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Category: Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh’s visit

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh was met by the children and families Shooting Star Children's Hospices support, on Tuesday 6 June. The Duchess, who is a Royal Patron, visited the

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Joel Dommett visits Hospice

Comedian and presenter Joel enjoyed a sunny summer morning spending time with children, young people and their families at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices on Saturday 3 June.  Joel dropped in

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Karen Sugarman MBE celebrating 20 years

Friday 19 May 2023 was a day of celebration, as Shooting Star Children's Hospices mark 20 years since  Executive Vice-President Karen Sugarman MBE, joined the charity. Karen has spent 37 years

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Milan’s Story

Parents Phoebe and Zayne’s lives irrevocably changed in November 2020, when their five-year-old son, Milan, was diagnosed with a brain tumour. “When we got the results, it was utterly

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Tony Hadley MBE officially opens music studio

Music icon, Tony Hadley MBE visited Shooting Star Children’s Hospices to officially open the bespoke music studio and spend time chatting with children and families. During the visit,

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Ellie’s Cow – Art from the heart

The cow that stands in Christopher’s garden was originally part of the Surrey Cow Parade in 2016 before being donated to the hospice. Years of being outdoors had faded the original designs, so

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Sibling social at ‘Rugged Earth Adventures’

20 siblings attended the wonderful and wild ‘Rugged Earth Adventures’ sibling social day, and it was a great success. Rugged Earth Adventure centre, is in a beautiful meadow for kids to come

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A day in the life of a volunteer Bereavement Counsellor

Val Howard has been a volunteer Bereavement Counsellor at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices since 2011. Prior to this role, she has supported and been involved with other teams at the charity

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Vogue Williams visits Easter animal drop-in

Shooting Star Children's Hospices had an egg-cellent start to Easter as they welcomed presenter and author Vogue Williams to Shooting Star House on Saturday 1 April, for an animal inspired

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A wheely great go-karting reunion

A wheely exciting reunion took place this month for a few supported siblings, who went go-karting in Mitcham and gathered back to Shooting Star House for food and more fun and games. At the end

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