Stirling @RSPB has been bringing joy to patients at Strathcarron through in-kind donations, filling bird feeders over winter to be placed in the hospice grounds outside patients’ windows. Read more➡️ strathcarronhospice.net/news #hospicecare #palliativecare #community #charity

Are you living with, or caring for someone with a life limiting illness? Our LIVE YOUR LIFE team can help you navigate uncertainty, chat through challenges and together find ways for you to get on with living your life. 📞 10am-4pm Monday to Friday 01324 827383 💻 [email protected]

🎉 2026 is the year we’re celebrating 45 years of Strathcarron care...made possible by you - our wonderful Hospice community! Join our birthday celebrations by taking on a fun 45 challenge like our HR Manager Nicola! ℹ️Visit our website for info & ideas: www.strathcarronhospice.net/Appeal/celeb...

CREATIVE HOMECARE IS HIRING - HOMECARE SUPPORT WORKER - STIRLING 🔵 Monday – Friday 🔵 30 hours per week Join Creative Homecare & make a real difference in your local community. 👉 Apply online: creativehomecare.co.uk/join-creativ... 📞 01324 827394 📧 [email protected]

Landmarks across Forth Valley are bathed in blue this week to mark the 45th anniversary of Strathcarron Hospice - kick starting a year of celebrations of vital hospice care within our communities ⭐ 💙 ℹ️Read more and find out how you can get involved! www.strathcarronhospice.net/Pages/News/

🎄We found it really interesting visiting Sustainable Thinking Scotland CIC to find out how they recycle real Christmas trees as part of our Hospice fundraising campaign! ♻️ 🚚Register your tree collection for a donation to the Hospice here by 4 Jan 2026 just-helping.org.uk/register-tree '

🥳 Wishing a happy new year to all our Strathcarron communities! Kick start 2026 with us by setting yourself positive goals – it’s a great way to plan for the year ahead. Sign up to a fundraising challenge or consider volunteering. Find out more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net

As 2025 comes to a close, a huge thank you to our incredible Strathcarron community 💙 To our supporters, staff & volunteers, your kindness & commitment make everything we do possible. You truly go the extra mile for people & families when they need it most ⭐ Happy 2026 ✨

Could you help shape the future of Strathcaron Hospice as a Board Trustee? We are seeking new Trustees with expertise in: 🔵Marketing and/or Communications 🔵 IT and Digital ℹ️ Find out more and apply here www.strathcarronhospice.net/Pages/FAQs/C...

Wishing everyone within our Strathcarron communities a merry Christmas🎄 We truly want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for every ounce of support, effort and generosity this year, and always💙 www.StrathcarronHospice.net #hospice #palliativecare #Christmas #nurses

☕ SNOWDROP CAFE - NEW PODCAST EPISODE AND FESTIVE OPENING HOURS🎄 Snowdrop cafes: a space for people of any age to meet blether. The're open to all 🤝 grab a coffee, slice of cake. Any money donated is put back into the café running costs. ⠀ ℹ️ [email protected]

🎄Join our Christmas tree recycling fundraising campaign 2025/6 and raise funds for Strathcarron! In exchange for a donation we will collect your Christmas tree, take it away and recycle it for you. No hassle, waste or needles in your car! Register here➡️ bit.ly/4iKYBKy #stirling #falkirk

🚴 Colin has tackled an epic cycle from Land’s End to John O Groats in memory of his mum Norma raising an incredible £4050 (plus Gift Aid) for Strathcarron. Colin completed 1000 miles (1600km) - averaging out 96 miles (155km) per day! Read Colin's story ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news

😔The festive holidays can be overwhelming emotionally when a loved one has died or you are facing your last Christmas together. If you need support find info info and advice here ➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/Pages/Category/bereavement-resources 📨[email protected] 🧵

❤️Thank you to the Wolfson Foundation❤️ Their generous grant funded the refurb of 3 inpatient bedrooms creating brighter, calmer, more dignified spaces for patients & families during the most difficult days. “These rooms are at the heart of family life.” @wolfsonfdn

📢 Our Creative Homecare Team is hiring - Part-Time Administrative Assistant 📢 12 hours per week Mon & Wed, 9 am–3 pm £12.60 per hour + benefits Closing Date: 12 January 2026 👉 Apply here: creativehomecare.co.uk/join-creativ... 📞 01324 826222 📧 [email protected] #FalkirkJobs #Stirling #recruitment

