This is one of those events that happens when stories of different rhythms and pulses ebb in an unlikely unison. But sometimes, there’s one pitch, or a tone -or even a hum- that underlies everything else and holds it together.

Sick Children’s Trust is a charity that provides what they call “Homes from Home” for families with a seriously ill child in hospital. Founded in 1982, Dr. Pritchard and Professor Malpas were motivated by what they saw in the hospitals they worked in.