Sacred Heart Community Palliative Care Biography Service

The Sacred Heart Biography Service at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is an innovative, person-centred service offered free of charge to clients of Sacred Heart Community Palliative Care.

The first such service in NSW, it complements existing palliative care services and offers clients the opportunity to reflect on their life, tell their story and leave a legacy document for family and friends. Carefully selected volunteers, who bring a range of skills and experience, are trained and supported to establish a trusting and safe environment in which clients, over the course of several sessions, can tell their story. The volunteers transcribe the story so it remains in the person’s voice and create beautiful bound books with photos.

How you can support us

Donating

Please visit the Curran Foundation Donate page and click on Biography Service in the drop-down box.

Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering with the biography service, please complete and submit an Expression of Interest form. We will hold an information session in the second half of this year and begin the recruitment process with a view to offer training in late 2025.

Please note this role is suitable for people who are computer literate, are available during business hours, and are willing to undertake hospital required vaccinations, police and Working with Children checks.

Please click on the short video below to see how the process works: