The Pepper Foundation

General information

Good health is something we take for granted in our youth and any loving parents wish is that their children enjoy a happy and carefree childhood, without worry or pain. Sadly, some children are not so fortunate and can suffer from traumatic life-limiting and in some cases, terminal illnesses.

The suffering endured by these children and the stress and strain it brings to families can be unbearable.

Pepper Ethos:
volunteer board of trustees
Pepper events trading subsidiary
3 part time employees
Ambassadors/patrons/friends
volunteers

We fund approximately £400k per year:
6 Specialist paediatric nurses and a team of 3 family support workers all employed by Rennie Grove

Today, Pepper aims to fund a team of six registered Paediatric Nurses, a Family Support Services Manager and a Pepper Children’s Support Facilitator, to provide professional care for children – care which can greatly improve the quality of life of some who may only live for a few short years. The Pepper Children’s Nurses ensure that a child’s life, no matter how short, is made as comfortable and happy as possible.

This is just one aspect of the valuable service The Pepper Children’s Nurses give as they also provide a lifeline for the family of a seriously ill child whose world has been turned upside down by their circumstances.

As well as caring for a child whose treatment can sometimes be distressing, they are able to return some degree of normality to families undergoing enormous upheaval, not to mention trauma and distress.

The Pepper Foundation gives the money it raises primarily to Rennie Grove Hospice Care, which manages the children's hospice at home service and, although there is now some limited state funding, Pepper remains reliant on the public's generosity and support to fund the remaining 80%.

The two charities work closely together and will continue to respond to the growing need for children's hospice at home care, limited only by the funds The Pepper Foundation can raise.