Overgate Hospice

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Overgate Hospice
PredecessorCharity for nursing home or homes [1]
Calderdale Society for Continuing Care [1]
Formation3 June 1979 [2]
FounderDr Brian Quinn, Sylvia Graucob [3]
Type Hospice
Charitable organisation
Registration no. "Overgate Hospice, registered charity no. 511619". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Legal statusCharitable company [2]
PurposeTo provide specialist palliative care services to the adult population of Calderdale [2]
Location
Coordinates 53°41′2.5″N1°51′18.1″W / 53.684028°N 1.855028°W / 53.684028; -1.855028
Region served
Calderdale
Website www.overgatehospice.org.uk


Overgate Hospice is a hospice and charity in Elland, West Yorkshire, England. It provides palliative care for the people of Calderdale.

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History

In the 1970s two Calderdale doctors, Drs Brian Quinn and Geoffrey Hyman created a charitable trust called the Calderdale Society for Continuing Care to establish a nursing home for palliative care. [3] [4] Initially they planned to convert and old convent in Boothtown; [3] however this and other sites failed to materialised. Slyvia Graucob — the wife of Find Graucob, a Elland-based fire extinguisher manufacturer — had purchase their old Elland home, Overgate and the adjoining property Hazeldene after her husband's death and donated the property to the charitable trust as a location for the hospice. [3] [5] [6] Funds required to convert the property and for running costs for the first year was then raised by public donations, the local health authority, and a loan from Halifax League of Friends. [3] [7] The hospice was opened in September 1981 with facility for eight beds. [3] [8]

In 1994, a new purpose-built in-patient unit was added to the hospice, increasing the number of beds to 12. [3] [9] [10] The hospice opened a day hospice for 5 days a week in 1995, which was initially in the original Overgate building. [3] The day hospice was moved to a purpose-built space in 2005, which was extended in 2011. [11]

Fund raising

Fund raising to maintain the hospice is provided by public donations, [3] fund-raising events, [3] through the hospice's own choir, [12] charitable foundation grants, [13] a weekly lottery [14] and 16 charity shops throughout Calderdale. [15]

Overgate Hospice charity shop in Brighouse Overgate Hospice - Bethel Street - geograph.org.uk - 1568186.jpg
Overgate Hospice charity shop in Brighouse

Overgate Hospice Choir

The Overgate Hospice Choir was formed in 1991 initially to perform Joseph Haydn's choral work, The Creation as part of a National Voices for Hospices event. [12] The choir continues today, with 65 voices performing four concerts a year. [12]

Charity shops

Overgate Hospice charity shop in Halifax Overgate Hospice - Southgate - geograph.org.uk - 1575928.jpg
Overgate Hospice charity shop in Halifax

The hospice maintains a network of 16 charity shops and a distribution centre throughout Calderdale to support its fund-raising efforts. The hospice's first charity shop was opened in Hebden Bridge in 1994. [16] The shops are located in Brighouse (four shops including a designer boutique, children's shop and furniture shop), Elland (two shops including a children's shop), Halifax, Hebden Bridge (furniture shop), Hipperholme, Illingworth, King Cross, Ovenden, Sowerby Bridge (two shops including a children's shop), Todmorden and West Vale.

Administration

In 1994 the hospice trustees appointed its first full-time administrator, Norman Witter. [16] The hospice is governed by a board of trustees, as of 2024 it is maintained by 12 trustees. [17] [18]

In 1994 the hospice cost £ 325,000 to run. [16] In 2019, total expenditure was £ 4,250,000, with total income of £ 4,420,000. [18] In 2023 the income of the hospice was £ 6,800,000 with an expenditure of £ 5,920,000. [18]

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  13. ↑ "Grants, Trusts & Foundations Supporting Overgate Hospice". Overgate Hospice. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Our Lottery". Overgate Hospice. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "Our Charity Shops". Overgate Hospice. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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