About Rainbows Children’s Hospice
When a family learns their child has a life-shortening or life-threatening condition, everything feels uncertain. Rainbows is here to help. We provide specialist palliative care across the East Midlands, at our hospice in Loughborough, at home and in hospital, supporting the whole family through whatever lies ahead.
What we’re here to do
At Rainbows, we believe every child with a short life deserves to live it as fully as they can, surrounded by the people who love them. As the East Midlands’ children’s hospice, we’re here to make that possible.
We give families the choice of where their child receives expert care, whether that’s at our hospice in Loughborough, in hospital or at home in their community, where children are most comfortable. Our care is nurse-led and shaped around each child, and we work hand in hand with other professionals to make sure every family gets the very best support.
We’re proud to be a leading voice in children’s palliative care. As an active research and education hospice, we don’t just provide expert care, we help shape its future, sharing what we learn so more children and families can benefit, wherever they are.
Every year we support over 1,000 babies, children and young people across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. We’re rated Outstanding by the CQC, the first children’s hospice in England to achieve that rating across all five areas.
Get to know us
Our expert care and support staff create the Rainbows Experience wherever families need us, at the hospice, at home or in hospital. Find out what drives everything we do.
We’re rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission across all five inspection domains. Find out what that means for the families we care for.
We’re committed to advancing children’s palliative care beyond our own doors. Find out about our research programme and how we’re shaping the future of the sector.
Meet the team
From specialist nurses and therapists to family support workers and volunteers, our team is the heart of Rainbows. Come and meet the people behind the care.
Would you like to join our team and help make a difference.
Our history
In 1989, Harry and Gail Moore’s five-year-old daughter, Laura, sadly died after a battle with Leukaemia. She had three years of treatment, including a bone marrow transplant from her twin brother, Kit.
Laura’s favourite thing in the world was a rainbow and her parents wanted to create something special in her memory – which is how Rainbows was born.
Today, we support over 750 babies, children and young people living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, here in the East Midlands. As our story continues, you can be part of the next chapter.