Charities and Support Organisations
Charities and Support Organisations
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National Charities
National Charities
Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly Clic Sargent) provide a range of supportive information for parents and families including emotional and practical support, financial support, teen and young adult support and homes from home.
Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) offers unique care and support, designed for and with young people. They fund specialised nurses, youth workers and hospital units in the NHS, so young people have dedicated staff and facilities to support them throughout treatment.
They run events for young people with cancer to help them regain independence and meet other young people going through something similar.
TCT also provide easy-to-understand information about every aspect of living with cancer as a young person.
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group is a leading children’s cancer charity and the UK & Ireland’s professional association for those involved in the treatment and care of children with cancer.
They help young patients and their families with their award-winning information resources written by experts.
Macmillan Cancer Support provide services for people living with cancer at every stage of their cancer experience. They are here to provide emotional, practical, physical, and financial support.
The Macmillan Support Line offers confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. If you need to talk, they'll listen.
Cancer Research UK is the largest cancer research organisation in the world outside the USA. They fund research on all aspects of cancer from its causes to prevention and treatment.
They produce high quality information for people affected by cancer. As well their information on children's cancers and support for children and their families, you can call their nurse freephone helpline on 0808 800 4040 available from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Or you can send them a question online.
The Rainbow Trust provide emotional and practical support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. They pair each family with an expert Family Support Worker who provides practical and emotional support, whenever they need it, for as long as is needed.
Lennox Children's Cancer Fund support UK families through the emotional and financial effects of childhood cancer. They offer emotional, practical and financial support and free respite breaks.
The Give A Duck Foundation is a children’s cancer charity, supporting children who have been diagnosed with cancer throughout the UK.
Chemo Duck is a soft, cuddly companion that is fitted with medical lines and ports to mirror those of the child. Chemo Duck is used to prepare children for their treatment, be it an appointment with their Consultant, administering chemotherapy or taking blood samples.
Together for Short Lives want to help every child and family living with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition get the very best care and support they can so they can make the most of every moment together. Through their family support team and helpline they provide families of seriously ill children with emotional, financial and practical support and advice.
The WPA Charitable Foundation provides assistance with transport costs to and from hospital for families based in the South West in financial distress with profoundly ill children. If you are in need of support your CNS can apply to the Foundation on your behalf.
Listening Ear provide age-appropriate bereavement therapy services for children and young people. Accredited status with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
South West Region
South West Region
Jessy May's mission is to provide the very best care and support possible, at home, for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their whole families – for the whole journey in life, at the end of life, and in bereavement.
Bristol
Bristol
The Grand Appeal is the official Bristol Children’s Hospital charity, supporting families at the children’s hospital. They run three accommodation houses that provide a safe and supportive place for families to stay while your child is in hospital. The Grand Appeal's Family Support Practitioners help families cope with the pressures and complexities that come with having a child in hospital, and providing practical and dedicated advice to help them move forward.
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Charlies Cancer Support and Therapy Centre provides cancer support for children and young people through peer support and wellbeing activities.
Plymouth
Plymouth
Hugs Childrens Cancer Charity helps families in the Plymouth area who have a child with cancer. They provide emotional support to families, so no one feels they are battling alone.
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