External Sites

Below you will find some links to external sites.

We do not have any control over the content of these sites and provide the links only as a means of obtaining further information.

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Children's Hospices UK

Children's Hospices UK is the national voice for children's hospice services, and through them the children and families who use them. Children's Hospices UK works together with other organisations to support the development of best practice and provision of children's hospice services across the UK. Read more

Bandaides & Blackboards

Welcome! This is a site about growing up with medical problems. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that. These kids have become experts at coping with problems that most of you have never heard of. They'd like you to know how they do it, and they hope that you'll be glad you came to visit. Read more

Child Bereavement Charity

Training, information and support for professionals working with bereaved parents and children. Read more

Children's Hospice International

CHI provides education, training and technical assistance to those who care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families. Read more

Contact A Family

Information for families with disabled children. Read more

Help The Hospices

Help the Hospices is the national charity for the hospice movement. Hospices give unparalleled care to people who are facing the end of life - and to those who love them. Read more

Hospice Information

Hospice Information is a joint venture between St. Christopher's Hospice and Help the Hospices. It brings together the experience and established reputation for high quality of the Hospice Information Service at St. Christopher's and the national remit and innovative information developments of Help the Hospices. Read more

Hospice Organisations In The U.K. & Ireland

Hopefully, an up to date list of hospice information pages on the internet, (in no particular order!) focussing on the United Kingdom and Ireland. Read more

International Children's Palliative Care Network

Children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions have very specific and unique palliative care needs, often different to those of adults. The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) shares a vision that these total needs should be met to encompass physical, emotional, spiritual and developmental aspects of care. Read more

Jessie's Fund

Jessie's Fund is a UK charity dedicated to helping seriously ill and disabled children by using music as a form of communication and for therapy. Read more

Lifelites

Lifelites is striving to bring a ray of sunshine into the lives of children in hospices by providing them with the means to spend quality time with their families, the technology to keep in contact with their school and friends, and simply to enjoy themselves away from the constant reality of their illness. Read more

National Organization For Rare Disorders

NORD is a unique federation of individuals and organizations working together to build a better world for people affected by rare diseases. Read more

The Association For Children's Pallative Care

ACT - the Association for Children's Palliative Care is a UK-registered charity which is striving to achieve the best quality of life and care for all children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions and their families. Read more

Winston's Wish

Winston's Wish helps bereaved children and young people rebuild their lives after a family death. They offer practical support and guidance to families, professionals and anyone concerned about a grieving child. Read more

Sibs

Sibs is the UK charity for people who grow up with a disabled brother or sister. We support siblings who are growing up with or who have grown up with a brother or sister with any disability, long term chronic illness, or life limiting condition. Read more

Together for short lives

There are an estimated 23,500 children and young people who are not expected to reach adulthood. Together for Short Lives is the voice for all these children, young people and their families - as well as the organisations and people that support them. We are here to ensure that every life-limited and life-threatened child, young person and their family gets the best possible care and support from the moment of diagnosis, wherever they live and as long as they need it. Read more

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