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The charity was named Shooting Star Trust in recognition of children with life-limiting conditions, who, like shooting stars, shine bright but are gone far too soon. In 2005, Shooting Star House children’s hospice in Hampton opened. Within the first month, the hospice had been used by 26 children with life-limiting conditions. [2]
Shooting Star Children's Hospices, non-profit in Hampton, London, England Sobell House Hospice , non-profit in Oxfordshire , Oxford , England Strathcarron Hospice , non-profit in Denny, Falkirk , Stirlingshire , Scotland
The first children's hospice in Scotland Rachel House, run by Children's Hospice Association Scotland opened in March 1996. [4] There are now over 40 operational children's hospice services open across the UK. [3] Children's hospice services in England receive an average of 5% government funding and rely heavily on public donations.
Ball performed in a "one-off" Christmas Concert on 12 December 2009 in aid of The Shooting Star Children's Hospice, which he supports. All profits made went to this charity. [14] The Shooting Star Children's Hospice and CHASE Hospice Care for Children joined to become Shooting Star CHASE in 2011 and Ball is a patron for this charity. [15]
In hospice care, the main guardians are the family care giver(s) and a hospice nurse/team who make periodic visits. Hospice can be administered in a nursing home, hospice building, or sometimes a hospital; however, it is most commonly practiced in the home. [30] Hospice care targets the terminally ill who are expected to die within six months.
Collins is patron of Fight for Sight; in 2003, she became a patron of the Shooting Star Chase Children's Hospice in Great Britain, while continuing to support several foster children in India, something she has done for the past 35 years. Collins serves her former school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, as the Honorary President of the RADA ...
In 2010, Arday ran 30 marathons in 35 days to raise money for Shelter and the Shooting Star Children's Hospice. [29] His inspiration to support these charities came from a visit when he was 18 years old to a homeless shelter, where he "was moved and disturbed to see people struggling for something as fundamental as a roof over their head."
Andrew Peter Cosslett, CBE (born 14 April 1955) is a British businessman and chairman of ITV, [1] and former chairman of Rugby Football Union [2] and Kingfisher plc. [3]He is also a former operating partner at Advent International, [4] and former Trustee of Shooting Star Chase, [5] a children's hospice charity.