The Brompton Fountain provides emotional and practical support to families affected by heart and lung diseases in children.
Established in 2005 and growing year on year. Find out more about our history and the vital work we carry out on a daily basis.
We support children and young people cared for by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. This includes Royal Brompton, Harefield and Evelina London, as well as their network of partner hospitals.
Meet our team of skilled and caring professionals. Whether you are looking for information and support or ways to help us make a difference our team can help direct you. Find out more and get in touch.
Our Trustee Board have unrivalled knowledge of our community, aims and objectives, and are fully committed to our charity’s purpose and beneficiaries.
Volunteering is a great way to get involved with The Brompton Fountain and meet new people.
Why not get your company or workplace involved with raising funds for The Brompton Fountain. There are lots of ways you can support us.
Meet our highly regarded Patron, cardiac surgeon Mr J Andreas Hoschtitzky
Here you can read stories of families we have helped, after reading them please think about supporting our work by making a donation.
The Brompton Fountain offers support to families from the point of diagnosis onwards, throughout the patient journey.
We understand that the difficulties of having a child with a medical condition do not stop after discharge from hospital and therefore provide services and information to help families at home, within the community.
Our team has first-hand experience caring for a child with a serious illness, so we can provide comprehensive support to parents throughout their child’s treatment journey and beyond.
We run a group called Trailblazers, supporting inpatients and outpatients of Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals aged 13-25.
The funding of portable oxygen (SATs) monitors which will allow patients to be safely monitored whilst away from the ward. They will also be used by the nurses when visiting patients in the community.
Royal Brompton’s team of Healthcare Play Specialists and Play Assistants, provide vital input for paediatric cardiac and respiratory patients.
Fund a subscription to the MedicAlert service for 12 months for patients up to the age of 25. This is a piece of medical ID that contains vital information to know in case of an emergency, providing parents and patients with peace of mind.
Providing specialist resources and funding projects for young patients during their admission to promote wellbeing and working with the hospital play services team to support children with additional needs such as autism understand what is happening to to ensure a calm surrounding.
Charity number: 1110339