⭐We're delighted to have been nominated on the longlist in the categories of 'Charity of the Year' and 'Charity Shop of the Year' in the @goforthstirling 2026 Stirling Business Awards! 🏆 Please vote for us at independentstirling.co.uk/awards Thanks 💙 #StirlingBusinessAwards #charity #community

🎉 Strathcarron Hospice’s social enterprise care service ‘Creative Homecare’ has been rated ‘excellent’ for the third year in a row following an unannounced Care Inspectorate visit. Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news ➡️ www.creativehomecare.co.uk #socialenterprise #hospice #socialcare

📢 Due to a rise in flu cases, we’re taking steps to keep everyone safe. 🫶 Wash hands regularly & thoroughly 😷 Staff & volunteers in patient-facing roles wearing facemasks ⛔ Please don't visit the hospice with flu symptoms or have been sick in the last 48 hours Questions? Please call 01324 826222.

Congratulations to our staff members Lyndsay, Denise and Yvonne who are celebrating professional success through their work with @NHSForthValley and @UniversityofStirling Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.com/news 👏

🤩 Viral Denny carollers who visited us last week have inspired a festive @Ring campaign in aid of Strathcarron! 🎤From 8 Dec capture a Christmas carol performance on your Ring Video Doorbell and for each #RingAndSing video shared Ring will donate £10 to us! ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news

🎅 What a wonderful festive opening weekend at our @HowgateShoppingCentre Santa's Grotto! 🎁Pop in to visit Santa and his elves over the next few weeks and receive a small gift. 📍 Howgate Shopping Centre 📆 10am–4pm Saturdays & Sundays 👛 £5 per child - drop in All proceeds go to Strathcarron💙

⭐ WIN A CAMPER VAN ⭐ George is kindly raffling off a campervan to raise funds in aid of Strathcarron in memory of wife Gaynor who died in the hospice. Tickets priced £5 each can be bought at ggontwowheels.com/raffle/ Read more about their story ➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/news/george-...

Sending Season's Greetings 🎄 Many people have moved away from sending physical cards at this time of year and instead opt to make a donation to charity. We are hugely grateful to everyone who chooses Strathcarron Hospice as their charity of choice 🩵 www.strathcarronhospice.net/Appeal/seaso...

On this day, Monday 1st December 2025, all our services in the Hospice and across the local community are being paid for by the family of Alan James Brisbane, in his memory. Alan's family and friends have fundraised tirelessly since he was cared for at home by our Hospice at Home Team in 2021🩵

🚴Lorna, Jamie and siblings Elaine and Paul have completed 309 miles cycling from London to Paris raising an incredible £21,000 for Strathcarron Hospice in memory of loved ones cared for by the hospice 💙 Read their story ➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/news/friends... #cycling #charity

🕯️CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE 2025 - REGISTRATION CLOSED🕯️ Registration for in-person attendance of our annual Candlelight Service has now closed due to reaching maximum capacity. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. Watch the service on our Facebook live stream Tuesday 2 December at 7pm

“This role has been very rewarding - I hope I've given as much back to the patients.” We bid a fond farewell this week to Sandra, a Rehab Assistant and latterly Physiotherapist with our AHP team as she moves on to a new role. Sandra also helped volunteer in our garden 🌻 We'll miss you Sandra 💙

🌟Light Up A Life Appeal🌟 Donate to the hospice and dedicate a ‘Strathcarron Star’ on our website for a loved one and see it sparkle in our virtual ‘Starry Sky’. 💙You can choose to leave a personal message and you will also receive a digital card acknowledgement. ℹ️www.StrathcarronHospice.net

🍾🎉🥳 LET'S LUNCH - Sunday 10th May 2026🥳🎉🍾 ⏰ 12noon - 5pm 📍 Glasgow Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld www.strathcarronhospice.net/Event/lets-l... Join us for another unmissable afternoon filled with fun, fizz, friends and fundraising

🎤 NEW PODCAST EPISODED where Donna Ashworth reveals how her very first grief poem, “When You Say Goodbye to a Parent,” was written after visiting Lynn’s mum here at Strathcarron. “I thought a hospice was just a building - but it’s so much more.” -Donna Ashworth

Now open for bookings! It seems to come around quicker every year - our Christmas Tree Recycling scheme is open for bookings: just-helping.org.uk/register-tree #treecycling #HospiceCare

We were honoured to host the first @SobellEducation Scottish Masterclass in #PalliativeCare last week with Dr Mary Miller - Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care. Read more➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news #hospice #education

📢 We're recruiting 📢 Join the team! We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to contribute to shaping the ongoing development of Strathcarron Hospice. Find out more and apply: www.strathcarronhospice.net/Pages/FAQs/Category/Job-vacancies Closes: 5pm Fri 28 Nov

Brilliant news! 🎉 Our Compassionate Communities Team has been awarded £167,547 from @TNLComFund to expand work in Slamannan, Bainsford/Langlees and beyond. Thanks to MP Euan Stainbank for visiting today and highlighting our work in Parliament.

