It's difficult to think of a more melancholy place than a hospice for very sick children, but the work that they do for very ill kids and their families is incredibly valuable. It's set to open in 2008 and receives few public funds (lke much of the hospice movement such as Macmillen Nurses). If you want to find out more about what they do then visit their website at Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice.

It's build on the old Dinnington colliery site, which looks desolate in winter 2008, but should bloom into a pretty good nature reserve within a few years as nature heals the torn earth.