Shooting Star
@sschospices.bsky.social
Shooting Star Children's Hospices is a leading hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.
It's International Volunteers Day, and this year the theme is "Every Contribution Matters"
We recently celebrated the contributions of our volunteers at a thank-you event, including some who have been volunteering for over 25 years!
We recently celebrated the contributions of our volunteers at a thank-you event, including some who have been volunteering for over 25 years!
Celebrating our volunteers
On Sunday 16 November, we were delighted to welcome 60 of our dedicated volunteers to our annual Volunteer Thank You event.
f.mtr.cool
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's International Volunteers Day, and this year the theme is "Every Contribution Matters"
We recently celebrated the contributions of our volunteers at a thank-you event, including some who have been volunteering for over 25 years!
We recently celebrated the contributions of our volunteers at a thank-you event, including some who have been volunteering for over 25 years!
It's #GivingTuesday🩵
Can you give the families we support the chance to make magical memories this Christmas by donating to our crowdfunder?➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/sxqoqnlkci
Can you give the families we support the chance to make magical memories this Christmas by donating to our crowdfunder?➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/sxqoqnlkci
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's #GivingTuesday🩵
Can you give the families we support the chance to make magical memories this Christmas by donating to our crowdfunder?➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/sxqoqnlkci
Can you give the families we support the chance to make magical memories this Christmas by donating to our crowdfunder?➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/sxqoqnlkci
Come and get your Christmas presents wrapped at Clapham Junction on the 4th December!🎁
We’ll be on Platform 9 with our incredible volunteers from MLC Partners, who are generously giving their time to wrap Christmas presents and raise funds for Shooting Star🙌🩵
We’ll be on Platform 9 with our incredible volunteers from MLC Partners, who are generously giving their time to wrap Christmas presents and raise funds for Shooting Star🙌🩵
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Come and get your Christmas presents wrapped at Clapham Junction on the 4th December!🎁
We’ll be on Platform 9 with our incredible volunteers from MLC Partners, who are generously giving their time to wrap Christmas presents and raise funds for Shooting Star🙌🩵
We’ll be on Platform 9 with our incredible volunteers from MLC Partners, who are generously giving their time to wrap Christmas presents and raise funds for Shooting Star🙌🩵
Come and visit us at London Waterloo!🎶
We’re delighted to be joining the amazing Rock Choir on the 2nd December, to spread some festive cheer and raise vital funds for Shooting Star. Enjoy the music, soak up the Christmas spirit, and support a great cause🎄✨
We’re delighted to be joining the amazing Rock Choir on the 2nd December, to spread some festive cheer and raise vital funds for Shooting Star. Enjoy the music, soak up the Christmas spirit, and support a great cause🎄✨
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Come and visit us at London Waterloo!🎶
We’re delighted to be joining the amazing Rock Choir on the 2nd December, to spread some festive cheer and raise vital funds for Shooting Star. Enjoy the music, soak up the Christmas spirit, and support a great cause🎄✨
We’re delighted to be joining the amazing Rock Choir on the 2nd December, to spread some festive cheer and raise vital funds for Shooting Star. Enjoy the music, soak up the Christmas spirit, and support a great cause🎄✨
Every child should have a chance to meet Santa🎅🎄
Your support means that children and families under our care won't miss out on the magic of Christmas this year➡️ https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/how-you-can-help/every-child-deserves-a-chance-to-meet-santa/
Your support means that children and families under our care won't miss out on the magic of Christmas this year➡️ https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/how-you-can-help/every-child-deserves-a-chance-to-meet-santa/
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Every child should have a chance to meet Santa🎅🎄
Your support means that children and families under our care won't miss out on the magic of Christmas this year➡️ https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/how-you-can-help/every-child-deserves-a-chance-to-meet-santa/
Your support means that children and families under our care won't miss out on the magic of Christmas this year➡️ https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/how-you-can-help/every-child-deserves-a-chance-to-meet-santa/
There may be some minor ho-ho-holdups in Richmond on Saturday 6 December as hundreds of cycling Santas take to the streets once again!
Njinga are back with their 13th Annual Santa Cycle - and YOU can be part of it.
Sign up now ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fDfPd and be part of this annual festive event!
🎅 🚴♂️
Njinga are back with their 13th Annual Santa Cycle - and YOU can be part of it.
Sign up now ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fDfPd and be part of this annual festive event!
🎅 🚴♂️
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There may be some minor ho-ho-holdups in Richmond on Saturday 6 December as hundreds of cycling Santas take to the streets once again!
Njinga are back with their 13th Annual Santa Cycle - and YOU can be part of it.
Sign up now ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fDfPd and be part of this annual festive event!
🎅 🚴♂️
Njinga are back with their 13th Annual Santa Cycle - and YOU can be part of it.
Sign up now ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fDfPd and be part of this annual festive event!
🎅 🚴♂️
Some of our wonderful volunteers have been hard at work today putting tinfoil on the windows at Shooting Star House.
But can you guess why? (👽⁉️)
But can you guess why? (👽⁉️)
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Some of our wonderful volunteers have been hard at work today putting tinfoil on the windows at Shooting Star House.
