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19/09/2013

BBC ALBA - Bethesda (Hospice)

Insight into the day-to-day life at Bethesda Hospice in Stornoway.

Documentary revealing the day-to-day life at Bethesda Hospice in Stornoway, which faces the annual challenge of having to raise £230,000 in order to keep going.

Airson a mhòr chuid, 'se hospice àite far am bi daoine a caochail agus far am bi daoine fo bhròn. Ach, dol steach a Bhethesda ann an Steòrnabhagh, 'se fàilte is blàths a tha feitheamh. Seo àite airson nam beò. A h-uile bliadhna, feumaidh iad cruinneachadh £230,000 airson a hospice a chumail a dol - dùbhlan ùr gach bliadhna. Seo program a ghluaiseas an inntinn, le sùil air obair latha Bethesda nach fhacair a roimhe.

For many, the idea of a hospice is a place to fear, a place where people come to die, but walk in the door of Bethesda in Stornoway, and you feel a homely welcome. Bethesda sees itself very much as a place to live. Each and every year, the phenomenal sum of £230,000 has to be raised to keep the hospice services going - a fundraising target that creates a challenge each year. This moving documentary gives a rare and special insight into day to day life at Bethesda.

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