Where does the money go?

90.5p out of every £1.00 raised goes to direct care for children and their families who are supported by The Sussex Snowdrop Trust.

£240,000 is spent annually on direct family care, which includes paying the wages of our special Snowdrop Care at Home Team, as well as the urgent financial help that is given to parents.

Here are some of the ways that money has been spent in the past:

• Taxi fares to Great Ormond Street Hospital, for a child to have a kidney transplant and for children to have bone marrow transplants (cost in excess of £160 round trip)
• Trampolines, drum kits and bicycles for children with cystic fibrosis for exercise
• Special beds, chairs, car seats, pushchairs for sick children
• Computers/laptops to help children who have missed days, weeks and sometimes years of schooling.  To communicate with family/friends whilst in isolation wards and to be "a window to the world" whilst being housebound
• Waterproof duvets, beds and washing machines/dryers for incontinent children
• Funeral costs
• Helping with rent, electricity and other household bills