Sharon Wheeler, Chestnut Tree House: Feeling festive!
It’s wonderfully festive at Chestnut Tree House this week! I love the excitement and joy that twinkles through our hospice at this time.
It feels like a grotto with all our decorations up, especially as we have lots of Christmas events planned too.
Our Christmas light switch-on was a great success – the weather was frightful but our new light projections were a big hit. We have the fantastically festive Santa Bus visiting us next week and the Arundel Illuminated Tractor Run will be rumbling by, the children in our care and their siblings are always fascinated with the tractors!
It’s heart-warming to see families making memories and laughing together, it’s such a privilege that my team and I can play a part in these magical moments. The children in our care have life-limiting illnesses, and at Chestnut we provide a fully equipped, safe environment where families can enjoy special events. They can relax, knowing that clinical expertise is close at hand, and all our facilities are accessible.
There was also a rather exciting day of filming where our patron, and world-renowned children’s author Julia Donaldson visited us with a film crew! She is featuring on BBC’s Repair Shop, and she has kindly given us a precious childhood toy that she and her sister used to play with, the experts at Repair Shop have renovated it and it is now sparking the imaginations of our children at Chestnut. To find out what she gave us, and see us feature too, tune into BBC One on Boxing Day at 7:30pm.
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and thank you for supporting Chestnut Tree House.