Strathcarron Stories Podcast

Strathcarron Hospice
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As a local Scottish Hospice charity, we’ve so many powerful personal stories. This Podcast is a way of sharing them with our amazing community. We’re ’opening our doors’ so that people can get to know more about the individuals and teams who make up their Hospice, within the building and out with too. The best thing about Strathcarron, is the people. These highly dedicated, specialist teams across the Hospice and out in our local communities, to the people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support across Forth valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. We are nurses, doctors, social workers. We are volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We are fundraisers, accountants & physiotherapists. We aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, their impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to patients, families, volunteers, schools - a whole host of people linked with the Hospice too. If you have a question on palliative care, or a story to tell, get in touch via our social media channels or email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  1. Aug 19

    17: An interview with Dr Gill Foster: Palliative Care: 28 Years of Change and Innovation

    Strathcarron Stories: 28 years of hospice care In this episode of Strathcarron Stories, we’re joined by our Consultant and Medical Director, who has been part of Strathcarron Hospice for more than 28 years. She reflects on how hospice care has changed throughout her time at Strathcarron, sharing memories and insights from almost three decades of caring for people and families across our communities. She also looks ahead, sharing her vision for the future of hospice care and what we need to continue doing to ensure people receive the right care, support and choice when they need it most. A conversation about 28 years of change, the enduring values of hospice care, and the future of Strathcarron.   ------ By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications), Ross (from IT) and Katy (from Comms) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  2. Jul 15

    16: An interview with Marjory Mackay: death and dying is all part of life and living

    Our initial conversation started with our very first Matron, Molly Parsons. Now we have the pleasure of speaking to Marjory Mackay, our Director of Nursing and who replaced Molly over 2 decades ago. Marjory expertly picked up where Molly started and has helped shape and moved the hospice to where we are now. Strathcarron mission and values are steadfast, but how we are as an organisation grows and develops organically - with empathy, compassion, dignity and choice always at it's heart. And as Marjory says, we exist for and because of our our local communities.  For 45 years, Strathcarron Hospice has been at the heart of our communities, caring for thousands of patients and families across Forth Valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. To mark our 45th anniversary, we've launched a special podcast series, 45 Minutes With..., featuring the people who helped shape Strathcarron's story. Thank you for your time Marjory. ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications), Ross (from IT) and Katy (from Comms) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  3. Jun 24

    15: An interview with Molly Parsons: The beginnings of Strathcarron Hospice

    For 45 years, Strathcarron Hospice has been at the heart of our communities, caring for thousands of patients and families across Forth Valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. To mark our 45th anniversary, we're launching a special podcast series, 45 Minutes With..., featuring the people who helped shape Strathcarron's story. Who better to begin with than our very first Matron, Molly Parsons? Joining Strathcarron when the Hospice first opened its doors in 1981, Molly shares remarkable memories of those early days. From transforming a family home into a hospice, to the determination, challenges and incredible community support that made Strathcarron what it is today. It's a fascinating conversation about compassion, courage and the people who built something truly special. Listen now and take a journey back to where the Strathcarron story began. ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications), Ross (from IT) and Katy (from Comms) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  4. 12/22/2025

    14: Strathcarron Snowdrop Cafés: Finding connection through grief

    What does it mean to have a place where you don’t need to explain your grief - where it’s simply understood? In this episode of Strathcarron Stories, we visit one of our local Snowdrop Cafés in Denny. Like all the local cafe's these are welcoming community spaces for people experiencing grief, loneliness and loss. Run by local volunteers and supported by our Compassionate Communities team, these groups offer something simple but powerful: connection, conversation and friendship. You’ll hear from several people who attend the café, as they share what this space means to them. From finding comfort after loss, to rebuilding confidence, routines and relationships. Their stories show how small moments of kindness, shared cups of tea and familiar faces can make a big difference. This episode is about community, compassion and the quiet strength that comes from not having to face things alone.   For more information on where your local Snowdrop cafe is, or even to set up your own visit: Where is my local Strathcarron Snowdrop Cafe?   Thank you to Jayne Lamond and everyone from the Denny Snowdrop Cafe for welcoming us in and having such lovely conversations.  ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications), Ross (from IT) and Katy (from Comms) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  5. 11/19/2025

