For families facing the unimaginable, having a home-cooked meal and a sweet treat ready and waiting can make all the difference. Thank you, Donna - you truly show how hospice care is #MoreThanYouThink🙌⭐

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recently obtained a Level 3 Certificate in General Patisserie and Confectionery.

Donna has been putting her new skills into practice, meaning there have been a multitude of delicious sweet treats for everyone at Christopher's to enjoy!

This week marks #HospiceCareWeek🩵

This year's theme is #MoreThanYouThink, and we want to shine a light on one of our incredible cooks, Donna. Donna has been cooking delicious meals for children, families, staff and volunteers at our Guildford hospice for over 20 years, and

Sign up to a regular monthly gift via our website in October and receive a free Shooting Star 2026 diary! ⭐
 
By pledging a regular gift, you can help us to plan outstanding support for every family that we care for and provide security for our future➡️ https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/donate

If you weren’t able to attend, we have recorded the sessions and hope to make these available in the coming weeks. Email [email protected] if you’d like to know more.

Now it’s time to extend that care to every family. Don’t wait for another child to die suddenly. Join us—so no family is ever left behind.”

Speaking after the event our Director of Care Lisa Dennis said “When a child dies suddenly, families are thrown into devastation—and too often, they’re left to face it alone. We’ve proven that compassionate, expert care changes outcomes...

Yesterday we held our first National Child Death Summit. Thank you so much to our colleagues from children’s hospices, charities and our local and national partners, for coming together to understand what we can do together to reduce health inequalities in children’s palliative care.

To close our Summit, Lisa Dennis, our Director of Care, introduces an opportunity for hospices to work together to help hospice care reach all the families that need it.

Now it’s the chance for our expert panel to answer audience questions from the day so far.

Bereaved Dad Paul explaining very movingly about how having bereavement care from Shooting Star is helping him after the sudden death of his daughter Erin.

Lisa and Sarah share the Shooting Star model of specialist bereavement care, which has meant an additional 219 families have been able to access the care they need.

Aisha Peters, bereaved mother of Damali, talks to Alison about what it was like to navigate grief without specialist bereavement support.

Our internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, Professor Julia Downing delivers the first session on how to influence global change in managing health inequalities.

We’re delighted to welcome 79 organisations, including 34 children’s hospices, to our first National Child Death Summit. Today we'll be sharing our new collaborative pathway of bereavement care, hearing from expert speakers and discussing how we can end inequalities in accessing bereavement care.

Hello Bluesky! We’ve joined this platform to discuss the vital role of children’s hospices and share how we do more to support families than many people realise. Today is also a great day to begin our #Bluesky journey as we have another first today as well…