Charity Weekend Meet May 28th to 31st

£7.5 million that is

needed

each year to keep

Demelza services available

for the

children and their families.

This year Charity is Demelza Children Hospice in Sittingbourne

Children's hospices support children and young people who are expected to die before reaching adulthood, and their families. Due to the hereditary nature of many of the children's illnesses, some families may have more than one affected child. In many cases there is no cure. In others, treatment has been tried but failed and the focus has transferred from active to palliative care.

When a diagnosis is given which offers no hope or where treatment is abandoned, families often feel very isolated and alone in their grief. Many of the conditions from which the children suffer deteriorate slowly over a number of years, placing an enormous strain on family life. Often the child will need constant care throughout the day and night and whilst families willingly invest their total love, energy and attention into caring for their sick child, they can and do become exhausted. Healthy brothers and sisters often feel left out as attention focuses on the sick child.

Children's hospices provide the necessary short breaks and a range of services benefiting the children and young people themselves and their wider family, which are simply not available elsewhere.

If you are thinking about doing a stall can you let the secretary know please

it can be anything, boot stall ,games. hot dogs anything that you think will raise

as much moneyas we can to help them.

Photos was taken in 2005

Now we are back to help them raise some money again