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This project successfully funded on 12th March 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
This project successfully funded on 12th March 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
Set up a front door: phone line & parent outreach so families get support from diagnosis to bereavement for complex needs.
When Richard House Children’s Hospice closed, families caring for seriously ill and disabled children across North East London were left without a reliable pathway, without continuity, and without a single place to turn.
Out of that crisis, East London Children’s Community Hospice (ELCCH) CIC was formed — a community-led project turning protest into practical provision. The aim is simple and urgent: create a “Front Door” service that families can actually reach, and build a credible foundation for longer-term partnership and commissioned provision.
ELCCH was founded by Kareema Motala and Paul Richards, supported by a growing group of families and allies.
Together, they are building ELCCH as a practical bridge: support now, and a pathway toward sustainable provision through partnership, system coordination, and future commissioning.
What has become clear since the closure is stark: this is not about a handful of children.
Across North East London, there are thousands of children living with complex medical needs, significant disability, and life-limiting conditions. Many families are experiencing unmet need — support not in place, delays, confusion, and the same story repeated to multiple agencies.
Families who don’t speak English fluently are often hit hardest. When a child is non-verbal, deteriorating, or newly diagnosed, being told to “call around” is not a system — it is a safeguarding-grade failure by design.
This Crowdfunder funds a single point of access for families caring for children with complex and/or life-limiting needs:
ELCCH is not replacing NHS or Local Authority duties. It is building the missing connector that stops families falling through gaps while long-term commissioning and provision catch up.
ELCCH’s Front Door is for families whose children are:
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made