Demelza House in Kent is a residential hospice for children which offers short break (respite) care for children, young people and their families.

Demelza-James provides a team of specialist children's nurses for over 150 children in East Sussex, South West Kent and South London with life-threatening and life-limiting illness. The specialist nurses to go into the family home to care for the child and give Mum and Dad a much needed break.

As a child I attended a special school as it was thought that because of my mobility problems I would not cope in a mainstream school, although this at times proved frustrating for me. I started to focus on what I could do that in some way would be worth while to others in the school. As a result of this I spent some of my schooling life helping care for some of the severely disabled children.

Truly inspirational children who despite their complex illnesses always had smiles on their faces, one of which Teri Ann, touched my heart.

I have chosen to support Demelza house, as the services they provide make a huge difference to children and parents alike, however they currently receive no funding from Health Authorities or Local Government so your money really does help. I can’t stress enough how important your donations are.

As little as £1 could pay for a child's oxygen mask, more than £5 could pay for a 10min telephone conversation at 3am with a parent who 'just wants to talk. £25 could pay for a music therapy session for one child and £100 for an evening's respite care.

So Donate Now and let’s make a difference to a childs life