All about Richard House

http://www.richardhouse.co.uk

All proceeds from London City Airport’s annual Fun Day are donated to East London’s Richard House Children's Hospice

Richard House, London’s first children’s hospice, is located in the Docklands area of East London. It supports children and their families from east, north, south-east and central London.

Richard House has provided care to hundreds of life-limited and life-threatened children from London, such as children with rare and incurable cancers, children with degenerative genetic conditions, or children waiting for major organ transplants.

Richard House offers day care, short stays in our residential area, family support, including befriending and bereavement services. In addition, there is always one bed set aside for emergency and end of life care.

The team are there to help our children and young people make the most of the time they have, providing the opportunity for play and recreational activities and offering support and accommodation for parents and siblings.

Care is provided completely free to families. This means that this year Richard House needs to raise around £1.8 million in donations to provide these valuable services. Richard House is dependent upon the generosity and hard work of all of its supporters and volunteers.

In 2009, London City Airport raised over £41,644 for Richard House.