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Patients and families supported by John Taylor Hospice tell their stories in film

April 18, 2017
by Alun Severn
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As part of a major University of Birmingham project called Life: Moving, patients and their families receiving care from the John Taylor Hospice have been trained in film-making and have created a series of short films exploring their personal experiences. The project aims to challeng
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John Taylor Hospice announces 2017 events calendar

January 04, 2017
by Alun Severn
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John Taylor Hospice has just announced its 2017 events calendar. Every year — and this will be no exception — JTH needs to raise around £570,000 from public donations and fundraising to support its work. There are events throughout 2017 that you can get involved in and hel
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JTH celebrates Charles Blackburn, awarded France’s highest military honour

November 11, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Great-grandfather Charles Blackburn — born in Small Heath in 1918 — had an extraordinary surprise when he was staying recently at the John Taylor Hospice for a short respite break. He was awarded France’s highest military honour, the Légion d’Honneur, for his service
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Raising awareness of hospice care

October 11, 2016
by Alun Severn
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One in three people will be touched by hospice care at some point in their lives and the John Taylor Hospice (JTH) alone provides care of some description for at least 600 people every single day. And yet most of us prefer not to think about what hospices do, or the circumstances in w
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Local businesses help John Taylor Hospice become more dementia-friendly

May 31, 2016
by Alun Severn
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John Taylor Hospice, the UK’s only social enterprise hospice, has joined forces with local businesses (including volunteers from Jaguar Land Rover — pictured) to raise funds which will help the hospice become more dementia-friendly. The hospice’s campaign coincided with a
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John Taylor Hospice is recruiting

March 29, 2016
by Alun Severn
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John Taylor Hospice is seeking to recruit a PR and Media Officer. The company says: As a member of our award-winning Brand and Media Team, you’ll be meeting and talking to people we care for, their families, our supporters and local businesses. You’ll be at the forefront of sharing th
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Patients are the stars

March 09, 2016
by Alun Severn
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John Taylor Hospice, the first social enterprise hospice in the UK, is launching a promotional campaign in which patients, carers and staff are the stars. Under the slogan, “We believe end of life isn’t the end of living,” the hospice is using advertising on buses, b
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John Taylor Hospice says goodbye to CEO Kate Phipps

February 03, 2016
by Alun Severn
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Founded in 1910, John Taylor Hospice is one of the oldest non-denominational hospices in the UK. It was also the first ‘new mutual’ — or social enterprise — hospice, leaving the NHS in in 2011 under the Department of Health’s Right to Request process. Pperating
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John Taylor Hospice chief exec — the sky’s the limit for fundraising

January 11, 2016
by Alun Severn
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JustGiving, the online funding platform, has just confirmed that John Taylor Hospice chief exec Kate Phipps was one of its top fundraisers in 2015. Of over 532,000 fundraisers active on JustGiving in 2015, Kate’s page raised £14,000, placing her in the top 1%. But this didn̵
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Fundraising arts evening at new John Taylor Hospice cafe, Moments

December 01, 2015
by Alun Severn
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The ever enterprising John Taylor Hospice — the first social enterprise hospice in the UK — has recently opened a cafe in the heart of Birmingham city centre. Moments cafe is a social venue with a social value and all profits are used to support John Taylor Hospice’s
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John Taylor Hospice shortlisted for HSJ award

September 17, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham’s John Taylor Hospice, the only UK hospice operating as a social enterprise, has been shortlisted for a Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award in the Compassionate Patient Care category. The HSJ Awards, which have been highlighting successful initiatives in UK healthcare
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It’s all happening at John Taylor Hospice

September 02, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham’s John Taylor Hospice, the only UK hospice operating as a social enterprise, has an awful lot going on over the next few months. September — will-writing service JTH has teamed up with Birmingham solicitors Benson Williams, DBS Law Ltd, Woolastons Solicitors and
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John Taylor Hospice breathlessness programme shortlisted for award

June 23, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Birmingham’s John Taylor Hospice, the only UK hospice operating as a social enterprise, has just been shortlisted for a prestigious Nursing Times Award for its specialist breathing clinic, which has already helped more than 200 local people. The team behind the pioneering Fatigu
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John Taylor Hospice campaign to address prostate cancer health inequalities in BME community

January 09, 2014
by Alun Severn
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The John Taylor Hospice is promoting an event called Benjamin’s Brothers on the 29th January 2014. The event  is a call to action on health inequalities in prostrate cancer within the male  African-Caribbean community. Anyone  interested in attending  please send mail to Surrinder Bai
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