LOROS is a highly regarded Hospice in Leicester providing palliative care for those in need. Stoneygate has been supporting LOROS for a number of years to provide new facilities, care and support for terminally ill patients, their families and their carers. Most recently, Stoneygate has supported the creation of a new Centre of Excellence to research and improve practice in end-of-life care.
Rob Parkinson, CEO of LOROS, stated: “The support from Stoneygate has been instrumental to the advancement of evidence-based care at LOROS and the development of an innovative and forward thinking research programme that will improve wider understanding and practice in end of life care.”
Stoneygate has partnered with the University of Leicester to create a pioneering new £10m Centre to teach medical students and healthcare professionals across the UK the importance of empathy in all aspects of their medical training. The new Centre is developing and delivering empathy-focused training for undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare students and professionals in Leicester, with the aim of making this available nationally. The Centre will also undertake pioneering research into the impact of empathic care on both patients and practitioners, and campaign for empathy to be placed at the heart of the healthcare system.
Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester said:
“Our vision is to create a Centre of excellence that will lead the sector in placing empathy at the heart of improved and effective healthcare for patients locally and across the UK.
Through the expertise and dedication of the team, and with the generous and inspirational philanthropic support of The Stoneygate Trust, we will cement Leicester’s place at the forefront of the empathic healthcare movement, and as a world-leader in producing the most highly capable and empathic doctors and practitioners.”
The Lily Foundation is the UK’s leading specialised mitochondrial disease charity, aiming to improve the lives of people affected by mitochondrial diseases through research. Stoneygate and Lily together have set up and fund a programme of research in UK universities in order to advance the search for effective diagnoses, treatments and cures for these rare but complex and life-limiting diseases.
“Words can't express how grateful we are to Stoneygate Trust for its generous support of The Lily Foundation, which has helped to bring real, positive change to people affected by mitochondrial diseases. Thanks to Stoneygate, we have been able to achieve things that once seemed beyond the wildest dreams of our small charity, and punch above our weight in the fight against mito.” – Liz Curtis, MBE, Founder and Lily’s Mum, The Lily Foundation