In the run up to Dying Matters Awareness Week 2022 (2nd – 6th May), our CEO Liz Pryor explores why we find talking about death and dying so difficult… The Dreaded “D Word!” We all find it difficult to have conversations with the people we love about what will happen when we or they die. […]
Kady Eliza Braine started up the Goodness Gracious Grief podcast following the unexpected death of her father. Kady recently spoke to Anne Robson Trust founder Liz Pryor about the awarding of her MBE and journey to launching the Anne Robson Trust. You can listen to the podcast on the player or any of the links […]
Liz Pryor, Chief Executive of the Anne Robson Trust, a charity supporting people who face the end of their lives alone, has been awarded the Member of the British Empire Medal (MBE) in the Queens 2021 New Year’s Honour’s list, for services to end-of-life care. The Award marks the close of a significant year for […]
In a personal letter to Liz, Prime Minister Theresa May said: “By founding the ‘Anne Robson Trust’, you are ensuring that patients receive dignity, compassion and company at their end of their lives. This is a truly meaningful tribute to your late mother, Anne.” Liz is the founder of the ‘Anne Robson Trust’ which coordinates […]
The Anne Robson Trust Founder and Director, Liz Pryor, took to the radio recently with a feature on BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme You & Yours. You can listen again by clicking the play button in the video. https://youtu.be/sl117VyYhUY We urgently need to raise funds so that we can provide support, companionship and advocacy […]
We are very lucky to work in partnership with the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the wonderfully literate Shahid Sardar, Associate Director of Patient Experience. He recently wrote this article in the Nursing Times. Please click on the link or on the image to read the full article.
We are constantly humbled by the amazing work of the Butterfly Volunteers. A member of one of the teams recently told us about a letter he helped a patient to write to her Grandchildren in the days before she died. We have changed names and some of the detail but the emotion comes through in […]
We were delighted to be announced as the winners of the Markel 3rd Sector Care, End of Life Care Award 2019. Please see details of our award here.
BEL MOONEY writes a heartfelt but uplifting despatch from the hospital end of line. Bel Mooney is an journalist and broadcaster. She currently writes a column for the Daily Mail and met with the Anne Robson Trust Team earlier in the month at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, home to one of our first […]
You may have listened to the feature about our work on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme, which aired on Friday 14th September, 2018 (listen again here). A number of people who heard the interview have asked what I meant when I said that it can take people up to 3 days to “actively […]
