Tom’s Trust celebrates NHS funding announcement
Press release by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Brainbow, a rehabilitation service for children and young people with brain tumours based at Addenbrooke’s celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday. Brainbow was founded as a collaboration between CUH and three visionary local charities – Anna’s Hope, Camille’s Appeal and Tom’s Trust. Later the Joshua Tarrant […]
Annual Bartlow walk raises more than £19,000
A popular annual walk in the countryside has raised more than £19,000 for three charities. The Bartlow Charity Walk covers three counties; Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex, raising much needed funds this year for three worthy causes: Tom’s Trust, Addenbrookes Cancer Research Hospital and Bartlow Church Restoration. The eighteen years of the walk have raised over […]
Mimi and Flint Clarke awarded for their contributions to Tom’s Trust
Tom’s Trust Young Ambassadors Mimi Clarke and her brother Flint Clarke have both won awards for their incredible efforts in supporting Tom’s Trust at the Inspirational YoungStars Awards. Mimi, 13, and Flint, 15, have been active in supporting the work of Tom’s Trust, which provides mental health support to children with brain tumours and their […]
Auction live! “Cherish this moment” piece, by Cambridge artist, donated to Tom’s Trust
Cambridge contemporary artist, Sue Rapley, has donated “Cherish this Moment”, a stunning piece of contemporary art created especially for Tom’s Trust supporters, that is available to bid on here. In the poignant piece, Sue has used oil to create an illusion of light, with a beautiful depiction of coastal memories in the sand dunes. The […]
Tom’s Trust’s team of 54 Cambridge Half Marathon runners raises more than £27,000
A charity team of Cambridge Half Marathon Runners has raised a phenomenal £27,588 for children with brain tumours. The group of 54 runners supporting Tom’s Trust, the children’s brain tumour charity based in Cambridge, far surpassed their goal of raising £17,500 and has now raised enough to support 23 families living with a brain tumour […]
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek 2023
This week (6th-12th February 2023) is Place2B‘s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek. We’re proud to be the only UK charity focused on providing mental health care to children with brain tumours and their loved ones, and this week we’re encouraging all families living with a brain tumour to reach out for support and talk about how they’re feeling. Our […]
Families enjoy Brainbow Christmas party
Some of our families were able to enjoy a special Christmas party at Lanwades Hall, Suffolk, on Christmas Eve. The event was held by Brainbow, the rehabilitation service for children and young people with brain tumours, based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where Tom’s Trust makes up one of three charities which fund the service. […]
Ambassador Ben Blowes holds training session for Team Tom runners
Tom’s Trust Ambassador Ben Blowes held a training session on Sunday for Team Tom runners signed up to the Cambridge Half Marathon. The team met by Midsommer Common in Cambridge for the running session which saw them work up a sweat ahead of the 13.1 mile run on Sunday 5th March. The group even found […]
Tom’s Trust to attend awards ceremony tonight after being shortlisted for two children’s awards
Tom’s Trust has been shortlisted for two Children & Young People Now Awards and will attend the awards ceremony tonight. The charity has been shortlisted for The Family Support Award and Tom’s Trust Young Champions Mimi Clarke and Riley Akers have been shortlisted for The Children’s Achievement Award. The table at the awards ceremony, which […]
Gosforth mum and team raise thousands of pounds to support children’s brain tumour charity in Great North Run
A dedicated mum from Gosforth has helped to raise thousands of pounds for the charity which helped her family after her son was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Jenny Mann completed the Great North Run on 11 September for children’s brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust, to help raise vital funds for the charity in recognition […]
Accountancy firm raise £4,000 in Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge for children with brain tumours
An accountancy firm in East Anglia has raised more than £4,000 for children with brain tumours by completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in under 12 hours. The UHY Hacker Young East team based in Letchworth, Cambridge and Huntingdon, took on the three major peaks in the Yorkshire Dales on Friday 26 August, to raise […]
10-year-old’s swim challenge raises more than £1,000 for children’s brain tumour charity
A 10-year-old boy from Teddington has raised more than £1,000 in a swim challenge which will change the life of a child with a brain tumour for a whole year. Jack Wright’s challenge involved swimming for one hour every day for five days at his local pool, Lensbury Resort, in July. In total the schoolboy […]