Together for Short Lives

📢 Introducing the first look at our 2025 Conference programme! Built to Last: Together for Short Lives' Children’s Palliative Care Conference 2025 Our 2025 conference is all about recognising and sharing best practice and looking to the future of children's palliative care. Speakers will be announced soon - watch this space! For more information and to secure your place at our conference, visit: https://lnkd.in/eZ2PJ4b5 Early bird pricing ends tomorrow so grab your tickets quick! (For group bookings, email conference@togetherforshortlives.org.uk)

Today, the Morrisons partnership goes out with a bang…🎆 After 2 years and 9 months, the Morrisons and Together for Short Lives partnership has come to an end. Together, colleagues, customers and suppliers have raised £10,722,514 for seriously ill children, their families and the children's hospices that support them. Thank you to every single colleague and customer who has contributed to this amazing total - through fundraising weeks, donations, challenges and so much more, you've continually shown up for Together for Short Lives! We invite you to watch the video below showcasing our journey together and the incredible impact made possible by the partnership.

New paper 🚨 Children’s health in England is in shocking decline. How can the government reverse this trend? As members of the Health Policy Influencing Group, today we publish our Roadmap setting out how to put children at the heart of the NHS. 🛣️ https://lnkd.in/eg-47X6h

⏰ Final call to submit an abstract for our 2025 #Conference - submissions close at midnight tonight! Help shape our next conference and share your work with other professionals at Built to Last: Together for Short Lives' Children’s Palliative Care Conference 2025. Contributions are welcome from all disciplines and sectors. All abstract submissions will be reviewed by clinical experts from Together for Short Lives' Advisory Council. Submit an abstract and find out more here: https://lnkd.in/ekFN39fD

We’ve had an amazing few days at Chestnut Tree House with this incredible group of colleagues from Hobbycraft. They have something very special in the works for you – watch this space next week and get ready for that festive feeling!

"Children's hospices provide not just medical care, but a haven of comfort and compassion through wraparound care for the whole family." Some of you may remember three years ago when we were campaigning to be the next charity Morrisons partnered with - and if so, you will remember the important role Emily played in helping us secure the partnership. Emily's beautiful daughter, Amelia, has a rare genetic neuromuscular disorder and along with her husband and younger daughter, the family benefits from the vital support of Keech Hospice Care, their local children's hospice. Unfortunately, not all families with seriously ill children are aware of the support available to them. Through our Community Outreach Project, which was made possible by the Morrisons partnership, we have reached 1,415 families, ensuring they know that help is within their grasp. If you'd like to read more about Emily's story and her thoughts on reaching more families, follow the link: https://bit.ly/3BVS0vN

With children's hospices facing rising costs and falling funding, fundraising has never been more vital to build a better future for seriously ill children and their families. Over the last 20 years, with your help, we have raised £34 million for children’s hospices, creating countless memories for families. With your help, we are fighting for a future where no child or family is left behind when it comes to palliative care. From fair funding for children’s hospices, to ending the postcode lottery of care, your support is helping us to campaign tirelessly for seriously ill children across the country today, tomorrow and long into the future. Read more about how we are fighting for every child, family and children’s hospice in our latest impact report: https://bit.ly/47ZStJj

Could you be our next Digital Communications Manager? We have a fantastic opportunity for a digital communications expert to help make sure that every seriously ill child and their family gets high quality children’s palliative and end of life care, when and where they need it. You will play a key role as, together, we provide direct support to children and families, unite services and professionals and campaign to change the system. Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/ev6XvRyD

Across the country, grieving parents and siblings rely on the counselling services of children's hospices to navigate their grief. Thanks to Morrisons colleague and customer support, we have been able to set up the Building a Legacy Together grant - providing hospices with the funds to purchase specialist equipment and undergo renovations. Of the 29 grants we have awarded, three have been for building counselling pods. These pods provide a safe and serene space for families to express their emotions and navigate their grief. Gareth Pierce, CEO of Forget Me Not children's hospice, shares, “Having this quiet, cosy space in our grounds means we make it easier for families to access the counselling that is so vital in supporting them.” To discover more about the impact you've made, follow the link: https://bit.ly/3BVS0vN

Today, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced a series of measures which have the potential to improve the lives of seriously ill children and their families. These important financial settlements must now be the springboard for urgent action to fairly and sustainably fund palliative care for seriously ill children and their families. They do not have time to wait. Our #Budget2024 reaction: https://lnkd.in/eHmC-ejy