Keech Hospice Care

Keech provides free specialist palliative and end of life care for people of all ages. Based in Luton, the charity supports adults across Bedfordshire and children and their families across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. Care is delivered at home and through its hospice and wellbeing services in Luton and Bedford.

Its story began in 1986, before the adult hospice opened in 1991. Keech’s website reports 2,242 people cared for and supported in the past year, with over 70% of funding raised through donations and donated goods. In 2026, it became a University Hospice in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire, building on its teaching, education and research work.