Leave a gift in your Will to Tom’s Trust
“Leaving a gift in your Will to Tom’s Trust will help to change the lives of children with brain tumours across the UK. Thank you.” This Remember A Charity Week (9-15 September) we would like to ask you to consider leaving a gift to Tom’s Trust in your Will. We are so grateful to everyone […]
Generations gather to walk 73 miles in memory of beautiful Emily
A family is set to walk 73 miles along The Cumbria Way in memory of their daughter /sister / niece / cousin who died of a brain tumour at the age of just eight. Emily tragically died in August 2022 within two weeks of her diagnosis after an MRI revealed she had a brain tumour. […]
Turners of Soham team climbs and flies for Tom’s Trust
Turners of Soham has completed a mammoth challenge to raise more money for Tom’s Trust. Since they started supporting us they have raised over £10,000 for Tom’s Trust. Earlier this month a team of 10 from Turners hiked up Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), the highest mountain in Wales and England. As if that wasn’t enough […]
Keep children busy (for good reasons) this summer!
Alex, aged 9, from Cambridge, kicked off his summer holidays by raising money for Tom’s Trust, after he heard about our work. He cycled a brilliant 10 miles – doing loops around his village, and then went on to run a cake and toy sale in his front garden. His community and school got behind […]
Tom’s Trust turns 13 today – 13 highlights from the past year
In the last 13 years we have provided psychological support to over 1600 children with brain and other central nervous system tumours and 4800 family members. Thanks to you – our supporters. Our 13 highlights from the last year include: -Opening our Alder Hey service supporting children in the North West -Launching the UK’s first […]
Join Team Tom at the Cambridge Half Marathon in 2025
We are currently recruiting for our 70 strong 2025 Cambridge Half Marathon team. Would you be interested in running as part of Team Tom around the historic streets of Cambridge on March 9th next year? Book your place Click the link below and pop Jess Wilde, our Community & Corporate Fundraising Manager, an email to […]
Young Ambassador Grace is set to run the Great North Run Junior race
Grace, aged 10 from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, will be running this year’s Junior Great North Run on 7th September 2024 to raise funds for Tom’s Trust. She is one of our superstar Young Ambassador’s. The Junior Great North Run is the biggest kids’ running event in Britain, with thousands of children taking part in the 4km sprint along […]
Friends face 10,000 mile adventure car rally across Europe to raise funds for Tom’s Trust
Starting on 9th July (until 7th August) four friends including: (Hector Trower from Saffron Walden, Essex / Julian Baring from Banbury, Oxfordshire / Will Smith from Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire and Ned PB from Salisbury, Wiltshire) will take on the Poles of Inconvenience challenge to raise money for Tom’s Trust. Their team, aptly named ‘James May […]
Thank you for Going Grey in May
A huge thank you to all those who got involved in our Go Grey in May campaign. We raised a brilliant £6,378 which is nearly double our target. We aimed to raise £3,335, which is what it costs for a clinical psychologist to support one child and their family for a year. We have now […]
Volunteer’s Week – Anna shares her volunteer story
Volunteers are the lifeblood of charities. At Tom’s Trust we have some incredible volunteers who show up again and again to support us. Some help at our fundraising events, some consult on areas of the charity, and then we have our committed group of Young Ambassadors and Trustees. All of them give their time and […]
Bartlow Three Counties Walk 2024
A huge thank you to those who joined Team Tom at Bartlow Three Counties Walk this Sunday 5th May. The sun shone, the shoes got muddy, and many Kitsch Hen Scotch Eggs were eaten! This popular annual sponsored walk in the countryside covers three counties; Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex and raises much needed funds for […]
Three ways you can help Tom’s Trust today
Tom’s Trust Clinical Psychologists support hundreds of children, and thousands of families, within hospitals in the East, North-East and North-West, helping children from diagnosis, through their brutal treatment and as they return to life at home. One of the mums we support said: “When my son was first diagnosed with his tumour, my fear of […]