night<\/a> at the Wyvern Theatre on Monday, June 22, in support of Prospect Hospice.\n<\/p>\n\n The show was headlined by acclaimed comedian Joe Wilkinson, and he was joined by several other comedians.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2018The event holds deep personal significance for Wilkinson, who was introduced to the work of Prospect Hospice following the illness of his late father-in-law, local artist Paul Exton,\u2019 reads the advert for the event.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2018After being diagnosed with liver cancer, Paul received end-of-life care from the hospice, where staff supported both him and his family during an incredibly difficult period.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2018He spent his final week at the hospice in Wroughton, surrounded by comfort and dignity, before passing away in November 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2018The evening aims to raise vital funds and awareness for Prospect Hospice, a local charity providing compassionate end-of-life care and support to patients and their families.\n<\/p>\n
\n ‘Prospect Hospice provides care in both patients\u2019 homes and at the hospice in Wroughton, supporting people with life-limiting illnesses across Swindon, Marlborough and north-east Wiltshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n ‘Despite the critical role it plays in the community, the charity relies heavily on donations to continue its work, with only 16% of its funding coming from the government.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n ‘This gap means that the hospice is currently only able to open half of its specialist inpatient beds.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On June 23, The Blue Boar in Aldbourne, Marlborough, put out a statement on their social media page:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}