⭐Thank you @RotaryGmouth & @McDonaldsUK Community Foundation for their recent £5000 donation! The local Rotary group is also generously hosting Santa’s Grotto @HowgateShoppingCentre from Sat 29 Nov £5 per child with proceeds to the Hospice 💙 More info➡️www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news

A GOOD DEAL TO DO A GOOD DEED.... Sign up for our 2026 Firewalk or Falkirk Wheel Abseil and enjoy £5 off your entry fee with our special Black Friday offer 🤩 Offer will run until Sunday 30th November or until events sell out. Make this your Black Friday deal to remember 🖤 buff.ly/9StSKYu

💙 Join us in the Hospice grounds on Tuesday 2 Dec at 7pm for a special Candlelight Celebration Service, to celebrate the lives of those we love and remember. Pre-register by Sunday 30 Nov➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/candlelight-...

⭐ Congratulations to our clinical staff who have been praised for their work supporting resident doctors in training by NHS Education for Scotland (NES). Feedback came from newly qualified foundation doctors, GP registrars and specialty registrars. Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. 'For the Fallen' Poem by Laurence Binyon #RemembranceDay2025

105-year-old Marion lives in a residential care home and was experiencing #loneliness and isolation as she didn’t have many visitors...until she forged a friendship with our volunteer Compassionate Neighbour befriender Lesley💙 Read more ➡️ www.StrathcarronHospice.net/news #BefriendingWeek

Our Papermill Cafe welcomed special visitors today attending a ceremony of remembrance for those in the Armed Forces, held at Stirling Health and Care Village @nhsforthvalley During the poignant ceremony, a member of our team lay a wreath on behalf of the hospice 💙 #ToAbsentFriends

#ToAbsentFriends Week 1-7 Nov gives people across Scotland an opportunity to remember, tell stories, celebrate and reminisce about people we love who have died. Our Compassionate Communities team has supported communities to host remembrance events this week ➡️bit.ly/3SOy1nR #loss #grief

We’re inviting local Schools and Nurseries to take part in our Schools Santa Day in aid of Strathcarron. Each participant will receive a Santa hat for a minimum suggested donation of £1 and you can decide how best to make the day special within your own setting. Sign up below: buff.ly/CzEKK5f

George Talbot will travel over 4500 miles on motorbike from Sydney to Perth to honour one of wife Gaynor’s life goals she never got to realise, in aid of Strathcarron. The Falkirk couple spent Gaynor's final 22 days of life together in the hospice💙 Read more ➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/news

☕ With the fantastic success of our new Papermill Café in Stirling Health and Care Village we are looking to #recruit more full and part time catering staff both there and within the Hospice. Visit our website to find out more www.strathcarronhospice.net/Pages/FAQs/Category/Job-vacancies

📢VOLUNTEER APPEAL 📢 ☕With the fantastic success of our new Papermill Café in Stirling Health and Care Village we are urgently seeking volunteers to join our team! If you can commit to 4hrs per week Mon-Fri we would love to hear from you! More info➡️ www.strathcarronhospice.net/news #volunteering

Have you been part of our incredible Strathcarron history? As part of our 45th anniversary celebrations in 2026 we are looking for photos, stories or memories of the hospice - from staff, patients & their families to volunteers and fundraisers. 💻 Email to [email protected]

🎄 Make Christmas magical and visit Santa in his Grotto @Thistles_SC whilst helping raise funds for Strathcarron! 💙 Make Reindeer food for Rudolph, sit in Santa’s magical sleigh and receive a gift while supporting those in need. 🎅 Book here ➡️ thistlesstirling.com/events/santa...

💡Did you know Strathcarron Hospice has a special lymphoedema service? Lymphoedema is a collection of lymph fluid which cannot drain away. Margaret Anne, one of our specialists, shares an average day in the life for the team. #lymphoedema #oedema