It was a pleasure to this week meet in parliament with Lavinia Jarrett, the CEO of Demelza Charity, which is an extraordinary charity that helps children and young people facing serious or life-limiting condition.
The charity is currently supporting around 50 families within the Sevenoaks District and their work provides support such as respite, end of life care, therapies, short breaks, counselling and other family support.
They also rely heavily on volunteers and Lavinia told me they are in need of new ones. Whether it be gardening, DIY, providing home support or driving – if anyone can spare any time, it would be greatly welcome. You can contact Demelza at: https://www.demelza.org.uk/support-us/volunteer
Lavinia also mentioned they are worried about the future of the £25 million Children’s Hospice Grant and I will write to the Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) to raise this.
