After a great deal of consideration, St Barnabas Hospice is to close its cafe in Spalding.
Set up in 2017, the cafe on the town’s market place is set to permanently close despite the Hospice staff and volunteers’ hard work.
Caroline Peach, St Barnabas Hospice Head of Retail, said: “It is with regret that we are to close the cafe in Spalding as part of a restructuring process for all of our retail outlets. The cafe has been a great meeting point for the community and has built up a good customer base but ultimately isn’t a profitable operation for the Hospice.
“We’d like to thank our staff and volunteers involved for their hard work and our customers for their support too.”
St Barnabas Hospice will continue to have a strong presence in the community as their shop is to remain open.
Chris Wheway, Chief Executive at St Barnabas added, “Our commitment to providing care and services within the Spalding area remains unchanged and the Clinical teams at St Barnabas are still working hard on the front line to give patients and their families high-quality, compassionate care.
“With an ageing and growing population, and various health implications left behind as a result of the coronavirus, our care is needed now more than ever. I hope that those who would normally support our cafe at Spalding will be able to find alternative ways to continue that help the Hospice needs during these difficult times. I’d also like to pay tribute to our staff and volunteers for their help.”
To find out more about the free services the Hospice provides to people across Lincolnshire living with a life-limiting or terminal illness, as well as to people struggling to cope following a bereavement, visit www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk.