The Charlie & Carter Foundation

Mission Statement – The Charlie & Carter Foundation provides financial support to the parents of seriously ill children with life limiting conditions which require 24 hour nursing care or specialist nursing facilities. The Foundation raises awareness of the difficulties faced by parents and carers who care for seriously ill children and strives to improve the quality of life of sick and seriously ill children by providing information, advice and support. They have established strong working relationships with professionals working in local hospitals to ensure that the needs and wishes of parents, carers and children are heard and considered.

The objects of the Foundation are:

• providing financial support to families with a child with a life-limiting condition which requires 24 hour nursing care or specialist facilities so that the parents or carers may help care for the child
• providing support, information, guidance and advice to these families
• working with professionals in local hospitals to help establish and meet the needs of these families
• raising public awareness of the difficulties faced by parents and carers in these families
• providing a further financial grant to the parents previously supported upon bereavement of their sick child, addressing their financial burdens at this time