Last year Rainbow Trust provided 7,671 hours of hospital support for up to 1,958 sick children. Many Rainbow Trust families travel to hospital several times each week, for chemotherapy or other ongoing treatments. These trips can take the whole day and using public transport can expose a sick child to a high risk of infection. Family Support Workers can transport these families safely to and from hospital in a secure, low risk environment, also giving them time together during treatment.

Demand for hospital transport continues to outstrip supply. Further funding would enable Rainbow Trust to provide more vehicles which can be used by trained volunteers to provide an extra resource for families who need to reach hospital, either regularly or ad hoc. This project would enable Family Support Workers and Family Support Volunteers to stay with families during treatment, either spending time with a sick child or providing sibling support to brothers and sisters who accompany them.