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Category: Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

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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Scores of fun at Christopher’s with Ethan Chislett

A ball was had by all with some football fun last week, as Ethan Chislett paid a visit to some of the children, families, and staff at Christopher’s.   The AFC Wimbledon

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A fun day for bereaved and supported siblings

Shooting Star Children's Hospices bereaved and supported sibling’s day was tremendously fun for all those who attended. With the bereaved siblings day and supported siblings day being on

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Special opportunities for ‘Just Juniors’

Just juniors buckled up and prepared for blast-off in their rocket on a multisensory exploration of the solar system with a fully immersive space experience. These Just Junior events are

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Bereaved siblings day

Over half-term Shooting Star Children's Hospices invited  bereaved siblings to Shooting Star House for an 'Earth, wind and fire' themed day.   The first activity of the

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Bowling with family support team

Shooting Star Children's Hospices supported siblings enjoyed a fun morning of bowling with the family support team.   After some very competitive games, they finished by all

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