206

Group 206 mostly began with young volunteers who had travelled to Lourdes with HCPT Group 718, but had “outgrown” that role and wanted to start a family group. Children we take to Lourdes come from the Brentwood diocese, mainly from the Colchester area.

207

Group 207 fundraises primarily in the North Ayrshire area. Many of the children we take to Lourdes come from North Ayrshire and the surrounding areas.

216

Every year Group 216 go to Lourdes with 8 to 10 children.  Our children’s Easter trip is an action packed week filled with fun and laughter – and can also provide a well earned week of respite for carers back home!

182

We are an HCPT Easter pilgrimage group taking disabled and disadvantaged children to Lourdes. Children are usually Service dependents, from the wider Ministry of Defence community or affiliated through local schools. Helpers are predominantly British Army personnel and provide care on a minimum of one to one basis; children requiring more assistance have a higher…

194

As the group’s nurses are paediatric nurses, we tend to take many children with several additional needs – often life-shortening. The nurses often know and have nursed the children. The sheer joy shown by the children, often with a constant smile, never ceases to be a humbling experience for all the helpers. Parents often tell…