Sunshine Coast Community Hospice Mission

Co-Founders

Sue Story  Terry Clark-Burrows

The Sunshine Coast Community Hospice (SCCH) was founded by two palliative care nurses, Terry Clarke-Burrows and Sue Story, who through their work in the community, identified the evident 'gap' in services when terminally ill people and their families were no longer able to cope at home.They became aware of the need to help the many alone and suffering dying people in need of a compassionate, caring home-like place to die as they near the end of their lives.

The SCCH operates independently. developing and implementing a new model of community based Hospice care. This innovative and cost effective model will provide care to people who can no longer stay at home and do not need hospitalisation.

Currently we are working towards the establishment of Community Hospice Guest Houses, each accommodating 2-3 terminally ill people in a homelike environment.

The first of these cottages, Katie Rose Cottage has now opened it's doors to Sunshine Coast communities.

Hospice Charity Boutiques:

Katie Rose Boutique
17 Obi Obi Road
Mapleton Queensland 4560
Tel: 07  5478 6155
Hours:  Mon-Fri 9:30-4:30 Sat 9:30-12:30

Hospice Charity Boutique 
'Bushlands Shopping Centre' 
6 Swanbourne Way
Noosaville, Queensland 4566

The first of our Community Hospice Guest Houses

Katie Rose Cottage
73 Redwood Road
Doonan, Queensland
Tel: 07 5471 1793

Sunshine Coast Community Hospice Office

17 Obi Obi Road
Mapleton QLD 4560

Tel: 07 5478 6153

Postal Address:
PO Box 5045
Nambour Q 4560

Terry and Sue know that their vision of providing a home-like place for terminally ill people to die in dignity is becoming a reality. The support of our volunteers and the wider community has contributed greatly to this project and we sincerely thank all of these people for their generous contributions and caring hearts.

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Help Wanted

The Sunshine Coast Community Hospice are now interviewing for Charity Shop volunteers.

If you can commit between 2 and 4 hours per week to work in one of our shops either:

Bushlands Shopping Centre, 6 Swanbourne Way Noosaville
or
Katie Rose Boutique, 17 Obi Obi Road, Mapleton

Please contact Clytie Glass at our office on 5478 6155. Men and women of all ages welcome to apply.

Hospice – The word hospice comes from the Latin hospitium, which originally meant the warm feeling between host and guest and later the place where this feeling was experienced – a guest house.