Extraordinary Care
Extraordinary Team delivering Outstanding Care
We believe in living life to the end and bringing joy to patients’ lives. The care and services available here at Tapping House might not be what you expect a Hospice to provide.
We care deeply about providing people with choice, and we work with everyone as an individual, supporting them on every step of their journey.
Tapping House: Our Impact by the Numbers
More than a hospice – a place to live well
At Tapping House, we’re here for patients and families from the moment of diagnosis — offering expert care, comfort, and hope. We believe hospice care is about living well, with dignity and meaning, for as long as possible.
Every day, we care for people in one of the highest ageing communities in the country, where 26% of the population is over 65, compared to 19% nationally. As the need for our care grows, we’re reaching more homes and expanding our services so that everyone can spend their final months surrounded by comfort, choice, and dignity.
It costs £6.7 million a year, over £500,000 every month, to deliver our services. With less than a quarter of our funding coming from government sources, we rely on the kindness and generosity of our supporters.
Thanks to you, we can continue to provide the outstanding, compassionate care that makes Tapping House a place where no one faces life’s most difficult moments alone.
Light a Virtual Star
This Christmas we invite you to celebrate the lives of those you love and remember those who are no longer with us, by lighting a Virtual Star. Honour someone special by sharing your photos, thoughts or memories.
Here for you
Tapping House provides an incredible range of services which go beyond rest-of-life care
Dr Hugh Ford IPU
Outstanding palliative support and care for patients facing a life-shortening illness.
Hospice at Home
Compassionate care and support for patients who wish to die in the comfort of their own home.
Tulip Centre
Helping patients to live well and cope with any life limiting conditions. So you can live your life to the full.
Emotional Social Pastoral Support
Support to help you cope with the emotional strain that accompanies illness and loss.
Compassionate Communities
Compassionate Communities means together we can make sure no one faces challenges alone.
Ways to support us
Make a Difference
How to Refer
Find out how to make a referral and explore the care and support that is available to you and your family.
Donate
Every donation, no matter the size, brings hope and comfort to those who need it most.
Fundraise
It’s thanks to the incredible support from our Community that gives loved ones precious lasting moments.
In Their Own Words..
Lovely quotes from our patients, volunteers and supporters
People think hospices are all doom and gloom and it’s not. It’s so happy and so joyous. We might not have a lot of time left, but if I can laugh with ease and have a joke and sometimes be a bit rude, that’s what it’s all about. Life is for living.
Adelle Bates
People think hospices are all doom and gloom and it’s not. It’s so happy and so joyous. We might not have a lot of time left, but if I can laugh with ease and have a joke and sometimes be a bit rude, that’s what it’s all about. Life is for living.
Adelle Bates
Recent News & Updates
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Sandringham Light Up A Life Service
Tapping House Light Up A Life Service
Planning My Future Care Workshop 05.12.2025
Downham Market, Light Up A Life Service
Compassionate Friends Skills Workshop 08.12.25
Tapping House Monthly Meet Ups in December
King’s Lynn Minster Light Up A Life Service
Compassionate Friends Skills Workshop 12.01.26
Tapping House Monthly Meet Ups in January
Compassionate Friends Skills Workshop 27.02.26
Planning My Future Care Workshop 20.03.26
Compassionate Friends Skills Workshop 17.04.26
Planning My Future Care Workshop 20.05.26