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Together for Short Lives is the UK registered charity for children's palliative care. Together for Short Lives’ vision is for children and young people in the UK with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families to have as fulfilling lives as possible, and the best care at the end of life. Together for Short Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales (1144022) and Scotland (SC044139) and is a company limited by guarantee (7783702). Together for Short Lives' president is Professor Sir Alan Craft, and Vice President is Dr Ann Goldman. Its patrons include: Simon Cowell, Dame Elizabeth Fradd DBE, FRCN, Hon.Rosa Monckton, John Overton and Holly Willoughby. ==History== Together for Short Lives was launched as a (new UK charity ) on 1 November 2011. Together for Short Lives was developed as the new name for ACT & Children’s Hospices UK, which merged in October 2011. Prior to merger ACT and Children’s Hospices UK were two UK registered charities working within children’s palliative care and offering membership services to children’s hospice services, children’s palliative care professionals and families. ACT and Children’s Hospices UK (merged ) on 1 October 2011 to become one voice for children’s palliative care in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Together for Short Lives )〕 ACT (Association for Children with life-threatening and Terminal conditions) was established in 1988 under the direction of Professor David Baum, at the Institute of Child Health, Bristol and Sister Frances Dominica founder of Helen House hospice for children in Oxford. ACT was established to develop an information service for families and professionals supporting them; to develop a national network for children’s palliative care and to co-ordinate statutory and voluntary services concerned with delivering palliative care to children and families. Children’s Hospices UK (previously known as ACH) was established in 1998 as a national umbrella charity working with independent children’s hospices across the UK. It was established to provide a national voice for children’s hospices by raising awareness, improving statutory funding of hospices, and to foster collaboration between children’s hospice services and to help develop professional practice. Both ACT and Children’s Hospices UK were based in Bristol, UK and had a history of working collaboratively on awareness raising and lobbying, prior to merger in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Together for Short Lives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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