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Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge has sent a personal message to celebrate Children’s Hospice Week, which is running this week (21-27 May). The Duchess, as Royal Patron of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), has seen first-hand the lifeline...

This Children's Hospice Week, Together for Short Lives is encouraging supporters to think about their own #LifesShort moments: the little things that make life beautiful. For 15 years, St Oswald’s Hospice, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, has been helping seriously...

We've revealed the top 5 moments that matter for seriously ill children across the UK to mark the beginning of Children’s Hospice Week 2018. The top 5 is based on the results of a survey asking seriously ill children supported...

In a parliamentary debate on the future of Oxfordshire children’s hospice Helen & Douglas House, MP Layla Moran praised the work of Together for Short Lives in highlighting the funding shortfall and asked whether ministers felt the current system was...

During a parliamentary debate on the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill, MPs highlighted calls made by Together for Short Lives and others for a more flexible system of parental bereavement leave. The bill, which proposes a new right to...

Andy Fletcher will be Together for Short Lives’ new CEO, replacing Barbara Gelb OBE, who is due to retire in June 2018. Andy will step into his new role as CEO on 25 June 2018. Dr Hilary Cass, OBE –...