The Sussex Snowdrop Trust
Address: 3 William Booker Yard, The Street, Walberton, West Sussex, BN18 0PF
Telephone: 01243 572433
e-mail: office@snowdroptrust.com
About:
We are a unique charity providing ‘Nursing Care at Home’ for local children who have a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. Based in the Chichester area of West Sussex, The Sussex Snowdrop Trust provides:
- Children’s Community Nurses
Children’s Community Nurses administer medication and perform various procedures when the Snowdrop child is at home. They give medical advice, teach parents how to manage their child’s medicines and treatments, listen to problems and liaise with other Health Professionals. - Health Care Assistants
Support a family by either taking siblings or the Snowdrop child out or playing with them in their own home. This allows a parent some respite or quality time with another child and is a way for children to enjoy a different environment or try some new creative play. - Emotional support which is met by the Snowdrop Counsellors
The Counsellors help by befriending and supporting a family throughout their child’s illness should it be needed. They also provide bereavement support. - Financial help for families coping with the day-to-day problems of caring for a very sick child
The charity helps in any way that can relieve parents of the extra financial problems that occur when a child has a life threatening or terminal illness e.g. household equipment and bills, travelling expenses to hospital and so much more.