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Tackling misconceptions has always been an important part of Children's Hospice Week. It's our responsibility to ensure that families across the UK have a full picture of what children's palliative care is, and how it works. That's why, earlier in...

For almost a year now, Rachel Wright, Family Communications Co-ordinator at East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has been working on a participatory photography project called "The H Word", designed to support families, raise awareness and tackle misconceptions about children's hospice...

Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge has sent a message of support to celebrate and mark Children’s Hospice Week. Children’s Hospice Week (17-23 June) is organised by Together for Short Lives and is the only week in the year...

For the past 9 months, I have been spending my Wednesday mornings volunteering at Together for Short Lives. On my first day I didn't know what to expect. I had always had a belief that hospices were dark and gloomy...

We are thrilled to announce that Webhelp has chosen Together for Short Lives as their Charity of the Year for 2019, aiming to raise £30,000 for local children’s hospices.

Today (4 June 2019) Acorns has begun a consultation with its staff on a proposal to cease offering services from its children’s hospice facility in Walsall. Acorns currently has three hospices in Walsall, Birmingham and Worcester. If the proposal is...