Helen & Douglas House

Helen & Douglas House provides a home-from-home environment where families can receive professional care, practical support and friendship built around their needs.
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Helen & Douglas House

Who do we help?

  • Children and young adults with life-shortening conditions who need respite care, and their families
  • Children and young adults who need emergency and end of life care and their families
  • Families who wish to receive support after the death of their child.

If you would like more information about:- Types of care; Helen House; Douglas House; Making a referral - please click on the links below, or in the side panel, or call us on 01865 794 749.



Helen & Douglas HouseHistory
Helen House was the world's first children's hospice, while Douglas House is the first hospice specifically for young adults. Read about how it all began. more more

Helen & Douglas HouseOur philosophy
The aims of Helen & Douglas House. more more

Helen & Douglas HouseTypes of care
At Helen & Douglas House we offer a wide variety of care for the children, young adults and their families using our service.  more more

Helen & Douglas HouseHelen House
Helen House is a hospice where children with life-shortening conditions and their families can come for professional care, practical support and friendship. It�s designed to be a �home from home�, where children can be amongst other children and families can have the immeasurable strain of caring lifted from them in a positive environment built around their needs.  more more

Helen & Douglas HouseDouglas House
Douglas House is a place where young people aged 16 to 35 with life-shortening conditions and their families can come for professional care, practical support and friendship. It's a positive, hotel-like environment that's built around the needs of young people, and families can have the immeasurable strain of caring lifted from them. Douglas House is a place of respite on a long journey; a place to help young people enjoy their life as fully as possible. more more

Helen & Douglas HouseMaking a referral
How to make a referral to Helen House or to Douglas House. more more

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View our latest newsletter as a PDF, or request a printed version or an e-newsletter. more more
© Helen & Douglas House 2009 - providing hospice care for children and young adults (Registered Charity Number : 1085951)

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