National Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors 2024
Explore our sponsors and exhibitors supporting the Hospice UK National Conference 2024.
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Sponsors & Exhibitors:
We would like to extend our thanks to all sponsors and exhibitors without whom this conference would not be possible. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Gold sponsors
mhance
mhance, a Microsoft Solutions Partner and winner of the 2023 Microsoft Nonprofit Partner of the Year Award, specialises in tailored Microsoft solutions for the charity sector. With experience supporting hospices, we recently completed projects with Hospice UK and St Ann’s Hospice.
Neutral Home
Neutral Home provide energy audits for domestic, commercial, and light industrial clients; helping them optimise their energy profile with the use of renewables, involving improvements from insulation through solar panels to heat pumps.
PIB Insurance Brokers
Working with organisations throughout the UK for over 15 years and currently acting for over 90 hospices, we’ve gained valuable understanding of the sector and appreciate the challenges each hospice may face.
RBC Brewin Dolphin
RBC Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK’s leading providers of personalised discretionary investment management for charities with over £3.8 billion in funds under management for over 1700 charity clients. Managing charity portfolios has been a core part of our business for over 65 years.
Silver sponsors
Accora
Accora represents innovation, ideas, independence. Specialist in chairs and ultra-low beds.
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Becton Dickinson
BD is a global medical technology company that is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics, and the delivery of care.
Boxmove
A national platform for managing the flow of donated furniture and white goods. Our system manages your online booking form, Giftaid, and provides next-day availability for collections and deliveries. This enables you to focus on attracting stock from your supporters, and your shops to spend their time selling furniture. A full-service platform that gives you all your ingredients for a profitable furniture operation.
ConvaTec
Our Neria Guard sets are used for subcutaneous infusion treatment in areas such as palliative care, Parkinson’s disease, primary immunodeficiency, and thalassemia. Neria Guard is an automatic needle retraction system helps prevent needle stick incidents and may help to minimise needle fear and pain.
The Care Database
The Care Database is a leading provider of care management software solutions for hospices service patients with life limiting illnesses. Our comprehensive software is dedicated to simplifying hospice care management, streamlining operations, and making administration more efficient and hassle free.
Towergate Insurance
Towergate Caring Professions Division have worked with Hospice UK for over 5 years and their Stevenage office currently insure a significant number of the UK’s independently owned hospices.
With more than 25 years of experience working in the sector, Towergate understand the pressures and challenges that can be faced when running a hospice.
Bronze sponsors
Ashtons
Visit websiteBlackbaud
Blackbaud unleashes the potential of the people and organisations who change the world. As the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact, Blackbaud expands what is possible for high-impact healthcare organisations. Built specifically for fundraising, digital giving and Grantmaking, Blackbaud’s essential software accelerates impact through unmatched expertise and powerful data intelligence. Over £80 Billion is raised, granted, and invested each year using Blackbaud solutions.
BookAMed
BookAMed is a platform for international health and social care recruitment. We help Hospices hire international Nurses, Doctors and Allied Health Professionals for hard to fill vacancies.
Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, caring, well-led and responsive care, and we encourage care services to improve. We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.
Central Technology
Visit websiteCo-Op Funeralcare
At Co-op Funeralcare, we’re here to help, whenever you need us. We’re experienced, professional and passionate about what we do. With over 800 funeral homes, we’re here to support communities.
If you're caring for someone who’s been given a terminal diagnosis or is nearing the end of their life and wants to put things in place before they die, we can help you help.
CuddleCot
The Flexmort CuddleBlanket provides families in hospice environments with the gift of time in a comfortable setting. By gently cooling the body, it allows loved ones to avoid cold rooms and spend meaningful moments together. Compatible with any bed, families can use the CuddleBlanket at home or in hospices, enabling them to visit, travel, and say final goodbyes.
DAC Beachcroft
With over 70 years of experience, our award-winning team offers tailored legal solutions in commercial, public law, regulatory, data protection, employment, real estate, corporate, and medical malpractice. We work with NHS commissioners, health and social care providers, MedTech companies, investors, and regulators. Our charity sector specialists advise on legal, regulatory, and governance matters for health and social care charities, from large national to smaller local organisations. We provide pragmatic, commercially-focused advice, understanding each charity’s unique priorities.
