News and Comment

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...

Together for Short Lives is urging families caring for vulnerable and seriously ill children not to delay seeking emergency medical care for their child due to fears around coronavirus and self-isolation. We have heard that some worried families, whose children...

Carole is Mum to Sophie, soon to be six years old, Oliver aged eight months and Joshua who would have been four years old in May. Joshua passed away in 2017 aged fifteen months. On Mother’s Day we asked Carole...

It was great to see the Chancellor Rishi Sunak talk on Tuesday about doing 'whatever it takes' to get businesses through these very uncertain times. Thousands rely on them for a livelihood and support is both necessary and welcome. But...

We have welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to spend more on the NHS at Budget 2020 to tackle the growing impact of COVID-19. But we are disappointed that ministers are not doing more to make sure that children and young people...