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If you or someone you love may benefit from Hospice care, you can find out more using the information below. For support or advice at any time of the day or night, please visit our Help Hub.

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We provide Hospice care & support to patients and their loved ones living in Kent and East Sussex. Learn more about how we can help you.

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Complete one of these short forms and we will contact you. There is no need to wait for a referral from your GP or healthcare professional.

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Fundraise & Get Involved

We need to raise over £8 million every year to provide outstanding Hospice care to the local community. To get involved with our fundraising activities, design your own, or make a donation, use the information on this page.

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Discover our calendar of events or sign up online right now

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Find fundraising inspiration and ideas, or download your fundraising pack

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Join our Team

Everyone here makes the outstanding care and support we provide possible

Our staff and volunteers are crucial in delivering outstanding Hospice palliative care. We are proud to be supported by over 1,000 volunteers across our Services and Departments, including our shops.

Please use the information on this page to browse for jobs or volunteering roles. Please contact us to speak to someone about joining the team.

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Current Staff Vacancies

Click here to see our current staff vacancies and find more information about applying for jobs.

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Current Volunteer Roles

If you can’t see the perfect role for you, please get in touch. We are always looking for volunteers to join us.

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From Volunteer roles to Staff jobs, you can select the departments and locations you wish to be notified about, ensuring you don’t miss out on any opportunities!

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How do I apply? 

Click ‘apply now’ against your chosen vacancy, you’ll be asked to log in to your account or create one if you haven’t already. Then simply fill out the online application form. You can save your application and return to it later if you need to.

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We will keep you updated on your application by email so please check your email regularly (including your junk folder!). You can also log on to your online account at any time to check the status of your application.

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Volunteer with us

Hospice in the Weald are proud to be reliant on over 1,000 volunteers across all our Services and Departments. Quite simply, we couldn’t provide the exceptional service that we do without their hard work and commitment.

There are so many opportunities to volunteer at Hospice in the Weald. Whether you want to help in a shop, support at events, or have specialist skills to share, we have a volunteer role for you. Anyone over the age of 16 can volunteer (over 18 in our shops).

Maybe you can spare a few hours or a couple of days a week, however much time you have and whatever your experience, you can make a difference.

To become a volunteer, all you need is enthusiasm and a desire to help, we’ll give you all the training and support you need.

Volunteer with us and meet new people, gain new skills, share your experience, and help your community. You will be joining a workforce dedicated to providing compassionate, personalised, and holistic care for everyone in our community living with a terminal illness, and for those important to them.

Joining our team means joining a workforce dedicated to providing compassionate, personalised and holistic care for everyone in our community living with a terminal illness, and for those important to them.

Joining Hospice in the Weald also means being part of an ‘outstanding’ team and an organisation which is progressive and forward thinking.

We are committed to the career progression and advancement of staff members as well as welcoming the best new talent. We strive to create an environment that empowers our staff to grow their career and to make a difference.

Staff benefits include a generous pension scheme or ability to contribute to a current NHS scheme, generous holiday allowance (including the opportunity to buy and sell leave), a focus on wellbeing and resilience, annual cost of living increase, cycle to work scheme, subsidised café and free parking at both Cottage Hospice and Pembury sites. You can view more information about our range of benefits here.