Enthuse
Enthuse is a fundraising, donations and events registration technology provider that has helped thousands of charities raise millions. Enthuse’s solutions are customised under a cause’s own brand and put the organisation in control of the data. This allows charities to build and nurture a loyal supporter base, raise more and ultimately have more impact. Enthuse was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in London, with operations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Enthuse is also the official online fundraising partner for London Marathon Events and Great Run.
Evelyn Partners
Evelyn Partners is one of the UK’s largest wealth management and professional services firms. We manage £3.3 bn in assets for over 1240 charity clients. We work with charities to create bespoke, segregated portfolios designed to ensure your growth, income and risk objectives are carefully managed in accordance with your individual needs and aligned with your organisation’s values.
Impress Publishing
Here at Impress Publishing we take great pride in providing top quality products and exceptional customer services - right from the initial design selection; proofing and printing to the packing of your order through to the despatch of goods either in bulk to your distribution warehouse, or direct to your supporters’ home addresses as needed.
Whatever your requirements are, bulk supply of top-quality Christmas cards through to full in-house fulfilment services, please do not hesitate to contact us.
JDDK Architects
JDDK Architects is a Newcastle-based architectural practice with over 35 years of experience in hospice design; to date we have worked on over 60 hospice projects. The practice has designed Hospices for Adults, Children and Adolescents. Our projects stretch from Inverness to London and into Ireland. They range in scope from entire new facilities to more modest upgrades of existing buildings and whilst all are different, our approach of Discover, Design and Deliver remains constant.
Kent Pharma
Kent Pharma is a leading UK distributor of essential and value-added medicines across hospitals and primary care sectors. With a diverse product portfolio, we focus on meeting the needs of patients and healthcare providers, driven by our commitment to quality, accessibility, and patient care.
KKE Architects Ltd
Formed in 2005, KKE Architects is an award winning architectural and landscape practice. We are a close team committed to improving the design of palliative care facilities in the independent third sector. Based in Worcester we have completed over 55 hospice projects throughout the UK in the period from 2005 to present day. We are presently engaged on projects that vary in size from £100,000 up to and exceeding £10 million.
LINET UK
LINET UK is a premier provider of cutting-edge healthcare solutions, specializing in advanced hospital beds, mattresses and patient care equipment. Serving a wide range of healthcare environments, from acute and intensive care to long-term and hospice care, LINET UK is dedicated to enhancing patient safety and comfort. Our state-of-the-art beds feature the latest integrated technology designed to improve patient outcomes with features that focus on offering best support for our care staff. With a commitment to quality and innovation, LINET UK supports healthcare providers across the continuum of care with new purchases, rental and after sale support.
Local Hospice Lottery
Local Hospice Lottery is the Country’s leading lottery for hospices. Hospice owned, hospice led, and with hospice care at our very heart, we ensure that our hospice partners receive MORE from every £1 play AND benefit from a low risk, low input way to generate regular and reliable budgeted income.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end of life charity. We're also the UK’s largest charitable funder of palliative care research. Our work deepens our understanding of what makes a good end of life, highlighting challenges and gaps in care, and improving support for everyone affected by dying, death or bereavement.
We care when there is no cure, whatever the illness. We ease peoples’ pain, protect their dignity and support the people they love – putting the patient first. Whatever the illness, we're with you to the end.
MDDUS
MDDUS is a mutual defence organisation founded in 1902 by and for healthcare professionals across the UK, with an expert staff of doctors, lawyers and risk advisers who are leaders in the medico-legal field.
Montcalm International
Montcalm International specialise in low beds and the wonderful Cuddle Bed. The Cuddle Bed is the only acute bed certified for two people. At the touch of a button, the bed widens from a standard hospital bed to a small double, allowing loved ones to share precious moments together at the most crucial time.
Optimised Solution
Empowering hospices with seamless, efficient, and patient-focused digital solutions. Our three key areas of support—Move, Improve, and Support—enable hospices and healthcare partners to streamline transitions, enhance user experiences, and deliver expert assistance. Through SystmOne, we help create compliant, personalised, and efficient care journeys that elevate patient experiences, contribute to better healthcare outcomes, and alleviate pressure on hospice staff.
