Making a Difference – our brand new Impact Report

18th September 2024

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Making a difference – our brand new impact report – is hot off the press and it’s packed with fascinating facts about what St Luke’s has achieved during 2023-4.

Flick through its pages to discover the successes, the challenges, and the passions that drove our staff, volunteers and supporters, day after day, to benefit people in our community who need our compassionate end-of-life care and support.

See below to read this exciting publication, proudly created – for the first time in five years – by our communications team.

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