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St Andrew's Hospice is 30 years old next year and our building requires to be substantially upgraded. We want to provide our patients who come from all over North and South Lanarkshire with the best environment to match our high standard of care. Our equipment, heating, plumbing and electrical systems are outdated, beginning to fail and are no longer cost effective or efficient. We also require to create more single bedded rooms than we have at present to improve the privacy and dignity for patients and their loved ones. The Trustees acknowledge the need for a major refurbishment of the Hospice, in order to sustain and improve the organisation's ability to deliver the very best specialist palliative care possible. Bringing the Hospice up to date will allow us to continue to stay in our current home, care for the patients of North and South Lanarkshire for the foreseeable future and make our Hospice fit for the future. The project will enhance the Hospice's environment making it an even better setting for patients and their families and improve their quality of life for the time that they have left. We will increase the number of single bedded rooms with en suite facilities to 21, as well as creating three, 3 bedded rooms. Our inpaitient unit had 399 admissions in the last financial year with an occupancy rate of 87%. Being able to offer more single bedded rooms allows greater privacy and dignity for patients who do not want a communal room. The design and layout of rooms, corridors and doors will allow easier access to our garden areas for patients, reinforcing a connection with the world beyond the Hospice. This project also allows us to create a more therapeutic environment, for example, having more access to natural light from larger or better positioned windows and doors can help patients feel better. We will also equip every patient room with the facility for extra beds allowing a loved one to stay with the patient. Our Dove Cafe will be extended which will allow visitors, patients and staff to socialise and where our patients can sit in a relaxed atmosphere. A separate patient entrance will be created to allow patients to be admitted to the Hospice in privacy and dignity instead of via the main entrance which is used by staff, visitors and the general public. The building will be much more energy efficient. Modern insulation, heating and ventilation systems will drastically reduce running costs along with O2 omissions. We will be able to support young adults who are suffering from a life limiting illness and bridge the gap between the childrens' hospice and the care that is currently available. The single rooms and more appropriate facilities, environment and décor will help young adults feel much more comfortable about coming to the Hospice and spending time with their families here.

Families continue to be a priority for the Charity ensuring they are supported when they most need it. These families come from ALL over Scotland. Kidney Kids Scotland supports hospitals all over Scotland supplying them with much needed equipment and funding for posts recognised as being essential. We achieve this by working closely and relying on the expertise of Consultants, Medical and Welfare personnel to identify where the Charity can best provide help. Kidney Kids Scotland has been instrumental in funding and developing The Paediatric Renal Network in Scotland. www.sprun.scot.nhs.uk/ Over the past fourteen years Kidney Kids Scotland has distributed just under one and a half million pounds towards the treatment of children in Scotland suffering from renal and urology problems. For further information about our charity, please visit our website