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Category: Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

A wild time was had by all at siblings’ day

Both supported and bereaved siblings spent the day swinging, climbing, and zipping through the trees at Wild Wood Adventure in Guildford. As the first face-to-face siblings’ days since

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Shooting Star House has reopened

Shooting Star Children's Hospices Hampton hospice, Shooting Star House, has reopened as an Outreach, Therapy and Family Support Centre. The hospice, which was temporarily closed due to the

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Volunteer fishkeeper needed

We’re looking for a volunteer fishkeeper to support  Shooting Star Children’s Hospices by helping  care for the tropical fish and their tank at Christopher’s. The fish tank is in our

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Welcoming families back

Many of the children Shooting Star Children's Hospices support are clinically extremely vulnerable, so whilst most restrictions in England have ended, they’re continuing with infection control

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Garden at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices are delighted that garden designer Emilie Bausager will be showcasing her garden as part of the Young Designer gardens at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park next week,

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Sights of London

Shooting Star Children's Hospices finished their Fire of London sensory story exploring some of the sights of London as it is now, including imagining what it's like to ride on the London

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An epic game requires some epic snacks

An epic game requires some epic snacks, so Mandy, Cerys, Vicky and Lucy from our care team have been helping Michael and other children staying at our hospice to create some delicious chocolate

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Sensory stories about the Great Fire of London

Shooting Star Children's Hospices have been continuing their sensory stories about the Great Fire of London with children at the hospice, using straw to illustrate the flammable material of the

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10k Sunset Walk with Simon Cowell

Last week Shooting Star Children's Hospices Executive Vice-President Karen Sugarman was joined by close friends and fellow Vice-President Simon Cowell and Patron Lauren Silverman to take on a

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Oliver’s story – supported by Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

In March 2017 Oliver’s parents, Peter and Pippa received a diagnosis about their son that would change their lives. Mum Pippa explains, “We began to notice when he was a baby that he

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