Flint wins UK Fundraiser of the Year
Tom’s Trust’s dedicated Young Ambassador Flint Clarke has won the UK Fundraiser of the Year Award at the Charity Today Awards for his fundraising efforts for the charity. Flint raised £15,000.00 for us in an ultra-endurance cycle challenge in France, becoming the youngest competitor in the challenge’s history at the age of just 14. Jodie […]
National Lottery funding enables leap forward in strategy for children’s brain tumour charity, Tom’s Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund has granted children’s brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust more than £400,000, enabling a big leap forward in its strategy to support more families. The incredible news was revealed to the charity after they applied for £427,000 of funding from the organisation’s Reaching Communities Fund over four years for three vital […]
Conquering mountains: A fundraising journey
In 2009, under unfriendly October skies, I attempted the National Three Peaks Challenge, but the weather forced us to turn back, prioritising safety over success. This year, I undertook the challenge again with two friends, and the odds seemed stacked against us from the start. Our group hailed from the Woodbridge Football Club Veterans team, […]
Local football team takes on Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for children’s brain tumour charity
The Woodbridge Vets football team has completed the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for two charities close to their hearts. Martin Shave, who is a trustee of children’ s brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust, and two other members of the football team – Jimmy Andrews and Chris Kyle – took on the challenge to […]
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 […]
A decade of Tom’s Trust in Cambridge: an interview with the clinical psychologists
As Tom’s Trust celebrates the NHS taking over the funding of our Cambridge psychologists, we interviewed the team – Angela Kirby, Lead Clinical Pyshologist, Dr Philippa Lewington, Clinical Psychologist, and Mariana Decheva
Studies reveal ADHD drug improves quality of life for child survivors of brain tumours
A repurposed ADHD medication could change the lives of children who have survived a brain tumour, after new UK studies reveal improvements in brain functioning and improved quality of life for patients. The two recent studies: Methylphenidate improves cognitive function and health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood brain tumours and Parental Perceptions of […]
Group of nine completes Great North Run for children’s brain tumour charity
A Gosforth mum has led a Great North Run campaign to support a children’s brain tumour charity after her son was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Jenny Mann and the other eight runners successfully completed the half marathon for children’s brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust, to help raise vital funds for the charity in recognition […]
Gosforth mum leads Great North Run campaign for children’s brain tumour charity
A Gosforth mum is leading a Great North Run campaign to support a children’s brain tumour charity after her son was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Jenny Mann is currently training for the half marathon in September for children’s brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust, to help raise vital funds for the charity in recognition of […]
Teenager climbs 19,000ft to Kilimanjaro summit to raise £15,500 for charity in memory of his mum
A teenager from Cambridge has climbed more than 19,000 feet to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, raising more than £15,500 in memory of his mum who died of a brain tumour. Jake Long, 19, completed the climb with friends Ollie Turner and Louis Harhalakis, also 19. Together they raised more than £15,500 for Tom’s Trust, […]
Family finishes huge 192- mile coast-to-coast challenge in memory of “bright and creative” eight-year-old who died from a brain tumour
A family has finished a huge 192-mile coast-to-coast challenge across the UK in memory of their “bright and creative” daughter and sister who died of a brain tumour at the age of just eight. Emily Smith tragically died in August 2022 within two weeks of her diagnosis after an MRI revealed she had a brain […]
Teenager to climb more than 18,000ft to Kilimanjaro summit to raise money for charity in memory of his mum
A teenager from Cambridge is to climb more than 18,000 feet to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity in memory of his mum who died of a brain tumour. Jake Long, 19, will set off on his climb, which he estimates will take around one week, with his friends Ollie […]