Oralieve
Oralieve provide a range of dry mouth products to help relieve the symptoms of dry mouth. Formulated with gentle flavours, no alcohol and noSLS, Oralieve products help maintain oral health and improve comfort for those who are suffering with dry mouth.
OSKA
Working in partnership with hospices, OSKA has long been recognised as the No.1 trusted partner of choice for specialist world class pressure care solutions to support the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. Trusted and approved by Tissue Viability Nurses and AHPs, our Advanced Pressure Care Strategy dramatically reduces costs, improves the care & comfort of IPU patients, and boosts clinical and CQC performance
Oxygen Installations
Oxygen Installations (part of the Scantech Group) have been providing design, print and signage services to charities across the UK since 1991. All services are provided direct from our UK based locations, so you are receiving the best service and the most competitive rates.
Peridot Partners
Hospices need mission-led, caring and ambitious leaders. People who can lead teams to help more people to live as fully as possible for as long as possible.
Peridot Partners provides values-led executive and board recruitment for socially focused organisations. We build lasting relationships to understand your needs and find you brilliant leaders for your hospice.
Princess Alice Hospice
Princess Alice Hospice is a charity providing free end of life care for people with life limiting illnesses and their loved ones. Each year, we look after around 3,000 people in Surrey, Middlesex and south west London. Our vision is that our communities will have the best care and support before, during and after death, with the emphasis on life. We empower those who deliver care by providing them with high-quality education programmes and research.
Rathbones Investment Management
Our specialist charity investment managers are dedicated to helping you help others.
Charities have entrusted their investments with us for over 100 years, and our dedicated approach has seen Rathbones become one of the leading investment managers for charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK. With a team of investment managers working exclusively for charities, we are responsible for £9.5 billion in funds under management for more than 3,000 charities. And with a team, many of whom are trustees in their own right, they’ll manage it for sustained, long-term growth.
Smartdesc
Smartdesc is an IT Managed Service Provider solely dedicated to charities. Our mission is for organisations to reach further through better use of technology. We are Microsoft Solution Experts providing services in IT Helpdesk, Cyber Security, Governance & Compliance, and IT Infrastructure Management to help make your IT more efficient.
St. Christopher’s Hospice
We are proud to offer world class palliative and end of life care to everyone who needs it, whenever or wherever that may be. With empathy and care, we create space for honest conversations about death, dying and grief. We’re changing palliative care for the better, raising standards through research, education and collaborative partnerships, across the UK and around the world.
St. Luke’s Hospice
St Luke's Hospice, Sheffield want to work with hospices to consider how we can collectively advance palliative care through research and education. As a leading Project ECHO superhub, we're dedicated to increasing research activity in hospices and providing training to healthcare professionals. Come and talk to us about collaborative training opportunities and how research can bring quality improvements in care.
Supportive Care UK
Supportive Care UK Ltd specialises in the provision of supportive and palliative care services to Hospices and the NHS. Our chamber of palliative consultants and business leaders have facilitated the development of remote consultations 24/7, 365 days per year to support struggling services. The combination of expert advice underpinned by our robust governance structure has enabled hospices and hospitals to retain their specialist status and provide crucial care to complex and end of life patients.
The Access Group
Freedom to make the greatest possible impact with connected donor and volunteer management software from The Access Group. Our connected, cloud-based solutions include Volunteer Management, CRM, Digital Advertising, Websites, and Payment Processing, designed specifically for charities and nonprofits. Our solutions can be used separately or together, enabling charities to enhance their supporter and volunteers experiences with richer and more personal interactions, with increased awareness of how supporters and volunteers engage with their organisation.
TES
As your friendly and knowledgeable partner, TES helps you finally step away from the systems you’ve outgrown and into digital transformation with game-changing solutions. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and CRM gives charity and nonprofit organisations clearer sight of all fundamental operations – with access to data and reports you can turn insights into actions that improve method, process, and opportunities for growth.
Triodos Bank
Triodos Bank is a leading expert in sustainable banking, our mission is to help createa society that protects and promotes quality of life and human dignity. Since 1980, our sustainable financialproducts have enabled individuals and organisations to use their money in ways that benefit people and theenvironment.
University of Glasgow End of Life Studies Programme
The Glasgow End of Life Studies Group is a research and teaching team at the University of Glasgow focusing on end-of-life issues. We engage in interdisciplinary research and offer post-graduate programmes of study to better understand and respond to dying, death, and bereavement in the 21st century.
Utility Aid
Utility Aid is the UK's largest energy broker for the not-for-profit sector, and they’re delighted to be working with Hospice UK. Their dedicated team provides a high-level service to manage and maintain your portfolio, covering procurement, full account management, historical audits, carbon reporting, and net zero planning.
Vantage
Vantage provides comprehensive Incident, Risk, Compliance, Feedback, and Facilities management software, tailored for the charity and healthcare sectors. Supporting over 115 hospices across the UK, our solutions improve efficiency, data accuracy, and regulatory compliance, helping charities focus on their core mission while saving staff time on administration.
Not-for-profit exhibitors
HSF Health Plan
HSF Health Plan offers comprehensive and affordable health cover for your team to claim back on everyday health expenses such as Dental, Physio and Optical, with access to a 24/7 online GP and shopping discounts. All profits are passed onto our parent charity, The Hospital Saturday Fund.
Compassionate Communities UK
National charity acting to tackle loneliness and improve connections. Advocating for a public health approach to serious illness, death, dying, loss and caregiving. We believe the healing powers of compassion and community can transform how we experience life and death. We offer training, consultancy and provide opportunities for collaboration such as peer networks.
Compassionate Neighbours
The Compassionate Neighbours programme aims to tackle the loneliness and social isolation that many people who are nearing the end of life experience. The programme trains local people to become volunteer Compassionate Neighbours, empowering them to support people in their communities (‘Community Members’) who would benefit from friendship and companionship.
Deliver Digital IT Services
Deliver Digital IT Services, offers comprehensive, affordable, high-quality IT solutions, including managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migrations, and desktop support. We tailor our services to meet the specific needs of your business. 100% of our profits support Farleigh Hospice, blending expert IT with a mission to give back.
Hospice Quality Partnership
Founded in 2014 by Hospices, HQP is a specialist care procurement organisation and a social enterprise, that provides our Member Hospices with direct and indirect savings by accessing our qualified suppliers. On your behalf HQP has negotiated exclusive access to over 30 product and service contracts that reduce time, mitigate risk and that have been sourced via our rigorous tender process. Since 2017 HQP has saved Hospice members with over £5.2M in direct costs alone.
OxCERPC
OxCERPC offers an annual programme ofstudy days, courses and conferences toenhance the knowledge and skills of healthand social care staff to enable care of highquality to be delivered to patients and familiesin the last years of life. OxCERPC aims toimprove care delivered by all staff.
Together For Short Lives
Together for Short Lives is the UK’s leading charity for Children’s Palliative Care. We are here to make sure that children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families can make the most of every moment they have together.
Through our family support hub, we provide families of seriously ill children with emotional, financial and practical support. We champion and support professionals with training and resources and we work to influence Government to secure more investment.
The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM)
The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) is one of the world's largest representative bodies for professionals practicing or interested in Palliative Medicine. The APM represents members to ensure their voice is heard and they are represented in all areas of Palliative Medicine.
Poster exhibition sponsor
Oxygen Installations
Oxygen Installations (part of the Scantech Group) have been providing design, print and signage services to charities across the UK since 1991. All services are provided direct from our UK based locations, so you are receiving the best service and the most competitive rates.
Awards sponsors
HERE: Data & Analytics.
The Digital Champion Award 2024 is sponsored by HERE: Data & Analytics.
Here is not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to providing exceptional care for everyone. They offer Data & Analytics support that can help you to make your data work harder for you, supporting your patient-first approach. They work with you to identify precisely where you can maximise the impact of your data and provide tailored insights and reporting. They can help transform your operations, enabling you to make more informed decisions that enhance the care you provide.