Francis House Children’s Hospice

We are delighted and very proud to announce that Francis House has been selected as Focus Educations’ preferred charity.

About Francis House….

The Rainbow Family Trust was formed to fund both the building and day to day running of the desperately needed children’s hospice, which became Francis House.

Francis House is a loving home where the corridors are filled with laughter and the rooms flooded with light. Staff work around the clock to ensure these youngsters cram as much into their short years as possible whilst helping parents come to terms with the inevitable. Families are looked after both emotionally and physically for many months before, and are equally supported in the same manner afterwards.

Francis House is free of charge to all who stay, as financial problems are the last thing on parents mind at this sad time. They are, however, entirely reliant upon voluntary funding. They do not receive any support from the government and less than 5% from local health authorities. The running costs alone are over £1.7 million a year which is causing Francis House to currently exist ‘hand to mouth’.

For further information on Francis House and the Rainsbow Family Trust, visit www.francishouse.org.uk or for more information on the Kirsty appeal which also raises money for Francis House visit www.thekirstyclub.com

Focus Education have pledged to donate 10p from the sale of every publication to Francis House. So far we have raised over £4000 in just 2 years with your help. Thank you for helping us support our chosen charity.