by since our Christmas Panto — and what a show it was! 🎄👏
Thanks to your amazing support, we raised around £600 for Great Oaks Hospice 💚
A huge thank you to local legend Maggie Clutterbuck for an incredible script, and to all of our wonderful cast members who brought the magic, laughs and festive cheer to the stage 🌲🎶
Thank you to everyone who came along and supported us — you made it special.
Proceeds go straight back to our hospice, helping us provide much-needed services for our community 💚
We’re already excited to do it all again…
THANK YOU, EVERYONE! 🎉👏
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