Welcome to Derian House

We care for more than 400 seriously ill babies, children and young people across the North West helping them make the most of every moment.

Support us

Care is free for families, but it will cost £6 million to run services at Derian House this year, and we rely on the generosity of our kind supporters to keep doing what we do.

Are you a Derian family?

Visit our brand new family website where you can find out more about Derian House, book onto sessions in our pool and cinema, and learn more about how we can help.

Fundraise for us

Want to fundraise for us?

Email fundraising@derianhouse.co.uk or call 01257 271 271

The Little Things
Derian House documentary

Derian dad Paul Woodward’s documentary, “The Little Things”, dives deep into the world of children’s hospices – and offers an exclusive look behind the scenes at Derian House. Directed by the award-winning Thomas Elliott Griffiths, the film highlights the moving stories and connections between families, staff, and volunteers, showcasing the blockbuster impact of hospice care.

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Explore our outstanding facilities from the comfort of your own home.

latest Derian news

Latest Derian News

Northern film challenging hospice care myths makes London big-screen debut

A documentary shining a light on life at a Chorley children’s hospice made a special trip to London yesterday to be showcased on the big screen for colleagues from across […]

Hospice heroes to trek across the Sahara Desert for Derian House

A dad who hates sand is trekking the Sahara Desert to raise money for the hospice that looks after his son. Andrew Privett, from Leyland, is one of 31 intrepid […]

Brave mum battles huge blisters to conquer Yorkshire Three Peaks for Derian House

A Darwen mum has revealed how she battled the “biggest blisters” she has ever seen in a gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge – to raise funds for Derian House, the […]

Elsie’s Story helps Derian House families make special memories at Chester Zoo

The Southport family behind charity Elsie’s Story helped 64 families supported by Derian House Children’s Hospice enjoy a special day out at Chester Zoo on Saturday (22 August). Jenni Stancombe, […]

Bolton boy’s mile a day marathon for poorly children

Nine-year-old Henry Cragg of Lostock, Bolton, has challenged himself to run a mile every day throughout the school holidays to raise money for his local children’s hospice, Derian House. Keen […]

Gold award for Derian House garden

Lancashire’s children’s hospice has won gold in the Chorley Flower Show, held at Astley Park over the weekend (31 July to 2 August). The award-winning display, titled ‘When you wish […]

Family Stories

Luke's story

Our son Luke loved life, and though he only had 16 years, he lived every one of them exactly how he wanted to.

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Tommy's story

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Daniella's story

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Holly's story

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Jeffrey's story

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Online donation

Online

Visit our donation page
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Donate to Derian by Cheque

By Cheque

Download our template and return to:
Derian House Children’s Hospice
Chancery Road, Chorley, PR7 1DH

text Derian

By Text

Text Derian and the amount you
wish to donate to 70085
eg. DERIAN 5 to donate £5

In House Donations at Derian

In Store

Donate in our stores
in Blackburn, Horwich, Chorley, Leigh
See opening hours here

By Phone

By Phone

Call our fundraising team on
01257 271 271

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1 day ago

Rain or shine, win or lose, our dedicated husband and wife volunteering duo - and Derian grandparents - Carol and Ian, have been a staple in Wigan Warriors' Fan Village for the entire Super Leagueeague season 🤩Representing the hospice - which was the League Leaders' charity partner this year - Carol and Ian spent every single home fixture shouting about the work of Derian House, complete with signed shirt raffles, tombolas, sweet stalls, and everyone's favourite game... Spin the Wheel! 🎁We'd like to give a special thanks to the terrific twosome for their dedication in ensuring that we had a constant presence amongst Warriors fans during what has been an incredible partnership -#ThankYouThursdaym! #ThankYouThursday 💚 ...
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1 day ago

It's time to celebrate this week's incredible fundraisers, who've once again done some brilliant things to raise money fo#ThankYouThursdayhankYouThursday 🫶💚 The team at Zebra Technologies completed their 240-mile trek from Zebra Preston to Zebra Bourne End, raising over £5,000 for us in the process.💚 Brendan O'Rourke and the directors of O'Rourke Construction Ltd very kindly donated their £1,250 GolWigan Warriorsnings from Wigan Warriors' recent semi-final fixture against Wakefield Trinity to us.💚 Derian House alumnus Zack Kerr visited us earlier this week with an abundance of gifts that he's bought for us out of his 'Acts of Kindness' fund. He came to have a look around the hospice and see some old friends - he particularly loved that we'd got some pet fish since he was last here!💚 Step4ward Dance finished off their fundraising year with a charity event on Friday night. They managed to raise a whopping £12,595.28 for us over 12 months.💚 Lyndhurst Precision climbed Helvelyn at the weekend, raising over £2,000 in the process... which will be match-funded by the company! TY 🫶 ...
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2 days ago

This #GiftAidAwarenessDay, we'd like to ask the question - do YOU #TickTheBox? ✅For every £1 you donate to us, we're able to claim another 25p in Gift Aid at no cost to you 🙌As long as you're a UK taxpayer, we're able to claim back 25% of your donation from HMRC if you fill out the Gift Aid declaration form! 📝The good news is that we're able to go back 4️⃣ years to ask donors if we can add Gift Aid to their donation 😍If you think you’ve donated without signing the Gift Aid declaration, you can find it on our website below ✨➡️ tinyurl.com/y3tuqjarThank you for helping us make the most of your donation 💚 ...
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Address
Derian House Children’s Hospice Chancery Road Astley Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 1DH
Email Us

All Enquiries Info@derianhouse.co.uk

Call Us
Telephone (General)

01257 233 300

Telephone (Fundraising)

01257 271 271