Together for Short Lives

Who we are

Together for Short Lives is the leading UK-wide charity for children living with serious illness, their families 
and the services that provide them with palliative care. 

Together we support families to live their lives, through the ups and downs, offering practical, emotional 
and financial help.

Together we unite our sector by prioritising and sharing crucial research, leading guidance and 
standards, connecting professionals and raising vital funds for children’s hospice and palliative care 
services.

Together we campaign to make sure that children with serious illness and their families get the care and 
support they need, when and where they need it. ​

Our culture and values

Together for Short Lives’ purpose is to ensure that every seriously ill child, and their family, has high quality children’s palliative and end of life care, when and where they need it. That’s what drives us to do the work we do.

To help us achieve our goals we have developed a set of Values and Behaviours which are the cornerstone of how we deliver all of our work and activity:

• We put children and families at the heart of everything we do.
• We are ambitious about improving the lives of children and families and stand up for what we believe in.
• We are collaborative and bring people together to deliver the biggest impact.
• We are inclusive and open to new and different views, approaches and experiences.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure fair, equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.