Sylvian Care Southampton Partners With Mountbatten Hospice
For some care providers, the job ends when the visit ends. For others, care is something deeper - a way of living, giving, and showing up for the people around you.
At Sylvian Care Southampton, Florin and Alina Răcilă have built their home care service on that deeper meaning. Their mission goes far beyond delivering high-quality home care. It extends into the heart of the local community, where compassion and connection matter just as much as practical support.
And nowhere is this more visible than in their partnership with Mountbatten Hospice.
A Partnership Born at a Client’s Bedside
Florin and Alina first met the Mountbatten palliative care nurses while caring for a client in his own home. Two teams arrived for the same purpose: to bring comfort, dignity, and peace during someone’s final days.
What started as a moment of shared care quickly became a deeper realisation: We complement each other. We stand for the same values. We are working toward the same mission.
From that moment, a partnership began — one rooted in respect, connection, and a shared commitment to end-of-life dignity.
Supporting a Hospice in Difficult Times
Mountbatten Hospice is a 16-bed end-of-life hospice in Southampton. For years, they have provided exceptional care to people during their most vulnerable moments.
But like many essential services, they are struggling. Rising costs. Higher taxes. Inflation that keeps going up. And limited government funding.
The result is simple and heartbreaking: Hospices like Mountbatten depend on community partners to survive.
They run a programme where care providers who raise £2,500 a year receive specialist end-of-life training for their staff. This training gives carers the confidence and skills they need to support clients and families through their final journeys.
Florin and Alina didn’t just sign up for the programme. They embraced it.
Care in Action: Yellow T-Shirts, Cakes, Barbecues, and Community Spirit
Throughout the year, the Sylvian Care Southampton team organised creative, joyful, and heartfelt events to raise funds:
– A barbecue fundraiser
– A “Go Yellow” event (Mountbatten’s colour), where the entire team dressed in yellow
– Cake bakes and cake sales
– Small community gatherings
– Awareness activities to highlight the importance of hospice care
These weren’t corporate events. They were human events - full of warmth, laughter, and generosity. Clients, families, neighbours, and team members all joined in.
Every pound raised had purpose. Every event brought people closer. Every gesture supported a service that so many families rely on.
Care Beyond the Service
What Florin, Alina, and their team have built in Southampton is more than a care service.
It’s a community effort. A commitment to dignity at every stage of life. A belief that care is something you live, not just something you deliver.
Their partnership with Mountbatten shows that when local organisations come together with heart and intention, they can protect essential services that our society cannot afford to lose.
This is what purpose-driven care looks like. This is why families trust Sylvian Care. And this is why values-based organisations stand out - not through words, but through action.