Ciaran's House
Welcome to Ciaran’s House, a Home from Home close to Edinburgh Hospital. Ciaran’s House offers free accommodation for families to stay close to their child when they're having cancer treatment.
Ciaran’s House Edinburgh
Address
450 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4SS
Phone
0131 664 7557
The house an 11 minute walk away from the hospital
It takes five minutes to walk from the house to the nearest shop
The longest family stay was 123 days in 2024/25
157 families stayed at Ciaran’s House in 2024/25
Facilities at Ciaran’s House
- Nine en suite bedrooms
- Lounges
- Teenage and play room
- Laundry room
- Kitchen diners
- Free parking
Induction times for new families are 9am to 1pm on Mondays to Thursday and 9am to 12pm on Friday. Ciaran’s House Home from Home Manager is Mandy Tait available to contact on 07747 686362
Marianne, mum of Aaron, diagnosed with aveolar rhabdomyosarcomaThe house itself is amazing, it’s so well run, Mandy and Sandra are just lovely and go out of their way to make things bearable when you are dealing with so much as a family. Ciaran’s house was an amazing resource and we used it right through Aaron’s treatment.
How Ciaran’s House got its name
In 2018 we launched a competition to name Ciaran’s House, asking families who had stayed at our old Home from Home in Edinburgh, CLIC Villa, to put forward nominations.
The winning name was put forward by young cancer patient Reon, 13, whose brother Ciaran, 16, twice donated him his bone marrow, after he was diagnosed with leukaemia. The boys’ mum Aileen said: “This is fantastic news – I am feeling very emotional. CLIC Sargent has been an absolute rock for my family.”
Votes for the name came from as far afield as America and Australia to name our new Home from Home, which saw three other families nominate their ‘cancer heroes’. In honour of all four names put forward for the vote, we decided to take the initial from each cancer hero (Ciaran, April, Leona and Ian) and name a room ‘CALI’s Room’.
