A Northumberland hospice has been awarded funding to help meet demand for care services. Tynedale Hospice at Home has been awarded a grant of £5,000 from Hexham Town Council’s Emergency Covid-19 Community Organisation Fund. The charity, which covers West Northumberland, Tynedale and Ponteland, has continued to provide care services throughout the pandemic. Despite the continuation of its end of life care and bereavement support services, the hospice lost a major source of income when its four charity shops in Hexham, Prudhoe and Ponteland, were forced to close during lockdowns. The hospice will receive less than 7 per cent of its required funding from the NHS this year. It usually makes around 33 percent of its income from its charity shops, though this year it’s predicted to be as much as half.