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MPs have renewed calls for the long-delayed children’s funeral fund to be urgently implemented in England. The commitment, which will see local authority fees waived for children’s funerals, was made in April last year following a powerful campaign by Carolyn...

We are delighted to announce that leading insurance risk and commercial law specialist, BLM, has selected Together for Short Lives as their charity partner. The new partnership will span two years and will be operational across all of BLM’s 13...

The May Day bank holiday is normally a chance I grab to relax and kick back with my family – but not this year. Instead, I’ll be taking the Hadrian’s Wall challenge and trekking 100 miles alongside Dom Jordan, the...

We are thrilled to announce that Harvester South Coast have chosen Together for Short Lives as their Charity of the Year for 2019.

Together for Short Lives welcomes advice issued by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, which aims to promote consensus between parents and doctors when they face difficult decisions about a child’s care. The new document, ‘Achieving Consensus: advice...

St Oswald’s Hospice, based in Newcastle upon Tyne has launched a pilot outpatient clinic to support young adults with complex and life-limiting conditions who are moving from children’s to adult health services, as well as GPs and other healthcare professionals...