This film features interviews with two bereaved mothers – Josie and Julie – and is intended to raise awareness for professionals of some of the issues to consider when discussing end of life plans with families and promotes the powerful voice of the parent within this process. The film was produced by The Avon Palliative Care Partnership Group, as part...
The communications team at Together for Short Lives can brief journalists about the work of the charity, our campaigns and fundraising activities, as well as provide information on the issues facing children with life-limiting conditions and their families, and the support available to them. You can meet some of the families we support here. Communications and Public Affairs Team For...
Getting our service up and running – what we do EACH has been running a Help at Home service, our approach to Family Support Volunteering, for just over a year now. In that time we have engaged over 100 volunteers, training 48 of them and providing more than 400 hours of support to 28 of our families in Suffolk and...
If your child would benefit from specialist equipment or other aids, these should be identified at their assessment meeting. These may be led by health, social services or another children’s services team who can inform you about the options available to meet your child’s need. In some areas, you may have a multi-agency assessment. In each case it is important...
I chose a career in nursing because I wanted to make a difference. I now work as a Team Leader for a children’s hospice. Whenever I say this, people often assume it’s a really sad job. I can understand why people would think this; my feelings before I started working in children’s palliative care were that it would be very...
Number of children and young people living with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition rising Shortage of qualified nurses providing children’s palliative care in the voluntary sector having a negative impact on care New film launched by charity Together for Short Lives to encourage nurses into children’s palliative care There are more than 50,000 children and young people in the UK...
