I am Bev and I live just South of Chichester in West Sussex with my partner Steve. I have had a varied career including working with horses and as a wedding photographer. It was when I began volunteering at St Wilfrid’s Hospice in 2009 I started to realise how much I love working with older people and those approaching the end of their lives. I remained at St Wilfrid’s, ultimately as Clinical Admin Manager until June 2024, when I left to further my love of working more directly with people.
I have 18 years experience providing personal home support and really love getting to know people and providing individual care to meet their particular needs. I am flexible in my approach and bring my personal values of kindness, honesty and empathy into every situation.
I have been a volunteered in various roles including as a driver with Contact the Elderly and as a photographer with Remember my Baby. This is an amazing charity that provides family portrait photography to families who have experienced a stillbirth or the death of a baby soon after birth to allow them to have some lasting memories of their child.
I have trained as an End of Life Doula with Living Well Dying Well, and am a full member of End of Life Doula UK. I am certified by Living Well Dying Well to assist people with Advance Care Planning. Steve and I set up and ran the Chichester Death Cafe between 2017 and 2020 and have also spoken on the subject of death and dying as part of the Talks at Six Initiative in Chichester.
I adore meeting people – it gives me the greatest satisfaction to help make someone’s day a little better or to remove the fear that surrounds death and dying and to help people to live well knowing that they have made their wishes known.