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Helen & Douglas House Nurse Consultant receives top award

Jul 19, 2018

Karen who is a Nurse Consultant at Helen & Douglas House received The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s Award for Outstanding ...

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Invesco UK raise £24,885 for Helen & Douglas House

Jun 20, 2018

On 16th May, 15 Invesco staff set off on their survival adventure to Invesco Island, a 36-hour survival challenge on a remote Welsh ...

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Reed Specialist Recruitment raise £5,100 for Helen & Douglas House

Apr 9, 2018

Reed Specialist Recruitment, based in Seacourt Tower in Oxford, held a series of fundraising events in aid of local children’s ...

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Mother’s Day Appeal for Helen & Douglas House

Mar 10, 2018

Kay Lyon from Wootton is making a Mother’s Day appeal to encourage people to sign up to give a regular gift to Helen & Douglas ...

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Rob Brydon appeals for people to listen in to the Helen & Douglas House Radiothon

Mar 6, 2018

Rob Brydon, famous welsh actor and comedian, has supported Helen & Douglas House for many years and recently visited the hospice. ...

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Emily’s bake sale for Helen & Douglas House

Mar 1, 2018

Emily Martin, aged 11, from Chesterton, near Bicester, held a bake sale at Microsoft in Reading on Tuesday 13th February, to raise ...

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20 friends raise £20,000 for Helen & Douglas House

Feb 23, 2018

Simon Kershaw, 33, from Malmesbury, and his wife Bex will be running the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday 4th Mar with 20 friends to raise ...

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Nayaab’s China trek in memory of her brother

Feb 22, 2018

Nayaab Iqbal, aged 21 from Headington, has signed-up to take part in Helen & Douglas House’s Great Wall of China Trek taking place ...

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Charity Lifelites donates specialist technology for our children at Helen House

Feb 15, 2018

The children who use Helen House Children’s Hospice in Oxford have been donated a package of specialist assistive technology worth ...

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Big Brother Winner Craig Phillips asks for donations to HDH instead of wedding gifts

Feb 14, 2018

Craig Phillips, TV DIY expert and first ever Big Brother winner, and Laura Sheriff visited Helen & Douglas House on 1st February, ...

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Together for Short Lives calls for a funded and integrated national children’s palliative care strategy

Feb 1, 2018

Together for Short Lives Statement on the Decision by Helen & Douglas House to close Douglas House leading to the removal of ...

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Helen & Douglas House announce plans to ensure long term survival

Feb 1, 2018

Helen & Douglas House is sad to announce it is to make substantial changes to the organisation because of a shortfall in funding. ...

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