Did you know... Half of all countries do not have access to hospice and palliative care

Governance

Help the Hospices work is governed by our Board of Trustees.

They make sure that we fulfil our objectives and adhere to the organisation’s philosophy and values. They do this by making sure that Help the Hospices operates in a manner that:

lets us fulfil the objectives set out in our constitution

uses assets and resources for charitable purposes
gives due attention to charitable and company law
adheres to the organisation’s philosophy and values
upholds the reputation of the organisation.

75 percent of our trustees of Help the Hospices have been elected from within and by member hospices, with the remaining 25 percent being co-opted.

Who they are

Founder and president

Our president is Anne, Duchess of Norfolk CBE, who founded Help the Hospices in 1984.

Vice presidents

Our vice presidents are:

Michael Bayley
Martyn Lewis
Mick Thorpe
Hilary McNair
Hugh Scurfield.

Trustees

The chairman of our Board of Trustees is Rt Hon Lord Newton of Braintree, the deputy chair is Peter Holliday, chief executive, St Giles Hospice and our treasurer is Sally Taylor, chief executive of St Luke’s Hospice, Plymouth.

The rest of our trustees are:

Bay Green, vice chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank
Paul Dyer, non executive director, Towergate Partnership
Dr Ros Taylor, hospice director, Hospice of St Francis Berkhamsted
Beverley Brooks MBE, chief executive, Nottinghamshire Hospice
Judith Hodgson, head of psychosocial and education services, Dove House Hospice
Gary Hawkes, head of fundraising and PR, Farleigh Hospice
Marina Phillips, deputy chief executive and finance director, St Joseph’s Hospice
Sheila Tonge, trustee, Bolton Hospice
Isabelle Whaite, trustee, St Catherine’s Hospice, Preston
Graham Elderfield, chief executive, Earl Mountbatten Hospice
Peter Ellis, chief executive, Richard House Children's Hospice
Shaun O'Leary, chief executive, St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley
Sue Newman, chair of trustees, Rowcroft - The Torbay and South Devon Hospice.

Each trustee sits on at least one board committee, and some also sit on organisational reference groups.

Constitution

You can find out more about the governance of Help the Hospices in our Articles and Memorandum of Association.

"For over twenty years, Help the Hospices has been working to support the hospice movement, and in so doing, make a positive impact on the live of patients, their loved ones and their carers. While UK hospices have historically been the global pioneers of modern palliative care, there is still a huge amount of work to ensure everyone has access to high quality palliative care, especially given the funding gaps that hospices face. We remain committed to helping this happen."

Rt Hon Lord Newton of Braintree, Chairman of Help the Hospices