Who's Who
From very small beginnings the Home Hospice has developed into an organisation comprising a small team of part-time staff:
Co-ordinator and Counsellor:
Wendy Martin
Wendy Martin
I have worked with the Home Hospice since 2012 as the Bereavement Support Co-ordinator. This has developed and now has become a counselling service for the bereaved and also for patients and their family when a cancer diagnosis is made. In 2016 I was privileged to take the role of Home Hospice Co-ordinator. I am dedicated to the work of this organisation, and with the support of a brilliant team I hope to continue to assist the people in the Swaffham area, when they need a helping hand.
Deputy Co-ordinator:
Sarah Legget
Assistant Co-ordinators:
Georgie Roberts
Georgie Roberts
Some of our patients live in small villages and others have left their towns and families to come to retire in Swaffham.
Isolation is a problem we often see, made much worse by illness. Understanding of the problems our patients and families are experiencing
and doing what I can to help is what attracted me to become a carer volunteer in 1998 and to accept the job as Assistant Co-ordinator in 2000.
Since then we have started a weekly art and craft group for patients. A relaxed atmosphere, trying new techniques and having coffee and a talk
are what we offer to our patients. Laughter often coming when things don’t work out according to plan!
It is a privilege to work in the community and get to know a really wide range of people with very different life skills
and to be part of this team at the hospice is wonderful.
Sue Pert
I have worked in Social care for over 30 years firstly as a support worker then Home Manager and finally as
Training Manager. These positions included working in Residential Care Homes for the elderly and also small units
for people with learning disabilities. I also supported staff, patients and families in one of our homes for people with Huntington's Disease.
When my husband retired we moved to Norfolk for 'the quiet' life but I soon found I missed the interaction I had been used to with my jobs, I found the hospice and volunteered to visit people in their homes and help out at the bereavement group, I absolutely loved doing this. I had been doing this for over three years when I was really lucky to be offered the position on the team.
Suzie Turton
Before moving to Norfolk, I lived in Manchester and worked as a Bereavement Counsellor in my local Hospice. I joined Swaffham and Litcham Home Hospice in 2015 as a volunteer on the Bereavement Team working with Wendy. In January 2017 I joined the office care team as Team Assistant which allows me to continue to work with my bereavement clients as well as support many other patients and the staff team.
Home Hospice Team Assistant:
Kim Easter
Secretary:
Claire Beatty
In-House Accountant:
Adrian Adcock
The volunteer Management Committee is chaired by:
Dr Ian Haczewski
Dr Ian Haczewski
I am the Senior Partner at Manor Farm Medical Centre in Swaffham. I qualified at the Royal London hospital in 1983, and I have worked in Swaffham since 1988. Having referred many patients to the Home Hospice I have valued its enormous contribution to their care and well being for many years. Therefore, when I was asked to be Chairman I was extremely honoured, delighted and humbled to join the wonderful group of dedicated people that work for the Home Hospice.
The volunteer Fundraising Committee is chaired by:
Adrian Adcock