Our Services

Noah's Ark currently has a very active community team, providing vital support to life-limited or life-threatened children and their families. Through initiatives like our Play Scheme, Siblings Support Programme, Family Support Service and Carers Bank we are able to offer families support where it is most needed, filling gaps in provision from other service providers.

With land now acquired, this community work will, one day, be complemented by additional services within a hospice building.

Family Support
Noah's Ark believe that support should encompass the whole family - the life-limited child, their siblings, the parents/carers and, often, the wider family network.

Respite & Therapeutic Play
Our team of play specialists enable the children, and their siblings, to receive active play and stimulation within the setting of their own home. Helping them overcome fears and anxieties, sessions can also give mum or dad a well-deserved break.

Family Support Service
We have created a ground-breaking programme to recruit, train and monitor volunteers who work directly with families - offering support to them based on the families' expressed areas of need. This can range from practical support such as shopping, light housework or gardening, through to playing with the children or helping with homework.

Family Days
Giving families the chance to go out together, have fun and meet others facing similar situations to their own is incredibly important. Lack of adequate support, transport, time or money can make such outings tremendously difficult for families coping with a life-limited child. Noah's Ark relieves these burdens and hosts many different types of family days through the year - greatly enhancing their quality of life and providing special memories for the future.

Specialist Carers
Noah's Ark have a nurse led team of carers delivering sessions of care in families homes - to encompass days, nights and weekends. The carers work alongside parents and are there to look after the child/young person while the parents have a short break either in the home or by going out.

We work closely with the child and family, as well as the GP, Children's Nursing Teams and all other services that may be involved in providing care. By working together we can ensure that all children and families receive the best possible care.

Sibling Support
The brothers and sisters of an unwell child also have particular emotional needs that must be met. The Sibling Support Programme provides children of all ages and abilities, and from all backgrounds, the opportunity to become involved in a group that is solely focussed on them.

Two siblings group now meet on a regular basis - one for 4-10 year olds, the other for 11-18 year olds. Trips to Legoland, the cinema and even an adventure weekend away are just a few of the exciting activities that they can take part in. They are fully supported by trained volunteers who allow them to express their feelings through carefully planned activities, as well as giving them the opportunity to meet other children in situations similar to their own.