Pay For A Day - The Donna Louise

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Pay for a Day is a unique opportunity to pay for 24 hours of our hospice care – and give our children and families another precious day of support, in the many different forms that takes. You can raise the money on your own, in a team, through an organisation – or you can just simply make a donation. If you wish to fundraise, our team will be there to help you every step of the way; offering encouragement and expert advice. Once the money has been raised, you’ll be given the opportunity to pick your own day to pay for.

Anything could happen on your chosen day

It could be the first day a new child and their family come and stay, when Mum and Dad can take a deep breath and step back, while their little one plays with glitter, paint and bubbles in an environment tailored to their needs.

Your day could be when a child discovers the joys of music in our specialised music room, feeling or seeing the notes using our interactive equipment. It could be a child’s first session of physiotherapy, easing pain and discovering new ways of moving and living with their condition. It could be a day of respite care, or it could be the first day of a longer stay.

Your day could be a child’s last day, surrounded by the love of their family as they slip away peacefully, soothed by pain relief and expert care from our team. Through counselling and support, your day could be the first day a bereaved family feel hope again.

Your day could be many different things, but it will always be extraordinary because it will help a child and their family make every precious moment count.

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Why choosing to pay for a day is so very brilliant

You can give 24 hours of incredible care, support and laughter to children with life-shortening conditions.

Despite being the only place in Staffordshire and South Cheshire that is able to provide the level of specialist care and support our families so desperately need, we receive less than 10% of our funding from government sources. To be able to continue to support local children and families, we must raise the other 90% through donations and fundraising. That is why your decision to Pay for a Day is so important to us.

You can choose any day – in honour of someone’s memory or a day of celebration for you

Every individual or company that chooses to Pay for a Day can choose their own specific day to dedicate to someone special. This could be a birthday of a loved one, or perhaps the anniversary of someone no longer with us. By Paying for a Day, you can remember them and celebrate their life by bringing joy to the many children we care for. For organisations, you may want to choose a day with personal meaning to your staff or customers.

Bringing joy and magic to inspirational children and families

The most important reason we can think of – bringing love and happiness to a child with a life-shortening condition. We cannot save the lives of the children that stay with us, but we can fill their days with precious memories. We know for certain your day will be filled with excitement, happiness, laughter and some days, at the end of a child’s journey – peace.

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