The Home of Compassion is situated in the quiet village of Thames Ditton near Hampton Court Palace. Our Home is an attractive Georgian style building with views overlooking large lawns, which gently slope down to the river Thames. The Home of Compassion consists of a main house, a former chapel and a priory.

100 years ago Boyle Farm (the home of Catherine Boyle Walsingham) was bought by a former Churchwarden of Thames Ditton Parish church who subsequently sold the house to Anglican Nuns of the Order of The Sisters of the Compassion of Jesus. From 1905 the main building served as a nursing home as the sisters took in elderly people who were ill and had nowhere else to go. With the nuns' demise, the Church took over the administration. Trustees were appointed and the Bishop of Guildford became the patron.

In 1981 a new Charity was established and the objective was set that the Home of Compassion will care for the poor and the dying.

• To provide a care home for poor persons who are dying.
• To assist elderly people in particular by providing care residential and health services.
• To provide or facilitate education and training in the care of the elderly and dying.

It follows that the services of the home are available to all elderly people in need of care whether fully or partially supported by government social care services and or NHS continuing care arrangements.

The current Trustees are drawn from local church people with relevant experience in a variety of backgrounds such as local hospital trusts, medicine, the law, property matters and accountancy. We now provide a modern nursing home in a cottage hospital setting, which meets all relevant care standards for a variety of residents with a range of different needs.

The Chapel was built in 1926 and was used by the nuns originally, but in 1999 ceased to be a chapel and is now a thriving and lively charity shop, raising money for the care of the frail elderly.