Glasgow's Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice has just opened a photography and design exhibition at House for an Art Lover.

Window of Light, photographed by Elaine Livingstone, focuses on the people involved in the health-care facility, while the design exhibition features ideas and plans for the new hospice to be built on a green seat nearby in Bellahouston Park.

"As anyone who has passed through the hospice’s front door at Carlton Place will know, staff and volunteers are the hospice’s lifeblood, every one helping in their own way to support patients and their families and provide the best possible end-of-life care," said Glasgow-based photographer Elaine.

"The hospice provides a Window of Light in the darkest of times and this exhibition celebrates the patients and families, staff and volunteers.”

Meanwhile, the design exhibition turns the spotlight on the innovative, state-of-the-art Scandinavian Sengetun model that will put patients and families first and provide space for privacy, dignity and compassionate care for all ages.

All set in a place that feels like home, the clinical and medical assistance will sit firmly in the background.

The twin exhibitions celebrate the success of the Brick by Brick appeal and Capital appeal to raise funds for the new hospice - now reaching £16 million of the £21 million target.

Hospice chief executive Rhona Baillie said: “We wanted to take the time to celebrate the success of The Brick by Brick Appeal so far and to thank the people of Glasgow for their support and generosity.

"We are asking all of our supporters and donators to stay with us till the end of this journey and continue to support us.

“This is an update, a chance to celebrate and see two exhibitions that highlight the two main aspects of the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice we are most proud of: our people and the designs for our new hospice."

The Design Team’s, Nord Architects, Burns Design, Ertz Landscapes, Turner and Townsend, atelier ten, Woolgar Hunter and AECom have put together a joint Exhibition of the new Hospice.

The new hospice facility, for Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Cambuslang and Rutherglen will provide the ideal environment for patients and families to receive end of life care. The new bespoke designed hospice will also look after teenagers with life limiting illnesses in specially designed, age appropriate patient bedrooms. The private bedrooms will have pull down beds and overnight stay facilities for families and friends and patient’s kitchens to be able to cook their own food, if they wish. There will be lush out door garden areas with quiet contemplation areas, plus a hydrotherapy pool and sensory room.

The much loved Hospice in Carlton Place, for the last 32 years, has been adapted and expanded as much as is physically possible and has provided a home where first class care has been delivered for all of the patients and families. But the 18th Century building no longer fits the 21st Century vision for the future care that the hospice staff want to provide for the people of Glasgow.

Rhona explains her call for continued support, “The final leg of any Capital Appeal is always the toughest hurdle. It feels as though we are trying to push an elephant up a ladder. We are working with philanthropic Scots in London, New York and Hong Kong to reach our final target and I know, with everyone’s support, we will do it.”

The Exhibition is open to the public, this Saturday, 14 November from 11am to 1pm, on the top floor of House for an Art Lover. Everyone is welcome to come and see Window of Light, a beautiful portrait exhibition of patients, families, staff and volunteers and the Design Teams’ plan for the new Hospice.