News and Comment

We’re delighted to have the support of Royal Mail this Christmas. The postal service has generously donated £25,000 to Together for Short Lives to pay for Christmas lunches in hospices across the UK. The money will give families caring for a seriously ill...

PHS Group plc, based in Caerphilly, has teamed up with Together for Short Lives to launch its first ever National fundraising day. On Friday 13 December PHS colleagues around the country will be uniting with a 'Barmy Barnet' makeover and...

Winners charity single digitally released on the 15th December and CD single in stores 18th December The X Factor winner’s single will be in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Together for Short Lives. The two X Factor finalists...

Together for Short Lives today launches the ninth edition of Basic Symptom Control in Paediatric Palliative Care – the Rainbows Children’s Hospice Guidelines. The Basic Symptom Control Manual is a completely unique resource, bringing together all symptom management for babies, children and young...

A new report by the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care, released today, highlights the challenges facing hospices over the next 10-15 years. Together for Short Lives welcomes the ambition that the Commission has set out for the future...

Together for Short Lives welcomes the Government’s commitment to develop guidance for local councils on when to begin planning young people’s transition from children’s to adult’s services. The commitment came from health minister Earl Howe during Wednesday’s (16 Oct) House...