About World Hospice and Palliative Care Day – October 6th 2007
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.
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day will take place on October 6th 2007 with Voices for Hospices, the global musical marathon event which has over 500 concerts around the world and is the official fundraising event for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2007.
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day takes place on the second Saturday of October every year and Voices for Hospices takes place on the same date every two years. Future dates are:
- October 11th 2008 – World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- October 10th 2009 – World Hospice and Palliative Care Day with Voices for Hospices
What are the aims of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
- 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
- To raise awareness and understanding of the needs – medical, social, practical, spiritual – of people living with terminal diagnosis and their families.
- To raise funds to support and develop hospice and palliative care services around the world.
What has happened on previous World Hospice and Palliative Care Days?
In 2005 and 2006, over 70 countries took part in the celebrations with activities including cycle rallies in Nepal, art exhibitions in Hong Kong and Australia, a public enlightenment campaign in Nigeria, a palliative care conference in Mexico and the launch of a report on access issues in the UK.
Please find out more about World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2006.
For more information, about World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2005, please read the evaluation
Executive summary
Full evaluation
To view photographs from 2005 and 2006, go to the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospices photo library at: www.worldday.dk
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 2007?
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 to support people living with terminal illness and their families.
Contact us
Please contact the organisers for any information or queries that you may have on worldday@helpthehospices.org.uk or call +44(0)207 520 8250.
