Our goal is to improve the provision of community palliative care for children and families across the UK.
We support education and training, and share research, to enable healthcare professionals to deliver best practice in children’s palliative care. This helps families get the best healthcare, support and co-ordinated care, in their communities.
We’re a new, independent charity. While we develop our website, please follow us on LinkedIn for all our latest developments.
Our story so far
The Kentown Wizard Foundation has supported children’s palliative care since 2015. In 2022, the Foundation, Together for Short Lives and Rainbow Trust launched Kentown Support to help transform children’s community palliative care provision in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
More than 200 families have been referred onto the programme for active palliative care support with a number of children supported through end of life.
To continue this vital work, and extend it across the UK, in 2025 the Foundation set up and funded Kentown Support as an independent not-for-profit organisation.
Dr Helena Dunbar, who has been the Programme Director for the pilot, has accepted the opportunity to lead the development of this new organisation. As Chief Executive of Kentown Support, she is shaping the charity’s ambitious plans.
“This is an exciting time for Kentown Support as we scale up and roll out our model of community children's palliative care. With funding from the Kentown Wizard Foundation, this is an opportunity to promote high quality palliative care, education and research for children and families who need it most.”
Dr Helena Dunbar,
Chief Executive Officer, Kentown Support
How we work
Our vision is that every child with a life-limiting condition and their family across the UK has access to a model of integrated community children’s palliative care.
To achieve this, we will:
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Replicate
the Kentown model of community palliative care to reach more children with life-limiting conditions.
Create
sustainable teams around the child and family while demonstrating the impact of the Kentown model.
Equip
professionals and parents/carers with the knowledge and expertise to deliver the best health and social care for children with life-limiting conditions.
If you’d like to find out more about what we do, you can get in touch by email at [email protected]
You can also follow us on LinkedIn for all our latest developments.
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