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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
6th October 2007
www.worldday.org
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“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the last moment of your life”, Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK.
Evaluation Report 2005
What is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Now in its second year, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2006 takes place on
October 7th 2006.
The theme for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2006 is:
Access to care for all – highlighting the fact that everyone has a right to high quality end of life care but that more needs to be done to enable everyone to access it.
What are the aims of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
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To share our vision to increase the availability of hospice and palliative care throughout the world by creating opportunities to speak out about the issues
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To raise awareness and understanding of the needs – medical, social, practical, spiritual – of people living with terminal diagnosis and their families.
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To raise funds to support and develop hospice and palliative care services around the world.
What happened on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day in 2005?
In 2005, over 1,100 events took place in 74 countries around the world with activities including a cycle rally in Nepal, art exhibitions in Australia, Hong Kong and Austria and palliative care conferences in Lithuania and Belarus. The day was held in partnership with Voices for Hospices, the global music marathon which had over 500 concerts around the world and raised approximately £750,000 for local hospice services. The next Voices for Hospices event will take place with World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on October 6th 2007.
Who can get involved?
The day is for anyone and everyone who cares about or is involved in hospice and palliative care anywhere in the world. If you are an organisation or an individual, with or without experience of hospice and palliative care, you can do something to support hospice and palliative care worldwide.
How can you get involved in World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2006?
To get involved with World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, visit the Get involved page. This gives you ideas and suggestions on what you can do on the day on the day to support people living with terminal illness and their families.
Remember to register your event at: http://www.worldday.org/register_event.asp
Please contact the organisers for any information or queries that you may have on
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