Our Groups
We have a range of Groups within our Wellbeing Hub, each geared towards supporting different elements of your wellbeing and enabling you to meet others with similar experiences to your own.
Breathlessness Group
By attending St Clare’s Breathlessness Group, you can learn how to manage the breathlessness you are experiencing as a result of your illness. Managing breathlessness can help to improve your mobility and function, enabling you to do more and live well – with less anxiety and more confidence.
Currently, our Breathlessness Group course consists of four weekly sessions, hosted on Tuesday afternoons onsite at St Clare Hospice.
Throughout the course, our weekly sessions will focus on:
- Anatomy and breathing exercises
- Fatigue management and equipment
- Introduction to Advance Care Planning, Diet and Exercise
- Anxiety management
Fatigue Management Group
Did you know, that 80% of people with a life-limiting condition report that they experience fatigue?
Fatigue is a common symptom experienced by people with lots of life-limiting conditions, including: COPD, lung conditions, cancer, heart failure, MS, Parkinson’s and other conditions.
Our Fatigue Management Group consists of a course of four, weekly sessions, hosted on Tuesday afternoons onsite at St Clare Hospice. It is run by an Occupational Therapist and Therapy Assistant.
Throughout the course, the four weekly sessions will focus on:
- Understanding fatigue
- Energy conservation
- Fatigue and lifestyle
- Fatigue and mental wellbeing
Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group
Do you have pulmonary fibrosis? Or are you a relative or carer of someone who does?
Access information and advice on how you can live as well as possible with the respiratory condition at our bimonthly Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group, hosted in partnership with Princess Alexandra Hospital and Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Princess Alexandra Hospital’s specialist consultants and nurses and representatives from Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis will be available to offer support, information and helpful advice on managing this progressive and often unpredictable disease, which affects about 70,000 people in the UK.
Topics covered will include:
- Singing for lung health
- Keeping active
- Healthy eating
- Mental wellbeing
- Travel insurance
- The latest news in research and treatments
There will be an opportunity to ask questions as well as meet with others who have been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and who may understand what you are going through.
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group is being held in the Hospice dining room between 2pm and 4pm on the following dates in 2025:
- Wednesday 19th February
- Wednesday 16th April
- Wednesday 18th June
- Wednesday 20th August
- Wednesday 15th October
- Wednesday 17th December
For more information about attending the Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group, call Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist Ruby Varghese on 01279 444455 ext 7419/7435 (Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm) or email path.pulmonaryfibrosis@nhs.net.
Looking for extra support?
Our Wellbeing Hub offers a variety of supportive services that you could benefit from. Take a look at our calendar of events below to see what’s on this week! You can also click on the ‘Month’ and ‘Agenda’ tabs to view the calendar in different date formats.
For more information about these services, please click the links below:
- Clinics
- Groups
- St Clare Community Hub
- Café Clare
- Bereavement Cafés
- Children’s Bereavement Support Group
Get in touch
If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us. We’d love to hear from you.
Call us on 01279 773700
Email us on info@stclarehosice.org.uk