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Richard House Children's Hospice based in East London, provides palliative care to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions across London.

Opened in 2000, Richard House was London’s first children’s hospice. It was founded by our Life-President Anthea Hare, who was inspired by both her experience as a paediatric nurse at Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, and through helping her parents to look after her severely autistic brother.

Today we support more than 300 families from Newham, Barking, Dagenham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Hackney, Redbridge, Haringey, Islington, Ilford, Camden and into South Essex.

From the moment a child is diagnosed with a life-limiting, life-threatening or complex health condition everything changes. These changes affect the whole family, which is why we feel it is vital not only to provide care to the child but to support the whole family and to help families choose when, where and how they receive care.

Our vision

Our vision is for communities to have space where they can journey together to create memories of living and dying.

Our values

We take PRIDE in our values…

We create a happy and POSITIVE environment for all

We are RESPECTFUL and welcome people from all our diverse communities and treat them with care and respect

We value openness and INTEGRITY in all our dealings

Our DEDICATED staff and volunteers put children, young people and families at the centre of our work

We are passionate about achieving EXCELLENCE in all we do.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protection is of the highest priority for all staff at our hospice and plays a large part in everything we do.

Read our safeguarding policy

Confidentiality and your rights

We ensure good standards of social and health care are being provided and take confidentiality and your rights very seriously. You can read more about your rights.

Meet our CEO Chris Baker

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Published: 15th January, 2020

Updated: 17th January, 2021

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