The Charity
ST BARNABAS REBUILD
Since opening in 1972, St Barnabas House has provided hospice care for over 25,000 local people and countless family members. They provide specialist help to people with cancer and other life-limiting diseases, supporting them and their families at an incredibly difficult time in their lives. All this care is provided free of charge.
The current building was originally designed to last for 25 years. It is now over 35 years old and starting to wear out. The hospice needs more and more work done to it every year – but there’s only so much patching up that can be done. Their hard-working and dedicated nursing team do an incredible job but now the building is stopping them providing the care they want to offer. They simply cannot continue to maintain it and so the race is on to build a brand new St Barnabas House. A site has been found on Titnore Lane, just half a mile from the current site, and building work is due to commence in Summer 2009.
The new hospice will offer greatly improved facilities for patients and their families as well as the nursing staff. The new building will be ready in 2011 and there will be a phased transfer of services ensuring that there will be no break in care services for patients and families.
This is a momentous project for St Barnabas and for the local community and will ensure that local people can continue to receive the very best in hospice care for generations to come.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why are you building a new hospice?
Our current building was constructed with a projected 25 year lifespan. With careful maintenance, it has lasted over 35 years but each year, it costs more and more to maintain the building and meet the needs of our patients, visitors and staff.
Where will the new hospice be built?
The new hospice will be built on farmland at the bottom of Titnore Lane and adjacent to Northbrook College, within a mile of our current building, thereby retaining our strong links with Durrington and the Worthing area. By building the hospice on this land, we will be creating a tranquil place for our patients as well as retaining and protecting a lot of the natural beauty.
What will the new hospice offer?
Patients will continue to benefit from the excellent care provided by St Barnabas, but in a modern purpose built hospice fit for the 21st century. Patients and their families have been involved in the planning of the new hospice at all stages, to ensure that their needs are placed at the forefront of the design. Patients will be offered greater privacy and dignity through the provision of single rooms with en-suite facilities, combined with the maximum use of natural light to promote a caring and tranquil environment. Further significant improvements will be achieved through the provision of specialist therapy rooms, improved and much larger facilities for day hospice patients, new out-patient areas and greatly enhanced gardens.
How many beds will the new hospice have?
The new hospice will have 20 beds, and we will work towards opening all these beds as they are needed.
How much will it cost to build the new hospice?
We will need to fundraise a further £4m - this is the target for our Rebuild Capital Appeal.
When does the money have to be raised by?
The land has already been purchased and building work is scheduled to commence in 2009. It will take up to two years to complete the project and we need to raise the rest of the money during this period, although it is expected that fundraising activities will continue after the new hospice has opened.
What happens if you do not raise all the money needed?
Should we be unable to raise the full amount needed to complete the project in its entirety, we may need to slow the rate at which we open beds. However, there will be no impact on the quality of care for our patients should we not reach the appeal target.
When will the new hospice open?
The new building is planned to be completed and ready to accept patients by the end of 2010. Our current building in Columbia Drive will remain fully open and operational until we move to the new site.
BENEFITS
1. Inpatient beds will be increased to 20 to accommodate the increasing demand upon the service and meet the local community’s need.
2. All beds will be in single rooms with en suite, telephone and IT facilities. The rooms will have capacity for family members to stay when the need arises.
3. The Day Hospice will be larger and will have consulting rooms for private conversations or consultations and will have disabled toilet facilities.
4. There will be increased space dedicated to delivering complementary therapies, physiotherapy and where the artist-in-residence can work with patients.
5. There will be a private entrance for patients being admitted to the hospice or coming to the Day Hospice.
6. Each bedroom will have its own access to the beautiful private gardens that have been designed with colour, scent, texture and sound in mind.
7. The gardens will be far more extensive and provide peaceful and relaxing surroundings for patients and families. There will be full access and all-weather pathways for wheelchair users.
Since opening in 1972, St Barnabas House has provided hospice care for over 25,000 local people and countless family members. They provide specialist help to people with cancer and other life-limiting diseases, supporting them and their families at an incredibly difficult time in their lives. All this care is provided free of charge.
The current building was originally designed to last for 25 years. It is now over 35 years old and starting to wear out. The hospice needs more and more work done to it every year – but there’s only so much patching up that can be done. Their hard-working and dedicated nursing team do an incredible job but now the building is stopping them providing the care they want to offer. They simply cannot continue to maintain it and so the race is on to build a brand new St Barnabas House. A site has been found on Titnore Lane, just half a mile from the current site, and building work is due to commence in Summer 2009.
The new hospice will offer greatly improved facilities for patients and their families as well as the nursing staff. The new building will be ready in 2011 and there will be a phased transfer of services ensuring that there will be no break in care services for patients and families.
This is a momentous project for St Barnabas and for the local community and will ensure that local people can continue to receive the very best in hospice care for generations to come.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why are you building a new hospice?
Our current building was constructed with a projected 25 year lifespan. With careful maintenance, it has lasted over 35 years but each year, it costs more and more to maintain the building and meet the needs of our patients, visitors and staff.
Where will the new hospice be built?
The new hospice will be built on farmland at the bottom of Titnore Lane and adjacent to Northbrook College, within a mile of our current building, thereby retaining our strong links with Durrington and the Worthing area. By building the hospice on this land, we will be creating a tranquil place for our patients as well as retaining and protecting a lot of the natural beauty.
What will the new hospice offer?
Patients will continue to benefit from the excellent care provided by St Barnabas, but in a modern purpose built hospice fit for the 21st century. Patients and their families have been involved in the planning of the new hospice at all stages, to ensure that their needs are placed at the forefront of the design. Patients will be offered greater privacy and dignity through the provision of single rooms with en-suite facilities, combined with the maximum use of natural light to promote a caring and tranquil environment. Further significant improvements will be achieved through the provision of specialist therapy rooms, improved and much larger facilities for day hospice patients, new out-patient areas and greatly enhanced gardens.
How many beds will the new hospice have?
The new hospice will have 20 beds, and we will work towards opening all these beds as they are needed.
How much will it cost to build the new hospice?
We will need to fundraise a further £4m - this is the target for our Rebuild Capital Appeal.
When does the money have to be raised by?
The land has already been purchased and building work is scheduled to commence in 2009. It will take up to two years to complete the project and we need to raise the rest of the money during this period, although it is expected that fundraising activities will continue after the new hospice has opened.
What happens if you do not raise all the money needed?
Should we be unable to raise the full amount needed to complete the project in its entirety, we may need to slow the rate at which we open beds. However, there will be no impact on the quality of care for our patients should we not reach the appeal target.
When will the new hospice open?
The new building is planned to be completed and ready to accept patients by the end of 2010. Our current building in Columbia Drive will remain fully open and operational until we move to the new site.
BENEFITS
1. Inpatient beds will be increased to 20 to accommodate the increasing demand upon the service and meet the local community’s need.
2. All beds will be in single rooms with en suite, telephone and IT facilities. The rooms will have capacity for family members to stay when the need arises.
3. The Day Hospice will be larger and will have consulting rooms for private conversations or consultations and will have disabled toilet facilities.
4. There will be increased space dedicated to delivering complementary therapies, physiotherapy and where the artist-in-residence can work with patients.
5. There will be a private entrance for patients being admitted to the hospice or coming to the Day Hospice.
6. Each bedroom will have its own access to the beautiful private gardens that have been designed with colour, scent, texture and sound in mind.
7. The gardens will be far more extensive and provide peaceful and relaxing surroundings for patients and families. There will be full access and all-weather pathways for wheelchair users.
