East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has three children’s hospice care services based at Milton in Cambridge, Ipswich and the local one at Quidenham in Norfolk. EACH is a registered charity which relies on public support for around 75% of its required income of approximately £5.5 million a year.

EACH help local life-threatened children and their families with the emotional and physical challenges they face by providing expert care and a range of other essential support in a home-from-home environment or in the comfort of their own home.
 

EACH Care Services at Home and in the Hospices

• End of life care 
• Short break care
• Family support (parents, siblings and grandparents) – including bereavement support
• Provision of Music Therapy; Specialist Play; Physio and Occupational Therapy
• Advisory resource to families 
• Library and information services for families 
• Professional education training and development for those caring for life-threatened children and young people

Some Key Statistics

• The age range EACH supports is from birth to 19
• The service is free for the children and families that need it
• It costs around £5.5 million per year to run the EACH services across East Anglia and North Essex
• Last year statutory funding was just 25% of EACH’s total income
• EACH relies on other donations and grants to make up the rest
• Quidenham offered care and support for over 100 children last year
• Across the region EACH supports around 350 families
• For more information, visit www.each.org.uk