Thomas Kiely

Tom's Marathon page

Fundraising for Demelza Hospice Care for Children
£1,287
raised of £750 target
by 45 supporters
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: Brighton Marathon 2016, on 17 April 2016
We support children with serious conditions to enjoy time together with their families

Story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am aiming to run the 2016 Brighton Marathon to raise funds for Demelza.
Demelza do amazing work, providing hospice care for children and vital support to their families, within the Kent and South-East London areas.

See below from their website (which I'd encourage you to visit for a better picture of the vital role they play): 

Children's hospices support children and young people (0-19) who are not expected to reach adulthood, and offer support to their families. Children's hospices can differ significantly from adult hospices in that many of the conditions children and young people are suffering from are degenerative in nature and progress over many years.

This means that children's hospices have the opportunity to offer children, young people and families the chance to build memories as a family unit, undertake a range of activities that are age and needs specific that they may not ordinarily be able to access.A children's hospice may offer complex symptom control during periods of active treatment. 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, families often feel very isolated. Children's hospices provide the necessary short breaks and a range of specialist services benefiting the children and young people themselves and their wider family, which are simply not avaliable elsewhere.

See more at 

https://www.demelza.org.uk/




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About the charity

Demelza believes in care that doesn't back down. We deliver extraordinary care to extraordinary children who are facing serious or life-limiting conditions, throughout Kent, South East London and East Sussex.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,287.00
+ £309.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,287.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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