Our mum died on the 28th December 2025 aged 66. She spent her final 7 weeks at St Peter's hospice and we are so grateful to them for the care they gave her.

Their kindness, empathy and consistent aim to maintain mum's dignity and agency was incredible. And only 20% of their funding comes from the NHS.

We can’t stop death. But together, we can make sure people get care that’s right for them, when they need it.

St Peter’s Hospice exists to provide free adult hospice care for everyone that needs their support. From those with a life-limiting condition, to those that care for and about them, St Peter’s has been providing tailored and holistic care to those in need in the Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset area for over 40 years.

But St Peter’s can’t do it without help from the public. Thank you for your support.

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Mum was a big advocate for helping others and spent a lot of her career teaching ESOL at City of Bristol college. She worked with hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers over the years and also volunteered for Borderlands, wanting to help those newly arrived to integrate into Bristol and feel a sense of belonging. She would have wanted this great work to continue.

Borderlands is a charity working alongside asylum seekers, refugees, migrants with unsettled status. Established in 2011, the charity emerged from the Christian mission of St Nicholas of Tolentino Church in Easton, a deprived and diverse inner-city area.

They work with people of all faiths and none. Our values of Warmth, Sharing, Dignity and Respect were informed by a wide consultation with our members (asylum seekers and refugees), staff, volunteers and trustees.

They have a vision for a world where refugees and asylum seekers can seek sanctuary and justice, can make full use of their talents and abilities, feel valued for their contributions, and build worthwhile lives.

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Mum was also passionate about the environment and loved to cycle, around Bristol and beyond. She was a big supporter of Sustrans (now called Walk Wheel Cycle Trust). As many know, mum was a driving force for the pedestrianisation of Cotham Hill - she was a big activist. We didn't have a car for many years growing up and made use of other modes of transport.

If our streets were safer, if our air was cleaner. If we connected with our communities. If we reconnected with the world around us. If every person in every community could connect with the things that matter to them safely, healthily and joyfully.

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust have been making that change happen since 1977. Making it possible for every one of us to roll, ride, amble, gambol, stroll, stride, trek and tread.

Uniting under a new name for Sustrans and a renewed mission to deliver more joy per journey, more peace per pedal, more smiles per mile.

To work with communities to effect change on the ground and evidence the impact to influence policies that push those changes further. It’s grassroots action with added oomph.

They call it people-powered movement.

Their three strategic goals are:

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Thank you so much for any donations. Kate will be responsible for the page/donations and will split donations equally between these three charities (unfortunately it's not possible to fundraise for multiple charities easily on other platforms).

Love,

The Brennans