Social palliative care

As any parent can vouch, having children is a rollercoaster ride. I am a very proud father to four energetic girls. I’m incredibly lucky that my girls are all fit and healthy, although I know how help...

Dear Dad, They say being a parent is the hardest job in the world! But they didn’t say much about how hard it is to be a parent to a terminally sick child. When my brain started to fail me, you co...

Rainbow Trust is delighted to have been recognised for its work in a parliamentary debate this week when the needs of children with terminal or life threatening illnesses, and their families, were dis...

Dawn, a Rainbow Trust Family Support Worker from Southampton, completed a 25km walk on the Isle of Wight on 30 April, raising money to support families caring for a child with a life threatening or te...

This month we launched our new campaign ‘A day with Amelia’ asking people to join us and sponsor a Family Support Worker. For the campaign, filmmaker Drew Cox, created documentary style films, giving ...

A review published this week suggests there is still much to be done if all parts of society are to receive high quality and compassionate care at the end of life. The research by the Care Quality Com...