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Broadening the expertise of our programme teams across the North West

How partnership working is transforming support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Shortlisted in the Rising Chief Executive category at the Third Sector Awards

A joined-up system of support for children with serious illnesses and their families.

The unique single point of access creates a true multidisciplinary team.

Ground-breaking community-based Palliative and End-of-Life-Care programme will close gaps in children's community palliative care, ending the postcode lottery.

Recognised within the area of bereavement midwifery and pregnancy loss and shortlisted for the Mariposa 'Community' Award.

Improving the support and care available to children with life limiting conditions and their families.

Two Kentown Support Community Nurse Specialists have been shortlisted for the Mariposa ‘Community’ Award

Coordinated care delivered closer to home is central to improving outcomes for people with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Ken was a remarkable visionary whose life and work had a profound and lasting impact on the lives of thousands of children and young people across the UK.

Children with palliative care needs are being properly recognised at the earliest opportunity.

As part of Kentown Support’s community-focused palliative and end-of-life care model, Gaddum will deliver a comprehensive programme of therapeutic counselling to parents, siblings, and wider family members through its Palliative and End-of-Life Therapy Service.

Its central ambition—to move care away from hospitals and closer to people’s homes— strongly aligns with Kentown Support’s belief that ensuring access to a model of integrated children’s community palliative care in the community is essential.

An independent evaluation has confirmed that the Kentown Children’s Palliative Care Programme — a three-year pilot launched in 2022 and running until August 2025 — is transforming support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Dr Bethan Page, Lecturer in Child Health and Palliative Care, and Dr Dee Fields, Research Assistant, have begun work on two exciting projects at the Centre of Excellence in Children’s Palliative Care at King’s College London, which is funded by Kentown Support, led by Professor Lorna Fraser.

Children’s community palliative care has long faced gaps in provision, leaving many families without the joined-up support they deserve. The Kentown model bridges that gap, ensuring families experience compassionate, coordinated care wherever and whenever it’s needed.

On 3rd July 2025, the government released its Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England. It sets out how the government will "reinvent the NHS through 3 radical shifts". Dr Helena Dunbar, CEO of Kentown Support, shares her response to the plan and how it impacts the work of Kentown Support.

Kentown Support is thrilled to announce the launch of two PhD fellowships in the area of Palliative Care or Rehabilitation Research, in collaboration with King's College London.

Kentown Support CEO Dr Helena Dunbar joined fellow recipients of the Churchill Fellowship on 27th May at an event to celebrate the Fellowship’s 60th Anniversary.

Two of Kentown Support’s nurses were recognised on International Nurses Day (12th May) with a special award that celebrates their important work and the impact they have had in their community.

It will lead research, education and training into this sensitive topic both nationally and internationally