Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity provides specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children living with complex, lifelong conditions and their families. Their vision is that every seriously ill child has a Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse to help them to lead a more marvellous life. 


 "If we didn't have our Roald Dahl Nurse, we'd feel completely alone." Parent of a seriously ill child.

Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses support over 24,000 seriously ill children. As a charity that works in partnership with the NHS, they find innovative ways to ensure that children and families have the care and support they need. They do this through improving the healthcare outcomes and resilience of children and families, and focus on complex, lifelong conditions that are underfunded and under resourced.


The outcomes they are aiming to achieve are:

• Improved quality of care

• Improved experience of care

• Improved efficiency and cost effectiveness of care

• Improved resilience of seriously ill children and their families

 "We are supported by Tina who is an extended part of our family. She is my lifeline at the end of a telephone. There are never going to be enough thank you’s in the world for what Tina does for us and the impact she has had on our family.” Carter’s family


Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses are a vital lifeline to the children and their families, supporting them clinically and emotionally. They co-ordinate care and are often there for them until adulthood. Although Roald Dahl Nurses operate across a number of different specialisms, they are all specialist nurses who are make a huge difference to children and families.

“Our Roald Dahl Nurse, Sarah keeps us afloat when we were sinking – she keeps us going.” Logan’s family