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Trustees’ Week – talking to our trustee Anil Malhotra

This Trustees’ Week we are shining a light on the important work our trustees do. A trustee oversees a charity’s operations, ensures it fulfils its mission, manages funds responsibly, complies with laws, and acts in the charity’s best interests without personal gain. Our eight trustees provide their time and expertise voluntarily to Tom’s Trust, and […]

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An interview with our CEO, Rebecca Wood

Our CEO, Rebecca Wood, joined Tom’s Trust in 2020, following a career spanning 23 years in senior roles at fast-growing charities. For 17 years she was CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK, while there she grew the organisation from a team of two to over 70 employees and left it a multi-million-pound income charity. This allowed […]

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Harry receives a British Citizen Youth Award

One of our Tom’s Trust Young Ambassador’s, Harry, received a British Citizen Youth Award last week for his fundraising and awareness raising of childhood brain tumours, all done in his sister Emily’s memory. Emily tragically died of a brain tumour at the age of just eight in August 2022, within two weeks of her diagnosis […]

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Tom’s Trust announces new service application window is open

Tom’s Trust has invited Principal Treatment Centres* (PTCs) in the UK to apply for Tom’s Trust funding to establish a Tom’s Trust clinical psychology service for children with brain tumours and their families at their centre. We currently fund psychology services within three centres in the UK – Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the Great North […]

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Dr Sarah Verity takes the sibling toolkit global

Over the next couple of days, Paediatric Neuropsychologist – Dr Sarah Verity, who led the development of the Tom’s Trust Sibling Toolkit will present the toolkit at the International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO 2024) conference in Philadelphia. The conference is the largest and most important scientific meeting focused on paediatric central nervous system tumours.  […]

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Pictured: Tom’s Trust CEO – Rebecca Wood, Director of Services Development – Dr Lynda Teape, Co-Founder – Debs Mitchell

Introducing Dr Lynda Teape, our Director of Services Development

This month Tom’s Trust will welcome Dr Lynda Teape to the team as our Director of Services Development. This new and exciting post has been funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. Pictured: Tom’s Trust CEO – Rebecca Wood, Director of Services Development – Dr Lynda Teape, Co-Founder – Debs Mitchell Working closely with […]

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Two Tom’s Trust service centres named Tessa Jowell Centres of Excellence

Six UK neuro-oncology centres have been awarded the coveted Centre of Excellence status from The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM) – having met the high Standards of Excellence along their patient pathway.  Areas assessed include clinical care, quality of life care and access to clinical trials. Special attention was paid to play therapy and […]

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Investing in the development of Neuro Oncology Clinical Psychologists

Dr Catherine Harter is a consultant paediatric neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist, and Tom’s Trust is very proud to have her as a Trustee. She has worked for over 25 years within the NHS and independent practice, including neuro-oncology, acquired brain injury, neurodevelopmental (autism, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, rare genetic conditions) and child mental health services. Currently, […]

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Tom’s Trust backs National Brain Tumour Strategy campaign

Today – Thursday 29 February – Tom’s Trust stands with The Brain Tumour Charity to launch their campaign urging the Government to implement a National Brain Tumour Strategy across all four nations of the UK. Tom’s Trust is one of 34 supporters/brain tumour focused charities gathering in Parliament Square, London, to represent the average number […]

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Tom’s Trust CEO shortlisted for Strategic Leader of the Year

Tom’s Trust CEO, Rebecca Wood, has been shortlisted in the 2023 CharityComms Inspiring Communicator Awards for the Strategic Leader of the Year Award. Rebecca is being celebrated for her work at Tom’s Trust, the charity that provides mental health, wellbeing and psychological support to children with brain tumours and their families in the UK. Rebecca […]

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