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The Hospice

Francis House is a loving home from home where the corridors are filled with laughter, the rooms flooded with light.

Diana, Princess of Wales, opened the Hospice in 1991. Kirsty’s Appeal to raise £5 million started in earnest in 2000. This amount would underpin Francis House and secure the long-term continuation of its care programme for terminally ill children and support for parents. At that time, the annual running cost was £1.7 million, and the only financial help was £27,500 per year made up from five Health Authority’s.

The enormous task of raising the remaining £1.7m pounds every year had become a huge burden. Salaries alone to guarantee experienced nurses and care team cost £800,000 per year. Our main concerns are always that we are unable to pay staff unsociable hours. There have been three bids to the National Lottery - all without success.

Until financial contributions from the Government become worthy of this wonderful service provided, we must continue.

Kirsty achieved her goal of raising £5m at The Angel Ball on Saturday, 28th October 2006. The interest raised on this amount will help many other very poorly children in the future, but until financial contributions from the Government become worthy of this wonderful service provided, we must continue - as Francis House needs to grow.

The Kirsty Club aims to make the Hospice even bigger and better. This can then be dedicated to our very special little girl as an everlasting legacy to her bravery.

Call us now on freephone 0800 0971197 to give your support.

With your support we can make the Hospice bigger and better, and help more children like Kirsty.