Little Harbour is a home-from-home.  A place where each family member can find time and space to feel normal and do the things they enjoy as a Mum, as a Dad, as a brother or sister: as a family, not overwhelmingly as a carer.

At Little Harbour as with all our hospices, families will discover individual children’s bedrooms, accommodation for parents and siblings, a wide range of play and therapy facilities – including a messy play area, soft play room, a hydrotherapy pool and a multi-sensory room – and a homely family kitchen and living room.

For teenagers staying at Little Harbour they can make use of the IT and music facilities as well as use the games room as a place for chilling out, watching films and taking a few minutes to beat dad at pool.

Little Harbour benefits from being set within the countryside with views across to St Austell. Children and families can all enjoy time in the gardens together whether it's relaxing with the calming sounds of the water in the Ebb and Flow Garden, enjoying looking out for wildlife in Robin's Song wildlife garden or all of the sensory experiences in Mermaids Cove Sensory Garden.

With accessible swings, picnic tables and pathways as well as plenty of ground for children to play, the garden at Little Harbour is always a popular place to be especially when the sun is shining.

We are a Cornish charity that provides specialist care for people with terminal illnesses 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our clinical teams support both in- and out-patients and their families at Mount Edgcumbe Hospice in St Austell, St Julia’s Hospice in Hayle and in Cornwall’s hospitals, care homes and in the community.

We also run a 24 hour advice line for other healthcare professionals and share our knowledge through education programmes supporting the healthcare workers of the future.

Our hospice care is thanks to you

We provide our care free of charge to terminally ill adults in Cornwall thanks to the support of our generous communities, thank you.