Dartmouth & District Friends Group of Children's Hospice South West

Our Friends Group is one of around 40 in the South West working voluntarily to support Children's Hospice South West by fundraising for the hospice and raising awareness of its work.
In the South West alone, there are over 1,000 children with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition. Children’s Hospice South West was started in 1995 by Jill and Eddie Farwell as a registered charity to provide specialist care and support for these children and their families. Sadly, Jill died in 2004 but her wonderful work continues.

Little Bridge House near Barnstaple was the only children’s hospice in the South West for over ten years and helps over 200 terminally ill children and their families every year. It costs over £2 million a year to run.

The demands on Little Bridge House increased to the extent that there was a vital need for a second hospice in the region. Our new hospice, Charlton Farm in North Somerset, opened to families on 30th April 2007 following an intensive fundraising drive. This hospice doubles the number of children and families for whom we can provide care but it also means that nearly £6 million is needed each and every year to ensure continuity of this care by the two hospices.
Our Precious Lives appeal was launched in September 2007 to enable us to build a third hospice in Cornwall, named Little Harbour, to help meet the needs of terminally ill children and their families in that region. We need to raise a total of £5 million which will cover the cost of the building and one year’s running costs. The Appeal Fund has already exceeded £1.6 million - we need all the help we can get to raise the shortfall.

We are grateful for any help that you can give, in any way you can, to help us to meet these costs. You can join our Friends Group or organise an event yourself – either way, you will be helping to make the most of short and precious lives.

Our Friends Group meets at 4pm on the first Monday of every month in Foss Street Chapel, Dartmouth and organises events locally to raise money.

Volunteers are always needed - any help, however little or infrequent, is very much appreciated. For more information, contact Liz Roe on 01803 833232.

Events taking place from January to August. See PDF below for full details.