Over 13 years of magical memories…

The dream of Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice began in 1998, with the vision to help families in this area who wanted an alternative to hospital care. Fundraising started when 11-year-old Richard and his mum wanted him to pass away at home.

In 2004, your support made our dream come true and we began to build the hospice. On 19th September 2008, we opened the doors to the first families who needed us.

Since then, you’ve helped us support hundreds of children from across South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire, North Nottinghamshire and parts of North Lincolnshire.

We’ve helped tired mums and dads get some much needed me-time; looked after brothers and sisters who are feeling angry, lonely or confused; and been there for families during the last moments of their child’s life.

Without you, our support over the years just wouldn’t have been possible: your donations have paid for every day trip, and funded every session of sensory play.

At the moment, we've had to temporarily suspend our clinical care services due to staffing challenges at all clinical levels. While we work to address this, we're still supporting families with our non-clinical family support teams. 

These include our specialist counselling service, wellbeing sessions for parents and carers, activity days for families, and sibling support (both one-to-one and group sessions).  During these challenging times, we need your help more than ever, so that when we re-start our respite and end-of-life care, we can be there for every family that needs us.

Browse our latest newsletter below to find out what we've been up to: