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I have been at Together for Short Lives for six weeks now, how the time has flown. I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and give you a little of my background. I qualified in Children’s and Adult...

Carly, a bereaved Mum, has shared her devastating story of the loss of her daughter Effie in a new short film which we are proud to launch. The film was produced pro-bono by Faltrego Films to celebrate their one-year anniversary...

In this short blog, Mum Emily looks back at her tube feeding journey with her daughter Amelia, how she overcame her fears, and her advice to other families starting a tube feeding journey. I remember when Amelia was around 3...

Together for Short Lives received a call to our helpline from a mother in a desperate state. She was shielding at home, as a single parent with three children. Her daughter had a life-limiting condition and very complex needs, which...

New research shows that mothers of children with life-limiting conditions are much more likely to develop serious physical and mental health problems and have a premature death, compared to mothers caring for children with no long-term health condition. The research...

As a mother who lost both of her daughters 21 and 19 years ago now, every day is hard. As the years have passed that awful raw agonising pain has eased somewhat, but missing them gets harder. Always wondering what...