Lifelites

Lifelites started out as a pilot project of the WCIT in 1999 with the idea of using the power of Information Technology and high tech entertainments to give children in hospices the chance to spend quality time with their families, the means to keep in contact with their school and friends, and simply to enjoy themselves away from the constant reality of their illness.  

The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys selected this initiative as their millennium project, providing project management to roll out the model to every children’s hospice in England. 

The ‘Lifelites’ network – was launched as an independent charity in August 2006, and Lifelites’ work has expanded to meet the growing demand from the mushrooming network of children’s hospices (currently 44) throughout the UK, serving around 7,100 children and their families. Since 1999, goods and services worth in excess of £7.5 million have been donated by Lifelites for children in hospices.

Lifelites continues to benefit from the expertise of ITC members, with individual Freemen and Liverymen continuing to work as volunteers.