Sir Cliff Richard visits Shooting Star Children's Hospices
A music legend has been showing his support for one of our local charities.
Shooting Star Children's Hospices, who support children with life limiting conditions across Surrey and West London, welcomed Sir Cliff Richard to one of their facilities.
He spent time with youngsters and their loved ones at the charity's west London hospice, Shooting Star House, in Hampton.
This year Sir Richard is celebrating 20 years of being a patron for Shooting Star.
During the visit, the 82 year old music star got involved in some ‘Cliff-inspired’ arts and crafts including creating and colouring some red double decker buses.
Sir Cliff was also treated to special Makaton version of his renowned song Summer Holiday,
Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people communicate, which many of the children at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and their families use.
Sir Cliff Richard OBE said:
“It was lovely to visit Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and was amazing to hear more about the continuing work they do supporting families and to meet some of the courageous families benefitting from their services. Hospices need donations to fund their work, so visits like mine hopefully help to highlight all their positivity emotionally and practically in very difficult circumstances for the children, parents and their siblings.”
Karen Sugarman MBE, Executive Vice-President at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices said:
“Sir Cliff’s amazing support of our work over the last 20 years has been phenomenal. His generosity and kindness devoting his time at our hospices and performing to raise vital funds has made such a difference and we simply cannot thank him enough. It was such a pleasure to welcome Sir Cliff to Shooting Star House to meet with families and staff.”