'We can't stop caring, we have to continue to invest in our services because needs change and needs increase.'
Severn Hospice looks after people at sites in Telford and Shrewsbury - some who need energy hungry equipment to be on all the time - and it also has a network of fundraising shops.
"We can't stop caring, we have to continue to invest in our services because needs change and needs increase." Hope House Children's Hospices provide specialist nursing care and support to more than 750 terminally ill children and their families who live in Shropshire, Cheshire, North and Mid Wales. They provide vital respite, crisis and end of life care in two hospices – Hope House in Oswestry and Tŷ Gobaith in Conwy.
“The charity Scope has estimated that families with a disabled child face, on average, extra costs of £581 a month. The impact of recent energy price rises and the overall rise in the cost of living has already increased that figure dramatically. They have set themseleves the challenge of raising an additional £2.5 million a year by 2025 to ensure we can afford to help every family who needs us. To ensure no one faces the death of their child alone.She said: “We estimate that hospices will have to pay an additional £115 million per year, or £2 million a day, due to increasing costs.
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