Donate Now Home About Us Your questions answered Home About Us Our history Our team Our trustees Our patrons Your questions answered Media Useful links Our annual review & accounts Our Care Families Rena's Story Wiktor and Borys Time to Play Build Appeal Summary Why Noah's Ark? Financial snapshot Partners Make a Donation Regular Giving Friends of Noah's Ark Legacies In Memory Give As You Earn Shop Online Your Hospice Lottery Get Involved Events Our Shops Shop Locations Latest News Latest News Newsletter Gallery Work with us Employment vacancies Volunteering Volunteer Spotlight Contact Us Your questions answered Q: How many people benefit from the charity's work? To date, we have worked with over 200 families but a recent study has shown that there are as many as 1086 life-limited and life-threatened children living in North London who might be eligible for our services. We are a holistic charity, meaning we work with the whole family, including the siblings of the life-limited or life-threatened child. Taking these siblings into account there are, therefore, approximately 2,000 children in our area who could benefit from our services. Q: What types of conditions do the children using your hospice service have? Despite the usual misconception of a hospice, it is not always children suffering from cancer who would use our services. Any child under the age of 19 with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition can be referred to us. Whilst a proportion of children within hospices suffer from cancer, the majority suffer from long term progressive disorders such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Batten's Disease and Cystic Fibrosis. Q: Who can receive help from you? We work on specific criteria outlined by Together for Short Lives. Some of the criteria we work to are; being life-limited and life-threatened and living within the five boroughs of North London - Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. Life-limited means these children are not expected to live beyond 19 years of age. Life-threatened means that as a result of their condition their life is threatened but not necessarily limited. Q: How are families referred to you? Anyone can refer a child to us including the family themselves. Most of our referrals come from community nurses but we would like to raise our profile so that we get more referrals from GPs and consultant paediatricians. Q: Why is a hospice service so important - surely the NHS provides assistance? Whilst the NHS can offer families medical and practical treatment, there is inadequate provision for respite care or general day-to-day support. Often it is this type of support that a family desperately needs. Caring for a sick child 24 hours a day is incredibly tiring and, especially if there are other siblings or family members also requiring time and attention, the stress can often be overwhelming for a parent or carer. We hope to make these difficult times a little easier to bear. Q: Do you work with other organisations? We work together with other local charities with their fundraising efforts e.g. North London Hospice, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, and Nightingale Hospice. From a Care and Family Support point of view, we try and work with as many other organisations as possible who may also be involved in the care of the child and family. No one service can meet all the needs of the child and family, so it is imperative that organisations work together to meet all the needs of these families. The Care and Family Support Team work with education, health and social services as well as other voluntary organisations. Q: Do you have a governing body? We are an independent charity with a Board of Trustees. Memorandum and Articles are the governance documents which define the Charity's aims and activities. Q: Do you get any government funding? Children's hospices currently receive little or no statutory funding - therefore we ourselves must raise the funds to build and run these essential lifelines. Noah's Ark Volunteer for Us We need Charity Shop Volunteers For more information, click here. Your £42 donation Find out more Home | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Registered Charity Number: 1081156