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Category: Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

Toby’s Story supported by Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

"Last Christmas was a time of immense sadness. This year, we have Shooting Star Children's Hospices by our side." Toby is supported by Shooting Star Children's Hospices. His mum, Fleur, wanted

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Beth’s Story

Beth was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome when she was just four months old. Dravet Syndrome is a rare neurological condition that encompasses treatment-resistant epilepsy, intellectual disability

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Specialist sensory technology donated

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices have received a donation of life-changing technology worth thousands of pounds from children’s charity Lifelites. For many of the children supported by

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Celebrating Shooting Star workforce

To mark Hospice Care Week, Shooting Star Children's Hospices have created a special video to shine a light on their workforce who make the  vital care possible. The week, led by national

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Roll up, roll up to Family Fun Day

On a sunny day in September, Shooting Star Children's Hospices hosted a ‘Family Fun Day’ at the Outreach, Therapies and Family Support Centre, Shooting Star House. This was the first event of

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Patron Sir Cliff Richard OBE visits Hospice

Music legend, Sir Cliff Richard OBE visited Shooting Star Children’s Hospices this August to meet children and families supported by the children’s hospice charity. Sir Cliff Richard, who

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Camping experience accessible for all

This summer Shooting Star Children's Hospices took some supported children and young adults to Woodlarks, a beautiful campsite in the Surrey Hills that is specifically created to enable a camping

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Trip to Chelsea Football Club

She shoots, she scores...a trip to Chelsea Football Club training ground! Hollie has been with Shooting Star Children's Hospices since she was a young child but this year she

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Memory day: A day to remember

Last week Shooting Star Children's Hospices held the first of two Memory Days, with one held at each hospice, Shooting Star House and Christopher’s every year. Memory Day’s are for families

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Teen paddling session

8 teenage siblings of supported children enjoyed a morning out on the river, in Hampton Court Thames River! They started the morning in Hampton Court, geared up with the correct equipment and a

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