We were very excited when, back in July, we heard that Peter Harrison from Norwich had nominated us in the Best Health Charity category for The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards. The Butterfly Volunteers, managed by Caroline Stevens, had supported him and his wife Christine, as she sadly died in the Norfolk and Norwich University […]
Last week we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the NHS. The “Nursing Times has compiled a list of 75 nurses and midwives who have contributed in a significant way to the service or are rising stars.” We couldn’t be prouder of our trustee and previous CEO of the Royal College of Nursing, Dr. Peter Carter […]
“Over the weekend I was scrolling through Twitter and came across this beautiful post from our friend, eminent Palliative Care Consultant and bestselling Author, Dr Kathryn Mannix. She has kindly given us permission to share it with you. I hope you find it as moving and profound as I did.” Liz Pryor MBE, Founder & […]
We had an enquiry recently from a hospital we are about to start working with – asking if we could share all the different ideas that other hospitals have to support families of patients who are nearing the end of their life. We thought it might be useful to share what we told them…. First […]
As volunteer visits reach an incredible milestone, CEO and Founder, Liz Pryor says what this means to the Trust: “I’m rather overwhelmed. Considering the challenges faced by hospitals over the last two years, with volunteers being stood down left, right and centre…. These amazing people have made over 10,000 visits to the bedside of dying […]
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.
