Charity | Posted on July 16th, 2025 | return to news
Corfe Mullen hospice to extend facilities
Julia’s House, which was behind the Great Tail Trail, has been given permission for the extension, with work beginning in September.
Corfe Mullen-based Julia’s House has been granted planning permission for a small extension so it can provide additional space and facilities to meet the growing need for its specialist care.
Due to start in September, the building works will extend the hospice’s end of life Mermaid Suite and improve facilities in other areas of the building. Julia’s House was behind the recent Great Tail Trail across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, which featured giant mermaid tails, specially chosen to represent the Mermaid Suite.
The extension will provide a private entrance to the Mermaid Suite and increase the space to enable families to stay together as a family and make special memories, transforming a family’s experience and closeness at a time when being able to spend time with each other is so important.
In addition to the extension to the Mermaid Suite, the second floor of the hospice will be improved to feature a larger bathroom with a more easily accessible bath and specialist equipment enabling access between the bathroom and bedroom, giving more privacy, space and independence for older children. The entrance to the hospice will also be improved with a new external ramp leading up to the main front door.
Claire Hudson-Cooper, Julia’s House director of care said: “We’re really excited to be making these improvements to our hospice. They are going to meet the growing and changing needs of the local families we support and future proof our service for at least the next decade. They will make it more comfortable for families to stay and spend time together at such an important time and enable us to better meet the needs of some of the older children and young people we care for who will value more privacy and independence.
“We would like to thank the Valentine Trust for offering to extend our lease for a further 25 years to enable us to extend the hospice, as well as Dai Hannaford and Ailsa Holdcroft from architects Corstorphine & Wright for their expertise and support which they have given as a gift in kind.”
The cost of the extension is being covered by the recent additional government capital funding for investment in hospice facilities, alongside funding from trusts and foundations that specifically support capital projects.
Hospice care will be in the community while the building works are taking place, and it is anticipated the extension will be completed by early 2026, in order to qualify for the additional government capital funding.
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