End of life care

Death and dying is still a taboo topic because people are fearful of how to tackle it. This feeling is exacerbated when it’s a child that has died or is nearing the end of their life. Rainbow Trust ...

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity welcomes a new report which urges the government to act swiftly to improve end of life care for children. Failure to act will risk the government not meeting its own c...

Nobody expects to outlive their child, but this is something that happens for many families we support. We support families living with a child with a life threatening illness and last year 67 of t...

Rainbow Trust warmly welcomes the development of the Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill which will support bereaved employees at the most difficult of times. However we urge MPs to support chan...

Rainbow Trust welcomes the campaign to #FollowTheChild which urges action to ensure that all seriously ill children have the best possible end of life care. The campaign is calling for all families to...

Baby Loss Awareness Week 2017 Today marks the beginning of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October). Alongside more than 40 other organisations, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is calling for every ...