TO support Children’s Hospice Week, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales has issued a heartfelt message in support of hospices such as Tŷ Hafan – praising the ‘remarkable’ role they play in helping children and families.
The Princess spoke about how children’s hospices create ‘joyful and nurturing environments’ where children can play, learn and simply be children, while offering families expert care and support throughout their journey.
Her Royal Highness is Royal Patron of two children’s hospices – East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice in Sully – and has invited members of the public to join her in celebrating their life-changing work.
Led across the UK by ‘Together for Short Lives’, the charity for children’s palliative care, Children’s Hospice Week is the only week of the year dedicated to raising awareness of children’s hospice services. It runs until Sunday, 21st June.
The Princess wrote: “Every childhood deserves to be rich in joy, love, and shared memories. As Patron of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices and Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice, I have been privileged to see first hand how children’s hospices make this possible for babies, children and young people living with serious illness.
“For families, hospices offer a compassionate and restorative space to breathe, be together, and find strength in a community that understands their journey. This expert, holistic care is delivered by dedicated professionals who walk alongside families at every stage, often over many years, throughout a young person’s life and, when needed, into death and bereavement.
“When we shine a light on the remarkable, yet often unseen, work the hospices do to help children and their families live as fully as possible, we can break down one of the greatest barriers families often face: the fear that reaching out means giving up hope, or that care only begins at the very end.
“Even in the most challenging circumstances, when children are surrounded by attuned care, opportunities for expression, and environments that nurture their whole selves, they can experience joy, belonging and the freedom to be who they are.
“This Children’s Hospice Week, I hope you will join me in celebrating the countless ways children’s hospices make every moment count for the children and families they support, and in recognising the profound, life-changing impact of the culture of care they are working to create.
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