HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, who is East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) Royal Patron, will visit the charity’s Quidenham hospice on Tuesday, 24 January to see for herself why the nook appeal – which she helped launch in 2014 – is so vital.
The Duchess will tour the hospice and meet with children, young people and families as they take part in an art therapy session and use equipment in the sensory room.
She will also spend time with the staff and volunteers who work at Quidenham as they update Her Royal Highness on the nook appeal and EACH’s urgent need to raise funds.
The appeal aims to raise £10 million for a new purpose-built hospice – which will be known as the nook – at a five-acre site in Framingham Earl.
EACH’s current Norfolk hospice was opened in 1991 and, due to the increasing numbers of children with life-threatening conditions and complex healthcare needs visiting Quidenham, the hospice has now outgrown its current site.
