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As the country begins a third national lockdown, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is continuing to provide practical and emotional support to families caring for a seriously ill child in whatever way ...

As an extraordinary year comes to an end, we reflect on 12 months of our policy and influencing work. Increasingly a factor when families are referred for Rainbow Trust support, parental mental healt...

As a Rainbow Trust Family Support Worker, I sometimes attend the funerals of children I have supported. I know the importance of public mourning rituals; they occur in nearly all cultures. They help...

We all know that families who have a child with a terminal or life threatening illness must be going through an extremely difficult time. We understand that when a child dies the family are left facin...

Reflecting on the support I have given to families facing the death of their child I am aware that my presence in that moment, or in the time soon after has been the thing that many of them have value...

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is deeply disappointed that the needs of families with seriously ill children were not addressed in today’s Spending Review from the Chancellor, despite calls for new ...