    13: A conversation between best friends Donna Ashworth and Lynn Guthrie

    In this moving episode of Strathcarron Stories, Ailsa and Katy welcome poet Donna Ashworth and her lifelong friend Lynn Guthrie for their first-ever interview together. These friends share a deeply personal and uplifting conversation about love, grief, and the care Lynn’s mum received during her final days at Strathcarron Hospice’s Inpatient Unit.   Donna’s first-ever grief poem, “When You Say Goodbye to a Parent,” was written from the emotions Donna had from visiting Lynn’s mum at Strathcarron - a moment that shaped her creative journey. Lynn reflects on how the compassion shown to her, her mum, and her young son in Strathcarron Hospice transformed  their experience of loss, inspiring her to retrain as a grief coach supporting others through bereavement.  Together, they laugh, cry, and celebrate the power of friendship and hospice are. Donna also performs two of her most special poems in this heartfelt conversation about living, loving, letting go and living with grief.   For more information on Donna Ashworth's community and beautiful poems and to purchase her books: (4) Facebook  Lynn runs the The Empathic Therapist Counselling | Home | Stirling | Online Sessions in UK grief couselling.   Thank you Donna and Lynn ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications), Ross (from IT) and Katy (from Comms) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  6. 12/04/2024

    12: Live interviews from our Annual Palliative Care Conference

    🎤The new Strathcarron Stories Podcast is out now🎤 Education is a founding principal of the Hospice Movement and Strathcarron Hospice’s Annual Conference draws experts from around the world to speak and learn about the latest developments and learnings in palliative care in end of life care.    Our team at Strathcarron is passionate about learning and best practice and this episode we chat to guest speakers and attendees live at the Conference (in September), as well as our Head of Education, Dr Sally Boa. We are very grateful to all our attendees who we interviewed on the Podcast live on the day, as well as the prestigious speakers: Dr Ben Hudson, Consultant hepatologist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Dr Nat Quail, Registrar in Infectious Disease and Microbiology in the West of Scotland Dr Kathryn Mannix, Author and former consultant and expert in palliative care Professor Max Watson, Palliative Care Consultant, Omagh, NI We hope you enjoy listening. (Picture 1: L to R: Angela Harkdins, Dr Sally Boa. Picture 2: L to R: Professor Max Watson, Dr Nat Quail, Dr Kathryn Mannix, Dr Ben Hudson)   Further Information: - If you are interested in signing up for 2025: Strathcarron Palliative Care Conference -  Find your nearest Snowdrop cafe, for friendship, support and a  cup of tea and a blether: Where is my local Strathcarron Snowdrop Cafe? For further information on Project Echo: Project Echo | Strathcarron Hospice  For further information on Quality End of Life Care for All (QUELCA): QELCA at Strathcarron | Strathcarron Hospice ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications) and Ross (from IT) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net. 🎤The new Strathcarron Stories Podcast is out now🎤   Strathcarron Hospice’s Annual Conference draws experts from around the world to speak and learn about the latest developments and learnings in palliative care in end of life care.     Our team at Strathcarron is passionate about learning and best practice and this episode we chat to guest speakers and attendees live at the Conference (in September), as well as our Head of Education, Dr Sally Boa. We are very grateful to all our attendees who we interviewed on the Podcast live on the day, as well as the prestigious speakers: Dr Ben Hudson, Consultant hepatologist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Dr Nat Quail, Registrar in Infectious Disease and Microbiology in the West of Scotland Dr Kathryn Mannix, Author and former consultant and expert in palliative care Professor Max Watson, Palliative Care Consultant, Omagh, NI We hope you enjoy listening.     (Picture 1: L to R: Angela Harkdins, Dr Sally Boa. Picture 2: L to R: Professor Max Watson, Dr Nat Quail, Dr Kathryn Mannix, Dr Ben Hudson)   Further Information: - If you are interested in signing up for 2025: Strathcarron Palliative Care Conference -  Find your nearest Snowdrop cafe, for friendship, support and a  cup of tea and a blether: Where is my local Strathcarron Snowdrop Cafe? For further information on Project Echo: Project Echo | Strathcarron Hospice  For further information on Quality End of Life Care for All (QUELCA): QELCA at Strathcarron | Strathcarron Hospice ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications) and Ross (from IT) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  7. 11/20/2024

