Martin House

MARTIN HOUSE:
Yorkshire’s first Hospice for Children and Young People
Grove Road, Clifford, Wetherby, LS23 6TX
Tel: 01937 844569 Fax: 01937 541363
www.martinhouse.org.uk

Martin House opened in 1987 to provide family-led care for children and young people with life limiting conditions. We share with families the care of their children and offer respite care, symptom control, emergency and terminal care at Martin House or in the family home. Care is offered to any family with a child or children with a life threatening illness.

We welcome all the family, giving them a break together or time to themselves in a comfortable home from home atmosphere. It is a place of love and understanding, of fun, laughter and friendship - where parents can have a full night’s sleep and recharge their batteries.

The facilities we offer at Martin House are nine bedrooms for young children and an additional six bedrooms in the purpose-built Teenage Unit. There are eight family rooms for parents and siblings, spacious sitting rooms and social areas, playroom, multi-sensory room, Jacuzzi, library and music room.

We are currently supporting families of 300 children from the Yorkshire region and over 100 bereaved families receive regular support from our care team. Although the care we provide is free to families, our revenue costs have risen to over £4m per annum. Most people are surprised to learn that we receive very little of our annual running costs from statutory sources. This means we have to rely on the generosity of the public to help us find the rest to enable us to continue to provide the much-needed care the children and young people and their families deserve.

Your support really does make a difference - thank you.

Stuart Andrew



http://www.martinhouse.org.uk/