Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

London / UK

Funding from ICAP Charity Day will help to continue to support two highly-specialised community nurses for 12 months. The community nursing team provides support to families whose child is in the last six months of life, in their homes in the community and in hospital.

Charity Overview

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families, across west London and Surrey. They support families from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional, and medical care. Their specialist care and support is free of charge to families and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It includes a comprehensive range of therapies and support groups for the whole family, specialist nursing care and respite, symptom management, end-of-life care and bereavement support.