Join us on October 10th!
We’re inviting YOU, our amazing schools, businesses, and local community, to join us on Friday, the 10th of October, to help create a wave of purple in support of Ardgowan Hospice!
Whether it’s a pair of purple socks, a full-on purple takeover of your office or classroom, a bake sale, a raffle, or simply spreading the word, every purple moment will help make a difference to the people we serve.
Why go purple?
Over 60% of our £11,000 a day running costs need to be raised through fundraising and donations from compassionate individuals, groups and organisations like yourself. Behind every cupcake, costume, and conversation, you’re helping fund vital, compassionate care for patients and families in Inverclyde.
Life-limiting illness affects all of us - our friends, our families, our neighbours. But together, we can bring comfort, dignity, and specialist care to those who need it most—right here in our community.
Get involved
Ideas, downloads and more
Here are just a few ways to get involved during hospice care week!
-Wear it. Bake it. Host it. Share it.
-Find out more about volunteering!
-Sign up for our weekly lottery.
-Access our free Will writing service.
-Use the free template on this page to ask your local MP to support our campaign for fairer funding.
Need help with your own event? Free downloads are ready to help you get started! E-mail fundraising@ardgowanhospice.org or download files instantly at the bottom of this web page. You can also contact us for donation cans and branded merchandise!
How will you choose to be proud in purple to show your support for Ardgowan Hospice?
Be sure to share your photos and stories with us!
Take 30 seconds to contact your local MP
Help amplify our request for fairer funding
We are asking MPs to attend Hospice UKs parliamentary event in Westminster on 15 October 2025. The theme of this year’s Hospice Care Week is 'more than you think', spotlighting the incredible care that takes place outside our hospice building.
Throughout the week, we’ll be highlighting the specialist palliative care we provide across Inverclyde, helping people live well at the end of their lives. We’ll be showing hospice's like ourselves are experts at delivering care closer to home, keeping people out of hospital who do not need to be there, and relieving pressure on the system.
This is something Ardgowan Hospice does every day – supporting people to be where they want to be at the end of life, in the place they love most: their own home. But hospices across the UK are struggling financially, ourselves included.
Surging costs mean that almost every month, another hospice faces the difficult decision to reduce services due to a lack of funding. And this comes just as demand is rising fast, because of our ageing population. We’re asking our supporters to write to their MP so they can attend the official Hospice UK Westminster event and hear what we need to secure our future, care for more patients, and support the NHS.
Do it your way and share your day!
Get in touch!
We would love to find out what you have planned to celebrate Hospice Care Week / Go Purple Day!
If you have great photos, stories or quotes, please reach out and share them with our team. You might even be featured on our social media channels!
Taking part in
Go Purple Day 2025
Greenock Telegraph
McDonalds Greenock & McDonalds Port Glasgow
Inverclyde Council
Purdies Pantry
Tonino's
Moorfoot Primary
Gourock Primary
Madeira Nursery
Victoria Bowling Club
Rankin Bowling Club
Inverclyde Leisure
Nationwide Building Society
Santander
Waterfront Cinema
Xcite Soft Play
Bookers Greenock
Blair & Bryden Solicitors
Mr Central Heating
Treasured
The Cove
Clyde Eats
The Vault
McCaskie Butchers
Bullseye
Cafe Continental
Cardwell Garden Centre
Club 3000 Bingo
Dry Cleaners Gourock
Gianni's, Greenock
Keystore, Brougham Street
Victoria Bowling Club
Wildfire Delicatessen
The Cottage