    11: Our Fundraisers with Jackie, Kevin and Linda

    Strathcarron, like all other local Hospices, is funded by the communities it serves. We are incredibly grateful to our generous supporters, without their donations, we just could not carry on. It is the local people like Kevin and Linda that we are speaking to today who fund their local Hospice by undertaking on remarkable challenges to raise money. We hear why they support Strathcarron, just before they embark on the incredible challenge to cycle the Camino del Norte from San Sebastián to Oviedo, heading into the mountains of Asturias on the Camino Primitivo in Spain. They wanted to do this physically and mentally demanding challenge to raise money for the Hospice, in memory of their friend Pat. We also have a conversation with Jackie from our fundraising team. The backbone of our Hospice, this team consistently supports communities to raise money for their local Hospice charity. Jackie, is our Fundraising Manager and provides us a fantastic insight into the team and the work they do. As a charity, we need to raise £116,459 every single week to provide all specialist end of life and palliative care services. We rely on the incredible generosity of local people to raise the shortfall that the NHS don’t fund. Our Hospice services support over 400 people a week in their own homes across Forth Valley and North Lanarkshire areas. That is as many as we care for in our In-Patient Unit. Further information: Kevin and Linda’s wonderful blog: Blog – Page 3 – Where there’s a will If you would like to support Strathcarron and raise money in Memory of a loved one: In Memory Of   ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications) and Ross (from IT) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

  8. 11/06/2024

    10: In conversation with Sarah and Libby for To Absent Friends Week

    The first week in November marks To Absent Friends, an annual festival of remembrance and story-telling created to give people a focal point in the year to gather together, tell stories, celebrate and reminisce about people they love who have died.   In this Strathcarron Stories Podcast episode, we are joined in conversation by the wonderful Sarah and Libby. They share a special friendship, which has deepened over the past months. Both of their husbands died in the care of Strathcarron; at home and in the Hospice in-patient unit.   This is their story of grief, told with frankness, sadness and great humour.   Sarah said, "I’m amazed that I actually laughed out loud at some of our chat and I hope that means this podcast will go some way in breaking down the barriers and misconceptions around living through grief and loss".    We are very grateful to Sarah and Libby, we thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, and hope you do too. We hope you enjoy listening.     (Picture: L to R: Sarah and Libby)   Further Information: - Strathcarron Hospice Bereavement Hub: Where you can find resources to support you in your grief: Bereavement Resources | Strathcarron Hospice -  Find your nearest Snowdrop cafe, for friendship, support and a  cup of tea and a blether: Where is my local Strathcarron Snowdrop Cafe? - Our Support Line is available to anyone locally, living with a life limiting condition. We are here to listen Live Your Life Team | Strathcarron Hospice   ====== By sharing people stories, we help to raise awareness of Strathcarron's services and impact, as well as to reduce the fear of Hospices and encourage more conversations about death and dying. Hosted by Ailsa (from Communications) and Ross (from IT) sees us out and about, speaking to our own staff, as well as people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support. We're nurses, doctors, social workers. We're volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We're fundraisers, administrators, accountants & physiotherapists. We will share their stories. We also aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to volunteers, local organisations, fundraisers, schools - a whole host of people connected to the Hospice too. If you have any questions re hospice or palliative care, Strathcarron Hospice, or would like to be on the Podcast, or have a story to tell, please get in touch via our email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

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As a local Scottish Hospice charity, we’ve so many powerful personal stories. This Podcast is a way of sharing them with our amazing community. We’re ’opening our doors’ so that people can get to know more about the individuals and teams who make up their Hospice, within the building and out with too. The best thing about Strathcarron, is the people. These highly dedicated, specialist teams across the Hospice and out in our local communities, to the people living with life limiting conditions and the families they support across Forth valley, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. We are nurses, doctors, social workers. We are volunteers, cleaners, cooks & therapists. We are fundraisers, accountants & physiotherapists. We aim to ask and answer your questions. The conversations we’ll have with our teams will be around their roles, their impact and how each person supports people with life limiting conditions. We will also speak to patients, families, volunteers, schools - a whole host of people linked with the Hospice too. If you have a question on palliative care, or a story to tell, get in touch via our social media channels or email Podcast@StrathcarronHospice.net.

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  • Creator
    Strathcarron Hospice
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
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