But can you guess why? (👽⁉️)
But can you guess why? (👽⁉️)
A HUGE thank you to everyone who took part in The Knit Before Christmas - we've had over 800 amazing knits: hundreds of Christmas puddings alongside Santa hats, reindeers and so much more.
Now who wants one?
Buy at a local fair ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oWOmoB
Buy on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nAzye4
Now who wants one?
Buy at a local fair ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oWOmoB
Buy on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nAzye4
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A HUGE thank you to everyone who took part in The Knit Before Christmas - we've had over 800 amazing knits: hundreds of Christmas puddings alongside Santa hats, reindeers and so much more.
Now who wants one?
Buy at a local fair ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oWOmoB
Buy on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nAzye4
Now who wants one?
Buy at a local fair ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oWOmoB
Buy on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nAzye4
Join us on 1 December at All Saints Church, Hampton, for Light up a Star.
Together, we’ll celebrate the lives of loved ones through poetry, music, and reflection, as we light our lanterns to remember the light of those no longer with us. 🌟
https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/event/light-up-a-star/
Together, we’ll celebrate the lives of loved ones through poetry, music, and reflection, as we light our lanterns to remember the light of those no longer with us. 🌟
https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/event/light-up-a-star/
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us on 1 December at All Saints Church, Hampton, for Light up a Star.
Together, we’ll celebrate the lives of loved ones through poetry, music, and reflection, as we light our lanterns to remember the light of those no longer with us. 🌟
https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/event/light-up-a-star/
Together, we’ll celebrate the lives of loved ones through poetry, music, and reflection, as we light our lanterns to remember the light of those no longer with us. 🌟
https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/event/light-up-a-star/
Happy Halloween! We've spookified Shooting Star House with these amazingly artistic pumpkins decorated by supported young people at yesterday's Youth Connect.
Wishing you all an evening of many treats and not too many tricks! 🎃
Wishing you all an evening of many treats and not too many tricks! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy Halloween! We've spookified Shooting Star House with these amazingly artistic pumpkins decorated by supported young people at yesterday's Youth Connect.
Wishing you all an evening of many treats and not too many tricks! 🎃
Wishing you all an evening of many treats and not too many tricks! 🎃
The countdown is on🗓️🎄
If you're feeling organised, why not support Shooting Star by picking up some Christmas cards ready for the festive season! We have lots of different designs to choose from, all available online and in our shops🛍️➡️ www.shootingstar.org.uk/product-cate...
If you're feeling organised, why not support Shooting Star by picking up some Christmas cards ready for the festive season! We have lots of different designs to choose from, all available online and in our shops🛍️➡️ www.shootingstar.org.uk/product-cate...
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The countdown is on🗓️🎄
If you're feeling organised, why not support Shooting Star by picking up some Christmas cards ready for the festive season! We have lots of different designs to choose from, all available online and in our shops🛍️➡️ www.shootingstar.org.uk/product-cate...
If you're feeling organised, why not support Shooting Star by picking up some Christmas cards ready for the festive season! We have lots of different designs to choose from, all available online and in our shops🛍️➡️ www.shootingstar.org.uk/product-cate...
Happy Diwali to all those celebrating this week, which includes many amongst our supported families, volunteers and staff. We are marking the occasion at both Christopher's and Shooting Star House, with lots of lights to help banish the darkness, and diya lamps for people to take home. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy Diwali to all those celebrating this week, which includes many amongst our supported families, volunteers and staff. We are marking the occasion at both Christopher's and Shooting Star House, with lots of lights to help banish the darkness, and diya lamps for people to take home. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
A treat for all the senses this weekend at the first @surreyhillsent.bsky.social Fire and Food Fair!
Visit our stall to learn how you can support our work.
Live cooking demos, artisan food and much s'more awaits you! 🔥🥩
Visit our stall to learn how you can support our work.
Live cooking demos, artisan food and much s'more awaits you! 🔥🥩
Surrey Hills Fire and Food Fair 2025 - Surrey Hills National Landscape
Ignite your senses with live-fire, food and outdoor living, local brews, and cosy fire pits at the Surrey Hills Food & Fire Fair
surreyhills.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A treat for all the senses this weekend at the first @surreyhillsent.bsky.social Fire and Food Fair!
Visit our stall to learn how you can support our work.
Live cooking demos, artisan food and much s'more awaits you! 🔥🥩
Visit our stall to learn how you can support our work.
Live cooking demos, artisan food and much s'more awaits you! 🔥🥩
Orange you all amazing!🍊 Thanks to your generous donations we have over £500 to spend in our Chocolate Orange collection pot. So with Tesco running a £1 clubcard promotion, we did a quick run to our local stores and left with a cart full of oranges (and a few strange looks from other shoppers... 😆)
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Orange you all amazing!🍊 Thanks to your generous donations we have over £500 to spend in our Chocolate Orange collection pot. So with Tesco running a £1 clubcard promotion, we did a quick run to our local stores and left with a cart full of oranges (and a few strange looks from other shoppers... 😆)
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
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
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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
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
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
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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
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
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.
October 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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.
September 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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.