Sue Ryder (charity) explained

Sue Ryder
Founder:Sue Ryder
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Type:Nonprofit
Registration Id:1052076 (England & Wales),
SC039578 (Scotland)
Status:Charity
Focus:Palliative and bereavement support
Headquarters:Kings House, King Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2ED
Location Country:United Kingdom
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Leader Title:Patron
Leader Name:Charles III[1]
Leader Title2:Chief Executive
Leader Name2:Heidi Travis
Key People:Dr Rima Makarem
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Revenue:£112.75 million (2022)[2]
Staff:2,925 (2022)
Volunteers:12,084 (2022)
Formerly:The Sue Ryder Foundation;
Sue Ryder Care

Sue Ryder is a British palliative and bereavement support charity based in the United Kingdom. Formed as The Sue Ryder Foundation in 1953 by World War II Special Operations Executive volunteer Sue Ryder, the organisation provides care and support for people living with terminal illnesses and neurological conditions, as well as individuals who are coping with a bereavement. The charity was renamed Sue Ryder Care in 1996, before adopting its current name in 2011.

Care centres

Sue Ryder care for people with complex conditions in their hospices and palliative care hubs, as well as providing care in people’s homes, in the community and online.[3] The charity provides palliative care and support from its specialist centres and in people's homes. It operates a free Online Bereavement Counselling Service.,[4] connecting people who are grieving with appropriate information and resources, qualified counsellors or a community support network Online Bereavement Community. It provides information and resources for health and social care professionals, and it campaigns to improve palliative care and bereavement support nationally. Sue Ryder hospices and neurological care centres are currently operated in the following areas:

South Oxfordshire Palliative Care Hub (palliative care centre)[9]

Fundraising

Sue Ryder's income was £112.75 million during the year ending 31 March 2022, which included £37.5 million from NHS and local authority funding, and £73.7 million from fundraising campaigns and retail sales (both online and in the charity's 400 shops).[13] The income was used for providing 525,000 hours of palliative and end-of-life care to people in the UK.[14] In addition to full-time staff, the charity currently has more than 12,000 volunteers supporting its work across the UK.[14] Volunteering roles cover many areas of the charity's work, including administration, catering, transport, gardening, fundraising, finance, retail, photography, events coordination, cleaning, research, befriending and bereavement support.[15]

Sue Ryder launched its Prisoner Volunteer Programme in 2006.[16] It works with around 40 prisons nationwide offering work experience in 100 locations, including offices, shops and warehouses.[17] The programme has won a number of awards, including the Education and Training award at Civil Society's Charity Awards in 2013.[18] In 2014, the charity opened a shop in Slough which offered staff roles to homeless people in partnership with the organisation Slough Homeless Our Concern.[19]

Controversy

In February 2013, Sue Ryder was criticised alongside other charitable organisations for taking part in the UK Government's workfare scheme, in which people living on benefits were instructed to attend unpaid work at various companies and charities, at the risk of otherwise losing their benefits.[20] After enlisting "around 1,000" volunteers as part of the scheme, Sue Ryder later promised a "phased withdrawal" due to online protests.[21] The charity later released a statement explaining that they had chosen to withdraw in order to "protect staff from an online campaign of harassment".[22]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sue Ryder welcomes news that His Majesty King Charles III will be their Royal Patron. Sue Ryder. 8 May 2024. 12 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Sue Ryder . . December 8, 2023.
  3. News: Sue Ryder chief to step down . . 28 November 2023 . December 8, 2023 .
  4. Web site: What bereavement support do Sue Ryder offer? . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  5. Web site: Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre Dee View Court . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  6. Web site: Leckhampton Court Hospice . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  7. Web site: Wheatfields Hospice . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  8. Web site: St John's Hospice . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  9. Web site: South Oxfordshire Palliative Care Hub . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  10. Web site: Manorlands Hospice . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  11. Web site: Thorpe Hall Hospice . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  12. Web site: Duchess of Kent Hospice . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  13. Web site: Sue Ryder . . December 8, 2023 .
  14. Web site: Sue Ryder . . December 8, 2023 .
  15. Web site: What type of volunteer roles do you offer? . Sue Ryder . 25 November 2019 .
  16. News: Prisoners thrive on retail therapy . Leverton . Marc . . 28 October 2009 . 25 November 2019 .
  17. Web site: An evaluation of the Sue Ryder Prison Volunteer Programme . The Bromley Trust . November 2012 . 25 November 2019 .
  18. News: Charity Award for Sue Ryder . ehospice . 20 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125942/https://ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/5271 . 2 April 2015 . 25 November 2019 .
  19. News: Sue Ryder charity shop to use homeless volunteers . . 23 May 2014 . 25 November 2019 .
  20. News: Enforced volunteering of workfare is against ethical nature of charities . Jones . Ros Wynne . . 22 May 2013 . 25 November 2019 .
  21. News: Sue Ryder leaves unpaid work experience scheme after online protest . Mair . Vibeka . Civil Society . 25 February 2013 . 25 November 2019 .
  22. News: Activists are intimidating charities into quitting work scheme, says DWP . Malik . Shiv . . 27 February 2013 . 25 November 2019 .