The Hospice Blog
PhD research scholarship – an evaluation of volunteer based hospice care
Skanda Vale Hospice and Swansea University are offering a PhD scholarship to evaluate our unique model of volunteer-based palliative care.
Volunteer Story: Dr Damitha Ratnasinghe
Find out what motivates Dr Damitha Ratnasinghe, consultant paediatrician, to volunteer his spare time caring for patients at Skanda Vale Hospice.
When Chris met Valli
Chris Thomas recently joined us for respite at the hospice. Here's what he had to say about the food, the carers... and the elephant.
Patient story: Sue Austen-Drennan
Sue Austen-Drennan has been a patient at our day care centre for a short time, and kindly agreed to share her thoughts on the hospice experience so far...
Download all our recipes in a handy cookbook
You waited patiently, and it's here at last! Our brand new Skanda Vale Cookbook app brings you the very best recipes from our kitchens, to cook at home.
Annual review
Our annual review is hot off the press! A team of volunteers have been hard at work creating this annual review to celebrate a momentous year with the construction and opening of our new inpatient unit.