Thank You from Demelza

Axis has been supporting Demelza for more than 18 years donating over £900,000 for our children and families. £707,000 of this has come from the Axis Foundation.

Thanks to the generosity of Axis’ suppliers and subcontractors who have all given so generously at events like tonight’s charity ball and annual golf days, Axis and the Axis Foundation have funded our nurses and our Family Support programmes with siblings and grandparents as well as refurbishing bedrooms for teenagers in our hospices. We are additionally grateful to all the people who work at Axis who - through their abseils, bike rides, climbs, walks, treks, swims, runs, cake sales - even hair waxes - have raised funds for the Foundation and for Demelza. Axis people help us in many other ways: they’ve volunteered in our gardens, shops and warehouse bringing their skills and professional expertise too. Our wonderful supporters like Axis and the Axis Foundation are more important to us now than ever and we know that with your help, tonight and across the next year to come, we will continue to serve the children and families who need us. We can enjoy family activities and meet up with friends at the hospice with access to all the facilities we need. Lucy loves having a family swim in the hydrotherapy pool and enjoys art therapy and music sessions.

Demelza provides us with the extra support we need as a family. I’m so glad it’s there.

There are almost 90,000 children and young people in England who are living with a condition that means they are likely to die young. This number has tripled over the last 20 years and with advancements in medicine and technology, this number is going to continue to increase. Many need care and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week with constant medical appointments and often gruelling medication and caring regimes.

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More about Demelza

As many of you know, Demelza provides expert clinical care and emotional support to children and young people with serious or terminal conditions, and their families, to live the best life they can. Working across Kent, South East London and East Sussex our specialist nursing, care, family liaison, therapist and counselling teams support families when and where it is needed most. This may be within our residential hospices in Kent or South East London, our hub in East Sussex, online, out in the community or in the family home. We provide a range of services for the whole family including short breaks, therapies, family support, practical volunteer support, end-of-life care, memory making and bereavement support. Demelza can help to keep children out of hospital or leave hospital sooner; and our specialist nursing and care team can help train parents to meet the complex medical needs of their children with confidence. We can help families to smile, laugh and offer the rare opportunity to relax. And, most importantly, Demelza can help them to be families, enjoying their time together and creating memories that will last a lifetime.

The True Cost of Living

Demelza saved our family’s sanity, we are so grateful for the help Coming to Demelza is something for us to look forward to as a family. Staying here is our only respite so we have a chance to rest and sleep soundly, which is a rarity at home. We can’t thank the team here enough for being so helpful and kind through challenging times.

We’ve all read and started to feel the effects of the cost of living crisis, and for many of the families we support, these increases will bite hard. The cost of keeping specialist equipment operating night and day, constant use of washing machines to keep a child’s environment spotlessly clean and transport to endless hospital appointments are all going to add additional strain to families already experiencing stressful situations, and they will need Demelza’s help more than ever. Demelza’s services won’t stop. With your support we will continue to be a constant for our families. Our virtual services, our helplines, our therapies and our support will all still be available to the families who need us, and we are as determined as ever to reach more families and achieve our strategic objectives.

A big Thank You to everyone here tonight from all of us at Demelza