FOR a place that you might expect to be mostly about death, Rachel House is remarkably full of life.
The House is one of only two specialist children’s hospices in Scotland – the other is Robin House, in Balloch, at the southern tip of Loch Lomond – both run by CHAS (formerly Children’s Hospice Association Scotland, now operating as Children’s Hospices Across Scotland).
Tucked away behind the centre of Kinross, one end of the discreet two-storey complex rings with noise: happy chattering children, singing along to the music therapy, playing with the toys scattered around the common area. It could almost be a regular nursery.