Fundraiser for Sunflower Children's Hospice Trust

ELEANOR MCMANUS is raising money for Sunflower Children's Hospice Trust
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Concert · 30 March 2025

The purpose of the Sunflower Children's Hospice Trust (formerly Bloemfontein Hospice Trust) is to raise awareness and funds in the UK to support the Sunflower Children's Hospice in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Sunflower Children’s Hospice was set up in 1998 to meet the palliative care needs of children with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-limiting conditions. It is the only hospice organisation serving a region of more than 700,000 people, with some of the highest poverty and HIV prevalence rates in South Africa. The founders recognised that the palliative care needs of children differ from those of adults, and the founding principle of Sunflower Children’s Hospice was that whilst it could not give its patients the gift of long life, it could provide them with loving and skilled hospice care, relief from pain and suffering, opportunities to play and enjoy being children and improved quality of life. It is the longest running children’s hospice in the whole of Africa. Embedded in the local communities in which its patients live, and with strong links to local healthcare and global palliative care networks, Sunflower Children’s Hospice offers hospice care in the community and through its in-patient facility, Sunflower House. The outer walls of the hospice are painted with sunflowers, each bearing the name of a child who has died at the hospice. The sunflower wall signifies that short lives can be colourful and acts as a conduit for open conversations about death.

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Sunflower Children's Hospice provides care and support for children with life -threatening and life-limiting conditions. These are provided within the inpatient hospice, day care and outreach work.

I have visited and volunteered twice and other members of my family, many, many times.

The work that they do there is very special indeed, the knowledge, expertise and passion of the staff and volunteers is second to none. I hope we are able to raise some well needed funds for them.

Donation summary

Total
£1,221.25
+ £210.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,221.25
Offline
£0.00

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