Who Are CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland)
For over twenty years CHAS has been offering a full family support service for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions. They’re committed to making sure that no matter how short their time together may be, it is a time filled with happiness and fun.
There are currently more than 16,000 children in Scotland with a life-shortening condition and each week, three of those children die. At the moment, CHAS only reach one of those children and their families to provide the vital care and support that they deserve.
What they Do
Children and families across every parliamentary region in Scotland has access to CHAS’s services, which include:
- Two hospices: Rachel House (Kinross) and Robin House (Balloch) – providing respite; end of life care; family support including social work; income maximisation service; bereavement support; transition to adult services for 18-21 year olds; dedicated activities teams.
- CHAS at Home: operates in every local authority area – providing highly-skilled nursing care for children in their own homes.
- Hospital Teams: CHAS has a specialist team in every children’s hospital in Scotland. Our Diana’s Children’s Nurses provide specialist support alongside the NHS in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Virtual hospice: accelerated by COVID-19, virtual delivery now underpins all our services. From May-Dec 2020, the CHAS Virtual Hospice reached an average of 170 families per month
CHAS want to be there for every family – to help them make the most of the happy times, and give love and support during the toughest. Your support will help CHAS to care for more families across Scotland, just like Sophie’s.
“Harry and I have been really full on when it comes to Soph’s care. It never stops. It came so naturally to us both, just like a parental instinct. Harry sleeps downstairs with her as we were told she’d be most likely to die from having a seizure in her sleep and we want to make sure that someone is there by her side at all times. She’ll never be alone.” – Lyndsey, Sophie’s mum
How Can you support CHAS
When you complete a remortgage through Prestige Mortgage Solutions you will be eligible to select a club or charity of your choice & we will make a donation in your name. Select CHAS as your chosen charity to support their cause.
Re-Mortgage with a difference
We will carry out all the work in finding your new mortgage deal and you will get to choose your donation club/charity at the same time!
If your product is due to expire within the next 6 months or you are already on the Standard Variable Rate, you should get in touch with us now. Whether that is simply to achieve a more competitive rate or you are looking to increase your borrowing, we will do a comprehensive search from across the market to make sure you get the best deal. We will assess your options with your existing lender as well as switching to a new different lender and then advise you on the most suitable option.
There are many reasons you may want to release equity from your property, this could be to make home improvements, purchase another property, or to consolidate short term debts.
The advice that we give is always free of charge and every time that you remortgage, you will be eligible for our donation scheme.