Emma is one of the Youth and Transition workers at Helen & Douglas House. She told us about her role at the hospice and how she supports the older children we care for with youth and transition support. She meets them from the age of 13-19 until they move on and...
On 17th September some of the team from Helen & Douglas House met with Captain Sir Tom Moore and his family when they officially launched The Captain Tom Foundation. We were delighted to meet them and to be able to announce that Helen & Douglas House will...
Earlier this year, when we went into lockdown, some of our staff with expertise in palliative care were redeployed to help others. They were re-deployed to help adults in Oxfordshire, who had been diagnosed with COVID-19, at both Katharine House Hospice in Banbury and...
This summer a group of school friends from The Blake Primary School in Witney took part in a sponsored cycle challenge to raise funds for Helen & Douglas House. They chose the hospice to raise funds for after we cared for their teacher’s baby, Toby, at the end of...
On Wednesday 8th July, Jasper, who stays at Helen & Douglas House for respite care, enjoyed a special visit at the hospice from celebrity guest, David Beckham. The visit came about after BBC Radio Oxford set up an interview for 14-year-old Jasper to talk with a...
One of our children, Jasper, has had a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to interview David Walliams and David Beckham on a Zoom call, thanks to BBC Radio Oxford. This is the second year that BBC Radio Oxford has worked with Helen & Douglas House to give our...
We are so grateful to The Wolfson Foundation for their very generous award. We originally applied to seek funding to allow us to make substantial interior alterations to our family flat, Tree Tops. The flat was very dated and the space was poorly apportioned. Our...
We are delighted to announce that Her Majesty The Queen and the Princess of Wales have hosted a joint video call with three of their respective children’s hospice Patronages, including Helen & Douglas House, to mark Children’s Hospice Week 2020. They wanted to...
This is Dr Emily Harrop, our Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care & Medical Director at the hospice. We found out more about Dr Emily last year, which you can read about here, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, like many of us, her job has changed a bit. She...
Try detoxing your wardrobe and you’ll find the rewards are liberating and utterly worth it. By donating your discarded items to your local Helen & Douglas House shop you could also help local terminally children. Marie Kondo is well known for her tidying method...
