News and Comment

We have welcomed the government’s decision to implement the Child Funeral Fund, relieving bereaved parents of the costs of their child’s burial or cremation. Under the scheme, from 23 July, bereaved parents, guardians or carers will no longer pay the...

Hobbycraft joined forces with Together for Short Lives to take on the challenge of Hadrian’s Wall Walk.

Together for Short Lives' Ambassador Lance Corporal Richard Jones has been sprinkling magic and entertaining young adults and their families at a community group called Inspire! run by The J’s Hospice, part of Havens Hospices. Richard’s visit to the J’s...

Shailza and Daniel Leaver have two beautiful boys just a year apart in age. They smile and giggle and win hearts just like any other 4 and 3 year old but sadly neither Riley nor Stanley is able to sit,...

My name is Gabriella Walker. In February this year, my daughter Thea died aged two years and nine months. She had Niemann-Pick disease type A, a rare, degenerative life-limiting condition. Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, which provides services to more...

Luen Thompson, Chief Executive of Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, says that in Children’s Hospice Week, it’s absolutely right that we ask ourselves the very ethical question about how we fund the support offered to children with palliative care needs...