A vital Rotorua service is turning to the community in a bid to secure the funding it needs as demand continues to soar.
The Rotorua Community Hospice Trust is running its second telephone appeal from next week in a bid to raise enough money to meet the shortfall between operating costs and Government funding.
The trust's fundraising manager Jan Morgan said the demand for palliative care was increasing every year and the hospice needed to raise more than $700,000 each year to cover the funding shortfall.
Last year's telephone appeal raised more than $25,000 - and they're hoping to match it this year.
Ms Morgan said the appeal would go towards buying equipment for patients to use and helping with other costs, like running the vehicles which allow nurses and other staff to visit patients in their own homes throughout the day and night.