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32 year old Rhys Bowler has shared his isolation diary with us, to help others grappling with issues raised by COVID-19 and beyond. In the following extracts we share with you some of his brilliant insights, irreverent sense of humour...

Foodbuy, a leading food procurement business, is donating over 1,400 essential care boxes to families with seriously ill children, to support them during the Coronavirus pandemic. Foodbuy has teamed up with Together for Short Lives, the UK charity that is...

A new research study released today (23 April 2020) shows that the number of children in England with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions has continued to rise over the last 17 years. The Make Every Child Count study, conducted by the University of...

It feels as if we’re in a time where the whole world is realising its mortality. This is something that many children, young people and their families experience daily, due to the nature of their life-limiting conditions. Obviously, at the...

Together for Short Lives has welcomed the government’s emergency coronavirus fund for charities, including £200 million for hospices. In particular, this fund will enable adult and children’s hospices to take the pressure off and help the NHS cope with the...

We are very proud to unveil a collection of art called ‘This is Me’ - produced by seriously ill children and young people from across the country. The idea was to give vulnerable and often isolated children and young people...