Wide Horizon Hospice

For many years, Wide Horizon Hospice has stood as a pillar of comfort, dignity and compassionate care for patients and families throughout the Vaal Triangle. But like so many hospices across South Africa, the organisation faced immense strain in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Donations slowed, skilled staff became harder to retain, and the weight of rising operational costs eventually forced the closure of its In-Patient Unit. For Wide Horizon, this turned out to be the start of something. It became clear that the road ahead would require more than resilience alone. So Wide Horizon took a brave, patient-focused step forward: it reached out to Stepping Stone Hospice & Care Services to find a way to keep palliative care alive for the people of the Vaal Triangle. After a thorough and thoughtful process, Stepping Stone took over the management of Wide Horizon. This was never about one organisation growing bigger. It was about two organisations standing together to ...