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Steve is the Energy Advisor at Together for Short Lives, helping families understand and reduce their energy bills. Here are some of her top tips. Reducing your gas (heating) Turn off individual radiators and keep the doors shut in rooms...

The Kentown Children’s Palliative Care Programme, a community-focused children’s palliative care initiative in North West England covers Lancashire and South Cumbria. This collaborative programme funded by the Kentown Wizard Foundation brings together Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity Family Support Workers, Together...

Following our successful campaign, we warmly welcome the Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting’s, decision to increase NHS England funding for children’s hospices to £26 million in 2025/26. The £100 million fund for both children’s and adult hospices in...

This week, we attended the launch of the Independent Commission for Palliative and End of Life Care. As a member of the Commission, we are committed to tackling the significant disparities in access to sustainable, high quality palliative care for...

We are deeply concerned about the significant impact of the increase in employer National Insurance Contributions (ENICs) on children's hospices. We estimate that this increase will add £4.9 million to the annual cost of providing lifeline care for seriously ill...

Peninsula Group, a Manchester-based global employment law and HR consultancy who are partnered with Together for Short Lives, has completed a marathon 24-hour static cycle to raise vital funds for charities across the world on Giving Tuesday.