FAQs & Resources Expand Download our logos English language logo Welsh language logo When did Hope House Children's Hospices first open? Our first hospice - Hope House in Oswestry - opened in 1995 and our second hospice - Tŷ Gobaith in Conwy - in 2004. What do you do? In a nutshell, Hope House Children's Hospices provide specialist nursing care and support to more than 750 children aged 0 to 25 years and their families who live in Shropshire, Cheshire, North and Mid Wales. We provide respite care in our two hospices and in the families' own homes. The impact of caring for a child with a life-threatening condition affects the whole family. Our help enables families to take a much needed short break from their round-the-clock caring routine. We offer bereavement services to families whose children use the hospices, but also any family in our area whose child has died in any circumstance. Our Snowflake Suites are special places where families can say goodbye in their own time and in their own way. They comprise a temperature controlled bedroom, and a private lounge and garden. Counselling is available to families who use the hospice, and also to any local family who has suffered the death of their child in any circumstance. We also provide support for brothers and sisters enabling them to share their feelings and worries. Who funds your work? Statutory funding pays on average just one month's running costs every year. For the other 11 months we are completely dependent on donations from our supporters to keep our doors open and our services running. No charge is ever made to families. How much does it cost to run Hope House Children's Hospices? It costs more than £6.5 million every year to provide all our current services. However, three children die every week in the area we cover and we can currently only afford to help one family in three. We have set ourselves the challenge of raising an additional £2.5 million a year by 2025 to ensure we can afford to help every family who needs us. To ensure no one faces the death of their child alone. How many people work at Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith? We employ more than 260 people who all play a part in helping deliver our services to children and families.
How do I get involved? Expand Thank you for offering to help, we’d love to meet you! Please fill out our volunteering form or call to speak to Di Murr on 01691 679679.
Do I need previous experience? Expand For many of our roles, you need no more than enthusiasm and a desire to make a difference in your community. There are some more specific roles where we may ask for professional experience and qualifications. Please get in touch by filling out our volunteer form to find out more or call to speak to Di Murr on 01691 679679.
Will it be a big commitment? Expand It doesn’t have to be. For most roles we can be flexible to fit around the times when you’re free. Usually, you can try a taster session to see if you like the role.
How can I make a difference? Expand Your time, skills and hard work will help us to provide more of what really matters to our children and their families than our paid staff can do alone. Your help means together we can help more children and families to create invaluable magical moments.
Why should I volunteer? Expand Volunteering can help you gain new skills, boost your confidence and, if you’re looking for work, can look great on your CV. If you’re looking for a way to spend your precious time, you can share your skills, meet new friends, keep busy and active, and do something amazing to benefit your community. You’ll become a valued member of an enthusiastic and dedicated team and you’ll have lots of fun.
Will I receive any training for my role? Expand Yes! We’ll give you all the support you need to get the most out of your volunteering experience.
Business Champion Expand Becoming a Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith Champion will mean you are part of exclusive group of supporters who all want to make a difference. You will also have the opportunity to network with other like-minded businesses. Find out more about becoming a Business Champion.
Charity of the year Expand Choosing Hope House Children's Hospices as your charity of the year means you commit to fundraising and supporting us for a set period of time. Your local area fundraiser will support your business with suggestions on fundraising ideas. They can also carry out staff awareness workshops and you can even have the opportunity to visit our hospices to see our services and facilities when possible.
Become a sponsor Expand We always need Corporate Sponsors to help us meet the costs of staging our fundraising events and, in turn, help the events raise even more money to support children and families. We have packages to suit all budgets. What better way can there be to showcase your company than to have your logo on our promotional material? You could also chose to sponsor our twice yearly raffle prizes. Our mailing is sent to over 30,000 households. Download our latest newsletter to read about our most recent raffle prize sponsor.
Cause related marketing Expand Could you raise funds for Hope House Children's Hospices by selling your product or service? Working in partnership with a well respected local charity can provide many benefits for your business and for us. We would love to have a chat with you about this! Please contact our fundraising team. Read about a recent commercial partnership.
Business Challenge Expand We give you £50 and you commit to grow it as much as legally and ethically possible. This could be anything from using the seed funding to hire a venue and hosting an event, to buying stock and selling it on for a profit. The possibilities are endless!
Corporate volunteering Expand If you’re a company that likes to give back to your community then corporate volunteering is an excellent way to do this whilst promoting staff wellbeing. Maybe you are able to give your staff time off to volunteer with us on a regular basis in our hospices or shops, or perhaps your staff could help us run one of our events by promoting the event, packing our famous goodie bags or stewarding on the day. You could even arrange a team building event for your staff at one of our hospices, helping with the gardens or a set project. There are many opportunities for your staff to volunteer with Hope House Children's Hospices.
A - Z of fundraising ideas Expand A – Auction B – Bingo! / Book sale C – Coffee Morning / Car boot sale D – Duck Race / Dress down day E – Eat Cake for Children! F – Fancy Dress G – Games night / Guess the name / How many sweets / Golf day H – Hour of pay / Head shave I – International Day J – Jumble Sale / Jeans to work K – Karaoke Night L – Loose Change collection M – Matched Giving N – Night In O – Office Olympics P – Personal Challenge / Posh puds Q – Quiz Night R – Race Night / Raffle S – Sky dive / Sweepstakes T – Tuck Shop U – Uniform free day W – Walk to work X – Xmas jumper day Y – Year long challenge Z – Zumbathon