Very Special Kids

Very Special Kids provides holistic palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and tailored support for their families through life, death and grief. Its integrated approach includes emotional, clinical and practical support to help improve quality of life and create positive, lasting memories.

Very Special Kids understands every child’s experience with a life-limiting condition is unique, and every family requires tailored support specific to their family’s journey. As Victoria’s only children’s hospice, its services support close to 800 families across Victoria. Very Special Kids House was the first children’s hospice in Australia and remains the only one in Victoria.

We advocate for better policies and education so that society can better deal with, and talk about, life and death, creating more supportive communities for sick children and bereaved families.
Very Special Kids relies on the generosity of its community to ensure seriously ill children, young people and their families don’t have to endure their difficult journey alone. Its empathetic and dedicated supporters are the reason sick children, and their families, have access to comfort, respite and the very best care in the most difficult times.

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