Great Oaks Hospice’s mission is to provide the best care and support for everyone in our community when they need it most.
Wellbeing service
Our wellbeing services are held in our hospice building in Coleford. The services currently offered focus on wellbeing and adaption for those with life-limiting illness. The Wellbeing Centre is open for patients on a day or half day basis and the services are provided by healthcare professionals and trained volunteers.
WELLBEING CENTRE
In our Wellbeing Centre we support adults with life limiting illnesses, their loved ones, carers and people who have been bereaved. Our nurse-led Wellbeing Team of staff and volunteers deliver a busy schedule of patient and carer support services. The focus is on wellbeing and adaption, and the services include therapeutic activities, social groups, clinical advice and outreach opportunities. For more information about the Wellbeing Service please email wellbeing.centre@great-oaks.org.uk or call our Main Reception on 01594811910.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Our regular group supports people who have had a cancer diagnosis and are at any stage of living with cancer. The group offers friendship and peer support to all members, it also provides clinical support and advice through our trained healthcare professionals and volunteers. Join us 10am – 12pm on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at Great Oaks Hospice. For more information about the Cancer Support Group please email the Wellbeing Centre on wellbeing.cenre@great-oaks.org.uk, or call our Main Reception on 01594811910.
CRAFT GROUP
Our regular group is there to support people who are living with a life limiting illness and/or their support network. The group offers a chance to enjoy different aspects of craft whilst also accessing peer support. This group is run by Volunteers and enables you to access clinical support and advice through our trained healthcare professionals, should you require it. Join us from 10am – 12pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Great Oaks Hospice. For more information about the Cancer Support Group please email the Wellbeing Centre on wellbeing.cenre@great-oaks.org.uk, or call our Main Reception on 01594811910.
COFFEE MORNINGS
Our coffee mornings provide an opportunity for anyone from our community to come into the hospice, find out what we do, and how we might be able to support you or someone you care for who has a life-limiting illness.
These friendly, informal sessions are hosted by our trained healthcare professionals and volunteers in our hospice in Coleford on the 1st Wednesday of each month, between 10.30am and 12.30pm. We also offer a community drop-in on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, between 10.30am and 12.30pm, at the Four Seasons Café, Bathurst Park, Lydney, GL15 5DQ.
For more information about the Coffee Mornings please email wellbeing.centre@great-oaks.org.uk or call our Main Reception on 01594811910.
BEREAVEMENT CAFÉ
Our Bereavement Café aims to give a social space for local people, who have been bereaved and are grieving, to connect and support each other during what can feel like a lonely time. We invite anyone who has been bereaved and is feeling alone in their grief to drop in to the hospice and join us for coffee and cake, and other refreshments, from 2.30pm – 4.30pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month. For more information about the Bereavement Café please email wellbeing.centre@great-oaks.org.uk or call our Main Reception on 01594811910.
WELLBEING WALKING GROUP
Our Wellbeing Walking Group is for people supported by Great Oaks Hospice, patients, loved ones, carers and other service users. All beneficiaries are welcome to join this walking group who meet monthly for a relaxed walk followed by refreshments in a variety of locations within our Forest of Dean community. For more information about the Wellbeing Walking Group please email wellbeing.centre@great-oaks.org.uk or call our Main Reception on 01594811910.