In the 1970s two Calderdale doctors, Drs Brian Quinn and Geoffrey Hyman created a charitable trust called the Calderdale Society for Continuing Care to establish a nursing home for palliative care.

Slyvia Graucob — the wife of Find Graucob, a Elland-based fire extinguisher manufacturer — had purchase their old Elland home, Overgate and the adjoining property Hazeldene after her husband's death and donated the property to the charitable trust as a location for the hospice.

[3][5][6] Funds required to convert the property and for running costs for the first year was then raised by public donations, the local health authority, and a loan from Halifax League of Friends.

[3][8] In 1994, a new purpose-built in-patient unit was added to the hospice, increasing the number of beds to 12.

[15] The hospice maintains a network of 16 charity shops and a distribution centre throughout Calderdale to support its fund-raising efforts.