Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices together form The Hospice Charity Partnership, providing expert palliative and end of life care for people and their families living with life-limiting illnesses. Our vision is a future where everyone with a life-limiting illness will live and die with dignity and in comfort. Our mission is to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life. Offering personalised support at home, in local communities or at the hospices, we help people across Birmingham to live well with their illness, right up to the very end of life. Our charity supports families and carers too, throughout a person’s illness and, after their loved one has died, with bereavement support for as long as necessary. The Hospice Charity Partnership is committed to training health and social care professionals, GPs, nurses and medical students in palliative care and end of life, via seminars, courses and placements. All of our services are free of charge to everyone that uses them, including patients, family members, carers and loved ones. The Hospice Charity Partnership needs to raise more than £15 million each year to fund its vital care; 60% of this comes from the NHS, the remaining 40% has to be raised through voluntary donations.