Policy

Following a parliamentary debate on children’s palliative care on Monday 1 July, Rainbow Trust welcomes a new government pledge to increase the annual Children’s Hospice Grant to £25 million by 2024 f...

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity shares the grave concern among the wider children’s palliative care sector that statutory funding is not keeping pace with the rising cost of delivering the care that ...

A major new campaign is calling on the Chancellor to plug a £434 million gap in funding for social care for disabled and seriously ill children. Launched today, in partnership with The Sun newspape...

Despite urgent pleas from MPs and charities, Ministers are still not able to provide a date for the Children’s Funeral Fund to start operating, more than a year after its announcement. Speaking in t...

Dr Finella Craig, Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), talks to Rainbow Trust volunteer, Chris Evans, about the importance of supporting si...

Emotional and practical support for seriously ill children and their families, and the need to support their siblings, were among the issues raised by MPs in parliament on Tuesday. In a wide-rangin...