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Stuart Palma, CEO of Southern Hospice Group

Please help us keep on caring this winter

Blog winter campaign

This week we are launching our winter appeal – ‘We are here for you, will you be here for us?’. As hospices across the country face ongoing financial challenges, and many face heartbreaking decisions about care, CEO Stuart Palma shares our call for support and our determination to be here for Sussex families for many more years to come.

Alex with her mum Paula smiling and looking happy together. Paula is holding a bunch of flowers.

Alex’s story

Blog Stories

When Alex’s mum, Paula, received care from Martlets it marked the beginning of a deeper connection between mother and daughter. Alex shares how our nurses helped her build a closer relationship with her mum. She has also embraced Paula’s love of sewing, which has brought her comfort while also supporting the hospice.

Taking Pride this summer and always

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Community fundraiser Henna Edwards has been organising our participation in this year’s Brighton Pride parade, and it’s a special one as for the first time we join with sister hospice Chestnut Tree House to march together. Here, they tell us more about their involvement.

Why community means everything to us

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Joining our Martlets community has been life-changing for Grace and her family. From art projects and creative writing to singing together in Martlets’ Good Vibrations Choir, she and her daughter Hannah share what community means to them.

Grace - with Lucy wearing a lion's mane

Making memories with Mum

Blog Stories Summer campaign 2025

From art projects and shared ‘Life Writing’ to singing together in our ‘Good Vibrations’ Choir, Martlets’ social groups have been life-changing for Grace and her family. Here, Grace’s daughter Hannah explains how taking part has helped them make some special memories together.