The Laura Centre

TO RELIEVE ADULTS SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF AN ANTICIPATED OR ACTUAL DEATH OF A CHILD OF ANY AGE AND FROM ANY CAUSE AND TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING THE EFFECT OF ANTICIPATED OR ACTUAL DEATH OF A SIBLING, PARENT, GRANDPARENT OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT PERSON THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO LIFE THREATENING DISEASES AND THE EFFECTS OF BEREAVEMENT ON PARENTS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED THE DEATH OF A CHILD OR WHOSE CHILD IS SUFFERING FROM A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS; ANDTHE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.