Hospices of Hope Ltd

Hospices of Hope is an international charity and network, founded in 1992, that has been responsible for leading the development of hospice (palliative care) services and education in South East Europe. It continues to provide advocacy, technical expertise, training and funding in order to fulfil its mission to enable all those who need this type of care in the region to receive it.

The charity is registered in England and Scotland and has a sister organisation in the United States (New York) and a branch in the Republic of Moldova. It currently has country partners in Romania (Hospice Casa Sperantei, Emanuel Hospice), Serbia (BELhospice), Albania (Ryder Albania) Greece (Merimna and Nosilia) and Ukraine (St Panteleymon Charity Fund supporting Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Palliative Care Centre and group of hospices) which are independent legal entities, registered within their respective countries and part of the Hospices of Hope Network. The head office of the charity is in Otford, near Sevenoaks, Kent, UK, and there is a branch office in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is governed by a Board of Trustees and is registered with the UK Charity Commission.

We have received numerous awards for our work and our founder has been honoured by the Queen with two orders of merit for his work with the hospice movement.

St Panteleymon Charity Fund is a registered charitable association in Ukraine with a mission to support the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Palliative Care Centre and Group of Hospices and the wider hospice movement in Ukraine.

Although hospice care is at the beginning in Ukraine, there are numerous opportunities for future development.