Hope House Children’s Hospices are here to make sure that no one faces the death of their child alone.

We support more than 750 local families who are either caring for a terminally ill child, or whose child has died.

It costs £6.5 million every year to run our services and 86% of this is spent on care. Approximately one month’s income comes from statutory sources and for the other 11 months of the year we are dependent on public support.

Our ambition is to raise an additional £2.5 million each year to make sure we reach every child, mum, dad, brother and sister who needs our help in this area.

Children and families are the reason we are here

In 2020 we joined forces with Tŷ Hafan Children's Hospice to ask the children, young people and families in our care what they need to live the best life they can.

We had an incredible 133 responses from families — and we learnt a lot. We learnt about what families love about our care, but also what they desperately need more of. Their voices powered our Family Voices report called Our Lifeline. It presents, very loudly and clearly, and in their own words, the most important concerns of families who have children with life-limiting conditions.

Click here to read more about the inspirational children and families we support

We are also well regarded in professional circles

Tŷ Gobaith is regularly reviewed by the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW). Their latest independent report said: “every effort is made to fully involve the children and key family members in the care planning process.” and

"care delivery is designed around the pyramid of care which focuses on end of life care as the top priority, working down to routine respite care. The framework of the pyramid enables care to be delivered in a timely and effective manner by focusing resources and responses in an effective and timely way."

Click here to read the report

Hope House is regularly reviewed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England. They found that: “Staff treated children, young people and their families with exceptional kindness and compassion and ensured their privacy and dignity were maintained at all times," and "The service planned and provided exceptional care with excellent facilities in a way that met the needs of local people and the communities served."

Click here to read the report

Our Counselling Service is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

You can read our latest service evaluations here: Counselling Evaluations

But all of this incredible work is only made possible by you, our amazing supporters.

Together let's make sure no one faces the death of a child alone.

Thank you so much.

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