Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Company Logo | |
Founded | 1986 |
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Founder | Bernadette Cleary OBE |
Type | NGO |
Registration no. | Registered Charity No. 1070532 |
Focus | terminal illness, life-threatening illness, children, palliative care, home support, sibling support, bereavement support, hospital transport |
Origins | Surrey, England (UK) |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Heather Wood | |
Mission | One day all terminally ill children and their families have access to a Rainbow Trust Family Support Worker. |
Website |
rainbowtrust |
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness. Their headquarters are in Leatherhead, Surrey.[1] They have care workers, based in Swindon, Essex, Southampton, Cumbria, Surrey, Manchester, Durham, and London.
Activities
The charity helps families by providing non-medical services, such as assistance with household chores,[2] sibling supervision,[2] and transportation to and from medical appointments,[3] aiming to maintain normal family life. It also offers bereavement support. [4]
History
The charity was founded in 1986 by Bernadette Cleary OBE when she helped a neighbour with palliative care for her child.[1]
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity re-branded on 1 October 2014
In 2014[5] and 2016[6] Rainbow Trust was featured on BBC Children in Need to help fund more Family Support Workers.
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity ranked 75th in 2015's The Sunday Times Top 100 Non-for-Profit Organisations to Work For, and 60th in 2016[7]
References
- 1 2 "BBC - Southern Counties - Smile - About the Smile Appeal". BBC. 2008-02-11.
- 1 2 "At home and in the community". Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ↑ "In hospital". Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ↑ "Bereavement support". Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ↑ BBC Children in Need (2014-11-14), Sean's story for BBC Children in Need, retrieved 2016-10-29
- ↑ BBC Children in Need (2016-09-30), Rainbow Trust in Manchester, retrieved 2016-10-29
- ↑ "The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies". Global Senior Executive Jobs | The Times & The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
External links
- Official Site
- Entry at Charity Commission for England and Wales's website