children's hospice arts- chart

We aim to enrich the lives of children and young people with life limiting conditions in hospices through the creative, performing and literary Arts, enabling individual expression, creativity and communication. We recognize that families may also derive great benefit from the Arts and aim to provide sessions with their children and events arranged especially for parents, carers and siblings of children in hospices. In addition to our volunteer teams, we work with Arts professionals, developing contacts with individuals and organizations who can help us to bring the Arts to hospices. We support art and music therapists and artists in residence by identifying areas where we can help; our volunteers may work closely with them in arts, crafts and music sessions. chART Childrens Hospice Arts is governed by a board of Trustees who ensure that the Trust is administered effectively and that our charitable outcomes are delivered. All of us at chART work voluntarily. The chART Trustees are all experienced fund-raisers, which includes working for childrens charities. Our experience has shown us that there is a need for further funding to bring more diverse Arts experiences to childrens hospices and their families, hence founding chART. We are members of the Small Charities Coalition and CTN, the Trustee Network.