Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Volunteers

Who we are

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we provide palliative and end of life care to anyone affected by a progressive life-limiting diagnosis or bereavement, across South & East Buckinghamshire and South & West Hertfordshire. Our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing lifelimiting illness in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Following a merger of Rennie Grove Hospice Care and Peace Hospice Care in October 2022, the Charity is now one of the larger hospice charities reaching an incredible 1 million people through our services with a team of over 370 employees and over 1600 volunteers. Our goal is to serve 7,500 patients a year. Our vision is a future where every individual is empowered to live well and die well. 

Our culture and values

Our mission is to provide the quality hospice care that our community needs. We do this by:

• Listening to our community and delivering services that are accessible to all 
• Caring for people from diagnosis with a life-limiting illness
• Supporting people in the place that’s best for them

Our values are:

• Compassionate. Care at the centre of everything we do.
• Collaborative. Working with others to get the best outcome every time.
• Supportive. Looking after everyone around us.
• Inclusive. Building an organisation where everyone feels welcome and valued.

Our strategic aims are to SERVE our communities with a wide range of services, REACH more local people 
and STRENGTHEN our ability to secure resources.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care commits to:

• encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace as they are good practice and make business sense 
• creating an environment in which individual differences and the contributions of our staff, potential staff and volunteers are recognised and valued and people are treated with dignity and respect
• applying this policy across all areas of recruitment, training, promotion, transfers, terms and conditions of employment, grievance and disciplinary procedures and decisions
• employing the best qualified staff based on aptitude and ability regardless of their background, providing equal opportunity for the advancement of all, including promotion and training
• ensuring that the Hospice and our staff and volunteers follow anti-discriminatory practices and challenge any discrimination encountered
• ensuring that the principles of equal opportunities run through every part of our service, including how we treat contractors, volunteers, visitors, patients and suppliers
• ensuring that anyone raising a complaint under this policy, or giving evidence or information in connection with a complaint, is supported through this process and free from victimisation
• building on the experience and insight of our staff and volunteers to help us design and deliver more effective policies and procedures and services – adapting services to meet different needs when appropriate to do so
• valuing the contributions of everyone including those from underrepresented groups and ensuring equality makes a positive difference to organisational innovation, efficiency and performance

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care is committed to ensuring that, as far as is reasonably practicable, the way we provide services to the public and the way we treat our staff reflects their individual needs and does not discriminate against individuals or groups on any grounds.