We are an innovative charity, with a proud history, specialising in the provision of assistive technology and high-quality training across children’s palliative care to enable children and young people with life-limiting conditions to play, create and communicate.

For over 20 years, Lifelites has complemented the extraordinary services across Children's Palliative Care by harnessing the power of technology to enable children and young people with life-limiting conditions to improve their quality of life and share unique, cherished experiences with their families.

We know that the sector is evolving at pace both at home and internationally, with research by the University of York indicating the prevalence of children with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition in England rising over the last 17 years and is predicted to increase further, with more children living into adulthood. 

As a result children are living longer but the complexity of their conditions and intensity of the support they require is increasing. It is estimated that approximately 99,000 children in the UK have a life-limiting condition. Globally, 7.2 million children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions never access the care they need.

To rise to the challenge of this increased demand and complexity and with a unique and credible track record, we have designed a five-year Strategy to achieve our Vision where every child with a life-limiting condition can engage and interact with the people they love and enjoy the world they live in.

Our Mission

We will harness innovative technology to empower all children and young people with life-limiting conditions, along with their families, to experience unforgettable moments of connection and joy.

Our Strategic Priorities

Improving Impact
Improving Impact

We will improve existing and develop innovative new services

We will achieve this by:

  • Improving engagement and monitoring to ensure that our partners optimise the use of assistive technology, helping Lifelites to understand the impact of our services and areas for improvement
  • Developing our high quality, multi-platform training to increase the skills and confidence of our children’s palliative care partners
  • Influencing technology providers to develop new equipment and identifying the latest assistive technology solutions for use in children’s palliative care
Increasing reach
Increasing reach

We will develop new services to extend our reach beyond children's hospice settings

We will achieve this by:

  • Increasing the number of children’s palliative care partners benefitting from packages of technology and training
  • Extending provision of Lifelites’ specialist training and consultancy to other partners across children’s palliative care
  • Introducing support and resources for parents to make our unique knowledge and expertise accessible to all children and young people with a life-limiting condition
Income
Income

We will generate more and sustainable income from new and existing funders

We will achieve this by:

  • Attracting multi-year funding streams through an improved partnership proposition for high value trust, corporate and philanthropic funders
  • Expanding our community and individual giving programmes through modern, emotive digital marketing campaigns
  • Developing more efficient and meaningful donor recognition plans to increase supporter engagement and increase sustainable giving
Brand
Brand

We will become well known and trusted by potential beneficiaries, partners and supporters

We will achieve this by:

  • Implementing a modern, dynamic and compelling brand, visual identity and tone of voice to appeal to wider audiences, increase engagement and support
  • Identifying key audiences, channels and messages with a defined strategy and deliverable communications plan
  • Establishing Lifelites as a thought-leader in children’s palliative care, technology and inclusion
Governance
Governance

We will align our governance with the Charity Governance Code

We will achieve this by:

  • Ensuring that all internal stakeholders understand, align to and champion Lifelites’ organisational purpose and objectives
  • Measuring governance practices against the Charity Governance Code benchmarks and improving systems, policies and procedures, risk management and reporting mechanisms
  • Improving diversity and representation at all levels of governance to better reflect our stakeholders and beneficiaries
People
People

We will develop a skilled, motivated and well-resourced team within an empowering culture

We will achieve this by:

  • Benchmarking the current strengths, areas for development and engagement of Lifelites’ people to identify areas for improvement
  • Implementing performance management processes to set objectives and activities aligned to Lifelites Strategic Plan
  • Establishing a confident, proactive and creative culture designed to increase productivity and improve outcomes

 

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