Helen & Douglas House

Helen & Douglas House provides a home-from-home environment where families can receive professional care, practical support and friendship built around their needs.
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Helen & Douglas House

Who do we help?

  • Children and young adults with life-shortening conditions who need respite care, and their families
  • Children and young adults who need emergency and end of life care and their families
  • Families who wish to receive support after the death of their child.

For more information on the types of care that we offer, on Helen House or on Douglas House, and on making a referral, please click on the links below or at the side of page or call us on 01865 794749.



Helen & Douglas HouseHistory
Helen House was the world's first children's hospice, while Douglas House is the first hospice specifically for young adults. Read about how it all began. more more

Helen & Douglas HouseOur philosophy
The aims of Helen & Douglas House. more more

Helen & Douglas HouseTypes of care
At Helen & Douglas House we offer a wide variety of care for the children, young adults and their families using our service.  more more

Helen & Douglas HouseHelen House
Helen House is a hospice where children with life-shortening conditions and their families can come for professional care, practical support and friendship. It�s designed to be a �home from home�, where children can be amongst other children and families can have the immeasurable strain of caring lifted from them in a positive environment built around their needs.  more more

Helen & Douglas HouseDouglas House
Douglas House is a place where young people aged 16 to 35 with life-shortening conditions and their families can come for professional care, practical support and friendship. It's a positive, hotel-like environment that's built around the needs of young people, and families can have the immeasurable strain of caring lifted from them. Douglas House is a place of respite on a long journey; a place to help young people enjoy their life as fully as possible. more more

Helen & Douglas HouseMaking a referral
How to make a referral to Helen House or to Douglas House. more more

© Helen & Douglas House 2008 - providing hospice care for children and young adults (Registered Charity Number : 1085951)

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