Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Who we are

Wigan and Leigh Hospice is a well-established local charity which has been operating since 1983.
We provide a wide range of palliative care services to people with advancing lifelimiting illnesses of any diagnosis and to those people important to them. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals’ physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs. 

Our Hospice values Compassion, Accessibility, Respect and Excellence form the framework by which all of our services are delivered and rated by CQC as Outstanding.

The hospice has a workforce of over 600 individuals, from employees to over 500 volunteers who work across each of our hospice teams. 

Clinical teams include those managing our 14-bed Inpatient Unit, to those caring for patients in their homes and a team providing education and training to other health and social care providers within the borough. Other teams provide bereavement support, counselling and complementary therapies.

Our corporate teams include administration functions, workforce support and wellbeing through to the income generating teams. Income Generation is a core element of our organisation as one third of our income is statutory funded, meaning we need to raise around £10,000 a day to continue delivering our services.