10,000 families in have a child with a terminal illness at any one time.  Established in 1986, Rainbow Trust is a unique and special charity that provides practical and emotional support to families who are facing the unimaginable prospect of losing their child.

Regional Family Support Workers provide bespoke care to all family members in their own homes through diagnosis, treatment and beyond bereavement ensuring they have someone to rely on at all times, as long as is necessary.  This complements the much needed respite breaks offered at two Rainbow Houses in Surrey and Northumberland where families with a very sick child can come to rest, recuperate and spend quality time together.

Rainbow Trust supports families with a child up to the age of 18 helping them to maintain a sense of normality through very traumatic times.  The charity relies 100% on voluntary donations to raise £3m each year, with this they support 1000 families which is just 10% of those who really need our help.

“The best place to cry is in the bathroom, as no one knows your face is wet - but the really hard bit is always having to be nice to her.  I love my sister very much and I know she is ill and I wish she wasn’t, but sometimes I need mummy and daddy to be there for me.  They weren’t there when I got my prize at assembly and they promised they would be.”  Sister

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