Duchess of Kent House Trust

Introduction
In 2001 the Duchess of Kent House Charity* was registered with the Charity Commission to raise funds for the Duchess of Kent House. Called simply the Duchess of Kent House Charity(Charity Commission's registration number: 1085912), its objectives are to provide a new focus for all fundraising associated with Palliative care in the area of Reading, Newbury, Wokingham and surrounding districts, and to build on the excellent work done since 1992 and before.
*original name was Duchess of Kent House Trust (changed at Companies House, 22 August 2008).
Trustees include David Murby (chair), independent consultant, Irene Dallas, an international corporate solicitor; Maureen Mosley, an accountant with BDO; Julian Walker of AB Walker & Son Ltd; Tony Cobb, retired businessman; Sue Moore,marketing & charity; and Tess Watson-Smith, head of HR at Bottomline Technologies
The charity appointed George Solly as the full-time director of fundraising. George has a broad fund raising, commercial, education and not-for-profit background.
Particular areas of interest include schools, associations, affinity groups, local businesses and institutions, grant-making trusts, and medium to large firms based in the Thames Valley.
Background to the Trust
The new Charity was founded in March 2001 to provide a point of focus for all the fund raising activities, both existing and planned, that are needed to support Duchess of Kent House. The Charity's legal status is also defined as 'a Company Limited by Guarantee: registered in England, number 4032552.'
Aims
The aim of the Trust is to raise sufficient funds to:
#Continue the provision of specialist services and facilities not paid for by statuary funding. Services available for funding include psychologists, aromatherapists, dieticians, chaplaincy, patient transport, gardeners, the family support (bereavement) services, the new Befriending Service, patient outings and so on. Duchess of Kent House Charity currently grants the hospice approximately £400,000 a year to fund these services. The charity is entirely dependent on individual, corporate and associations' donations to ensure that these services continue for benefit of patients and their families
Currently the unit has 15 in-patient beds, day therapy three times a week and outpatient facilities. It is extending its work in the community through its Community Nurse Specialists in conjunction with the day therapy service
Other ways to support Duchess of Kent House will be considered by the Trustees, within the terms of the charity's Memorandum of Association, see following.
Mission statement
To support the Duchess of Kent House serving west and central Berkshire in its provision of holistic and multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care, focusing on quality of life and the alleviation of distressing symptoms and to provide counselling for the bereaved families of patients who have received such care.
Memorandum of Association
The objects of the charity are to relieve sick and infirm persons, to offer bereavement aid, to provide palliative care and associated services and facilities for the relief of patients with the West Berkshire Priority Care Service NHS Trust and successors to the said Trust, and to provide or assist in the provision of counselling for the bereaved families of patients who have received such care.

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