Tom’s Trust expands reach to the Thames Valley region with new service
Tom’s Trust has opened a new clinical psychology service at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford, that will provide much-needed mental health support to children and young people facing a brain tumour diagnosis across the Thames Valley region, along with also supporting their families. Where Tom’s Trust works Tom’s Trust clinical psychologists support hundreds of children, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month
April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month. The theme this year is ‘Empowering young people around healthcare’. We know, from listening to our families, that the transition from child to adult services can be a big worry, they face losing the support, guidance, familiarity and understanding they had built up with their medical […]
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 […]