About the charity
Keech Hospice Care is an all-age hospice, providing care for children with a life-limiting condition from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & Milton Keynes, and adults from Bedfordshire, and their loved ones.
At Keech. we believe care should be provided wherever the patient would like to receive it, therefore, we provide a range of services both within our hospice buildings in Streatley and in Bedford, but more extensively out in our local community.
Like all hospices, our services are free to those that use them and those accessing them can either be referred to us or can self-refer. However, only 30% of our funding comes from the government/public sector, leaving the remaining 70% to come from our local community and supporters, that’s £7m per year (£19,000 per day). For every £1 donated to KHC, 88p goes directly to providing our specialist care and support to patients and their loved ones when they need it the most.
Website: www.keech.org.uk
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2,274
In 2022/2023, we cared for 2,274 people: 381 children, 1,482 adults and 411 of their relatives.
£19,000
It costs around £7 million a year to provide our care services. That’s around £19,000 a day.
£0
All our care – is provided free of charge.
How you could support our charity
Sponsor a sculpture
By sponsoring a hare or tortoise, or an element of The Short Tail Trail, you’re not only helping create something spectacular for Luton – you’re supporting Keech Hospice Care. Each sculpture will be auctioned at the end of trail to raise funds for the hospice’s care.
Learn moreComplete The Short Tail Trail
Get set for Saturday 6 July 2024 when you can download the app or buy the trail map ready for your Short Tail adventure!
Learn moreTake part in an event
Watch this space for details of the exciting events and activities we’ll have coming up for the trail!
Learn moreSpread the word
Be part of The Short Tail Trail in the summer of 2024! Follow us on social media to keep up to date with the latest information. Hop on board!
Find out moreWhy short tails?
After the huge success of The Big Trunk Trail, we considered long and hard about what animals would once again bring our community together.
The Tortoise and the Hare fable is a much loved and well known story that depicts the importance of working together. The tortoise symbolises longevity and the ability to thrive, which depicts our heritage, our resilience and our approach to the work we do. The hares symbolise nature, love and family but are also associated with new beginnings. We see the hares representing the community as they are the ones that will ignite ‘change’; whether that’s through us listening to our supporters’ views to make change, or a nod to the change that takes place when patients and their loved ones access our care.
As a charity, 70% of Keech Hospice Care’s funding comes from its local community and supporters, without who we can’t keep making the difference when it matters the most. These beautiful hares and tortoises are a visual reminder of the importance of our community coming together to make the difference.
More about Keech Hospice Care
Own a unique piece of art
The Short Tail Trail is being brought to Luton by Keech Hospice Care. The unique, colourful and energetic sculptures will take centre stage at a glittering auction on Thursday 3 October 2024 to raise vital funds so Keech Hospice Care can continue caring for children, adults and their loved ones with life-limiting illnesses.
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A Wild in Art Event
Wild in Art is the leading producer of spectacular public art events which enrich, entertain, inform and connect communities – giving people of all ages a voice through art.
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