Milestones in our history
1978 | Idea of a Hospice in York was suggested by four local members of the Royal College of Nursing | October 1978 | Public meeting held to gauge support | December 1978 | Steering Committee formed under Trevor Copley, who remained Chairman of the Hospice until 2002 | 1978 – 1982 | ‘Informal’ fundraising underway | May 1982 |  Appeal launched for £750,000 by Archbishop Stuart Blanch
| November 1983 | Foundation stone laid by Archbishop John Habgood | February 1984 | Day Hospice opens one day a week. | September 1984 | Construction of in-patient unit completed | 11 February 1985 | First in-patient admitted | 1 June 1985 | Official opening by our Patron, HRH The Duchess of Kent | 1986 | Day Hospice opens two days a week | 1987 | Day Hospice opens three days a week | January 1988 | 500th in-patient admitted | September 1990 | 1,000th in-patient admitted | December 1990 | Extensions added with space for physiotherapy and occupational therapy | February 1993 | 1,500th in-patient admitted | June 1995 | 2,000th in-patient admitted | October 1998 |  £2 million Millennium Appeal launched
| February 2000 | 15th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service | July 2000 | Work begins on-site for the new annexe | October 2000 | Foundation stone of annexe laid by The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope | July 2001 | £2 million appeal target is reached | November 2001 | Patients and staff move into new building | Winter 2001 | Original Hospice buildings redeveloped | July 2002 |  Official Opening by HRH The Duke of York
| June 2003 | Hospice Weekly Prize Draw launched | February 2005 December 2005 | Thanksgiving Service at York Minster for twenty years.  Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, becomes the President of St Leonard's Hospice
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