Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice

At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care for babies, children and young people whose lives are, sadly, just too short, both in their own homes, in hospital, and at our hospice in North Anston. We care for families across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire and our support services are wide-ranging and bespoke to each family.

We believe that every family deserves to make magical memories with their child, whether they have years, months, weeks, or days together, and therefore offer wider family centred holistic support services alongside the provision of care for their children. We support children and families from the point of diagnosis through to end of life and beyond.

Our hospice opened its doors on 19th September 2008, and since then we’ve been here for families facing the toughest of times. We have plenty of fun activities for families to create special memories together, including soft play, sensory activities, cinema, crafts, music therapy, and fun in our large gardens.

The services and support offered are completely free of charge to families and are provided in the hospice, in the home, and across the community. We accept referrals up to a person’s nineteenth birthday and can support current young people through to the age of twenty-five. Our annual running costs are currently £6.7 million, of which 17% of that is received through statutory funding. We are reliant on our wider communities and local businesses to help us raise the other 83%.