How we make an impact for families
Our expert nursing care and bespoke family services are needed now more than ever.
It’s only through the generosity of our supporters that we can keep being there for families - take a look at the difference your support has made over the last year.
Welcome from our CEO, Lavinia Jarrett
This year, you’ve helped us achieve the extraordinary. But we need your support more than ever before. Hear from our CEO about the impact you’ve made and how you can help us continue providing care to families who need it most.
Why we are here
Learn more about our mission, values and vision.
The families you supported
Families are at the heart of everything we do. Hear from families and discover how you’ve helped them get the personalised care and support they need, when and where they need it most.
Leo spent months in hospital after being diagnosed with leukaemia and developing graft-versus-host disease, leaving him unable to eat, drink or walk. Leo made a full recovery and Demelza has been there for him and his family providing care, support and some much-needed fun!
A year of making a difference
Your support has had an incredible impact on families. Here are just a few examples of what we’ve achieved, together.
We’ve evolved how we offer our services to meet the changing needs of families and ensure our expert care and support continues to be extraordinary.
We need the support of our communities more than ever before
This year, we developed our fundraising events with new locations and new activities for local people to take part in.
We opened new charity retail ventures across the region
This helped us raise funds, contribute to local communities and support more families.
An extraordinary Christmas
Christmas means so much to us at Demelza, and last year was truly magical. We’re so grateful for your generosity of everyone who supported us, especially as we know times are tough. But the reality is, we need more support to be able to keep on giving families the care they need. We need YOU to make this Christmas extraordinary.
This year, come to an event, donate to our Christmas appeal or fundraise for us – whatever you do, you really can help us make this the best Christmas yet.
Thank you
We couldn’t be there for families without you.
You have run, skydived, bubble-rushed, donated, volunteered, fundraised, shopped, shared our stories and given us non-stop support.
You make everything we do possible. Thank you!
Maidstone Riverside Rotary Club
Maidstone Riverside Rotary Club hosted their annual Swim Relay in aid of Demelza on Sunday 23 March 2025. They had over 40 teams of around 230 swimmers take part, swimming 1967 lengths (nearly 31 miles!) in 20 minutes.
Rye Bay Caravan Park
Rye Bay Caravan Park supported Demelza with lots of amazing events in 2025, including bingo, a coffee morning, a bake sale and a Family Fun Day, where they ran a toy tombola, pebble painting and a raffle!
Wincheap Primary School
Wincheap Primary School got all year groups involved in fundraising for Demelza during their summer term last year. They came up with fun and crazy fundraisers, including a bouncy castle challenge, a sponsored walk along the river, a fancy dress-a-thon and a classic bake sale!
Pam and Sandra
Volunteer fundraisers Pam and Sandra have supported us for many years, booking Demelza stalls at numerous events and running fundraising activities such as tombolas, raffles, cake sales and an annual Bluebell Walk. Sandra also completed a Fire Walk to raise even more funds for Demelza!
Judge and Priestley
Judge and Priestley have supported us for the last two years, with their staff volunteering with us for over 300 hours. They are always creative in their fundraising too - this year, they bought one of our Trail with a Tale sculptures and ran a staff design competition to decorate it!
A special thank you to our supporters
We can’t possibly name everyone that has supported us this year, but this is a snapshot of some of the incredible organisations that have kindly donated to us or offered us their time, skills or expertise. From all of us at Demelza, thank you.
AIM Commercial Cleaning, Anthony Gold, Axis Europe, Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation, Bensted's Charity, Berkeley, Berkeley Foundation, Blue Rocket Accounting, Brendan and Kirstie Peilow, Canary Wharf Contractors, Chalk Cliff Trust, CMS Law, Comparison Technologies, Countryside Recycling, Data Tech Holdings, Eastbourne Board Gamers, Edward Vinson 1957 Charity Settlement, E&N Group, Esquire Developments, GFP Lewis, Goldex Investments, Infinity Group, John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, Judge & Priestley, Kent Reliance, Khipu Networks Ltd, Lisa & David McNulty, Lund Trust, Maidstone Riverside Relay, Mayor of Winchelsea, MEMS Power Generation, Millcroft Services PLC, Mitie, Mrs Bela & Mr Chandrakant Jadeja, NCPI Solutions, NHBC, Olly and the Phat Dads team, Pam Robinson, Peter Cosstick, , Postcode Lottery Millionaire Street Funds, RedDuck Campaign, Royal Bank of Canada, Sandra Young, Shirley Friends, The Albert Hunt Trust, The Brian and June Amos Foundation, The Fairstead Trust, The February Foundation, The Frank Brake Charitable Trust, The Freddie Green and Family Foundation, The Hardy Family Foundation, The Kenora Charitable Foundation, The Lawson Trust, The Madden family, The Pack Foundation, The Postcode Lottery players, The Seaby Foundation, The Spence family, The Sunshine Girls, The Sunshine Pro-Am, The Vintners' Foundation, The Wolfson Foundation, Unigloves, Vistry Group, Wincheap Foundation Primary School, Workplace Creations.
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