Claire House Hospice
Claire House Children’s Hospice helps seriously and terminally ill children live life to the full by creating wonderful experiences and bringing back a sense of normality to family life.
By providing specialist nursing and end of life care, as well as emotional support, Claire House helps families through some of the toughest times of their lives.
Claire House has a team of trained professionals who are as passionate about what they do as they are talented at doing it. Their staff includes nurses, physiotherapists, play specialists, counsellors and also dedicated doctors who visit the hospice. Find Out More Here
Events
Chester Raft Race – Sunday 20th July 2025
We were thrilled to take part in this year’s Chester Raft Race on Sunday 20th July, all in support of Claire House Children’s Hospice. This fun-filled, family-friendly event saw teams take to the River Dee in handmade rafts, battling it out for glory while raising vital funds for a truly amazing cause.
Our team had been hard at work designing and building our raft (with varying levels of DIY expertise!), and we were excited to finally hit the water. It turned out to be a fantastic day filled with plenty of laughs, a great atmosphere, and all in aid of a charity that does incredible work supporting seriously ill children and their families. Thank you to everyone who came down to cheer us on - and to those who sponsored us through our JustGiving page!
Our goal was to raise £500 for Claire House Children’s Hospice, and by raft day, we’d already exceeded that with over £600 in donations.
We’re now aiming to reach £1,000 — and we’d love your help to get there.
About Claire House Hospice
Creating magical memories
But Claire House is about far more than just care. It offers places for children to relax and enjoy themselves, whatever their age. At their site on the Wirral, children can have fun in our multi-sensory room, art room, hydrotherapy pool and jacuzzi. There is a separate wing complete with bar, sound system and Xbox for teenagers and young adults.
Whilst their children are having fun, mums and dads get the chance to enjoy some much-needed time off together or the opportunity to spend time with their other children.
Claire House opened it’s doors in Liverpool to offer daycare services to the children of Merseyside in January 2018.
It will take time to raise the money to build a new hospice but the team felt it was important to start offering more desperately needed services, such as respite care, holistic therapies and counselling as soon as possible. Their hospice on the Wirral continues to operate as usual.
The new site in West Derby is perfectly located, close to Alder Hey, where many of the children and families visit. The reason Claire House is looking for another site is because they have seen a 61% increase in the number of children and young people they care for in the past five years. Over half of these children come from north of the Mersey.
In regards to opening a full hospice, this will take them some time. The team have received outline planning permission which now enables them to start the process of developing a detailed plan for a new hospice. However, as with all their work, this project is very much dependent on the charity raising enough funds.
Care when and where they need it
Not all families want to come to the hospice, so the Claire House Team go out to visit them in hospital or their homes and they put on regular trips for brothers and sisters to ensure they don’t miss out on having fun.
Claire House is also there for parents during the toughest of times. Whether they are spent at home or in the hospice, the team ensure a child’s final days are memorable and special. They don’t just help with the practical issues of registering a child’s death and arranging their funeral – they provide dedicated round-the-clock support and specialist counselling.
As one family put it: “The best thing about Claire House is knowing that they are always there. From the minute you meet them for as long as you need them.”