Your support could help us answer the next call from a children's hospice professional
When the phone rings and on the end of the line is a nurse or family support worker calling from a children’s hospice, we know there is a family in real crisis who needs our help. And behind every call answered and every family helped is someone like you. Because we rely on your kind donations for the kit, upkeep and training our Helpline team needs to provide support to the families caring for seriously ill children who live in your community.
That’s why we’re asking for your support today.
Families caring for a seriously ill child are struggling
With recent cuts to local services, inconsistency in the support available, and rising costs, families caring for their seriously ill child are struggling. They are struggling to pay for their bills, struggling to fill their cupboards with food, and struggling to spend quality time together which is even more important when the time you have together is short.
Children's hospice professionals are stretched to find them support
Children’s hospice nurses and family support workers are getting asked more and more by the families they are caring for to help them with their struggles. They are stretched trying to find them help on top of providing palliative care and they often don’t have the tools to provide it.
Our Helpline calls from these professionals are increasing
So the professionals working at children’s hospices turn to us. With a national Helpline run by a team of experts, we can find the support their families need. That may be a grant for a home adaptation, help to cover the costs of a child’s funeral, a trip away to spend time together or a food shop to fill the cupboards. But these calls are increasing, so we need your help to answer the next Helpline call that comes in.
Your donation provides the tools to answer these calls
could help answer a Helpline call from a children’s hospice professional
could help run our Helpline technology and kit for two days
could help pay for a Helpline expert for a whole day
With more families reaching breaking point, and more cuts, more children’s hospice professionals are expected to rely on Together for Short Lives to help find the support these families so desperately need. And we in turn rely on your kind donations to help answer the increase in Helpline calls.
Will you make sure our Helpline team can answer the next call?
What your support will mean for the children’s hospice professionals who call the Helpline
By donating to our Just One Call Appeal today, you’ll ensure that our Helpline team can answer every call that comes in from children’s hospices nurses, family team workers, and care assistants at your local children’s hospice.
Just one call is all it takes to get the support a family with a seriously ill child needs to change their life.
Thank you for your support
As the person who oversees our Helpline here at Together for Short Lives and picks up the phone to those who call us when they are most in need, I wanted to personally thank you for your support. Although it is me and my team who answer the calls, it it you that makes it possible with your kind donations.
– Lynsey, Family Support Hub Manager
If you have any questions about our Just One Call Appeal or would like to donate by phone, please call our Supporter Services Team on 0117 989 7820 during weekdays, 9am–5pm
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