Celebrating one year of supporting families at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Yesterday we hosted a celebration event to mark a year of our service at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital – where we fund three clinical psychologists. Our clinical psychologists support families across the North West where a child has been diagnosed with a brain or central nervous system tumour. The event brought together the clinical team, […]
Going Grey in May – our corporate supporters
May is nearly up and we have had a brilliant time seeing how our corporate partners have supported our Go Grey in May campaign, designed to raise awareness of childhood brain tumours and aiming to raise £3,335. This is the amount it costs Tom’s Trust to fund a clinical psychologist to support one child and […]
WOLF Pack push mountains for Tom’s Trust
Last month, the Way Of Life Fitness (WOLF) studio team, led by Founder Steve Larsen, have been fundraising for Tom’s Trust by pushing 100kg of sled weight the collective distance of the 10 highest peaks on earth – a total of 83’782 meters. A steep challenge! In doing so they honour Tom’s Trust’s children and […]
Talking to children about a family cancer diagnosis
Childhood cancer affects many families in the UK. In fact, around 1800 children are diagnosed in the UK every year. 600 of those are children diagnosed with a brain tumour. When including adults there are around 375,000 new cancer cases in the UK every year, that’s around 1,000 every day. Despite the impact that a […]
55 Cambridge Half Marathon runners raise more than £16,000 for Tom’s Trust
Our Team Tom Cambridge Half Marathon runners have raised over £16,000 for Tom’s Trust by pounding the pavements and running through history to change the future for children with brain tumours. The Cambridge Half Marathon event on Sunday 3 March saw 15,000 runners take part in the 13.1-mile route through the historic city. Tom’s […]
Pozitive Energy donates £30,000 to Tom’s Trust
This week our largest corporate partner, Pozitive Energy, hosted a brand preview party at The Brewery, London, to communicate the company’s vision for the future and announced a £30,000 donation to Tom’s Trust. Pozitive is the UK’s sixth largest energy company and provides businesses with a family of products, including telecoms, financial services, electric vehicle […]
UK’s first Sibling Toolkit launched by Tom’s Trust
Children’s charity Tom’s Trust has funded and launched the UK’s first Sibling Toolkit to help the brothers and sisters of children with cancer, who are often left feeling ‘sad, angry and lonely’. The expert 40-page toolkit was written by the neuro-oncology psychology team at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, over 18 months in […]
A letter of thanks
Tom’s Trust treated the children we support to some wonderful gifts while they were spending time in hospital over the Christmas period. We received this heartfelt letter, which we’d love to share with all of our supporters. Dear Tom’s Trust, I am writing to thank you for your extremely generous donation for Christmas gifts […]
Tom’s Trust asks supporters for their help in vote
Tom’s Trust is asking supporters to vote for the charity to become Panther Taxis’ next charity of the year for 2024. It’s takes just one minute and by doing so Tom’s Trust could stand to gain £25,000 to support our families over the next year. There are two stages. For the first stage, we need […]
Flint wins UK Fundraiser of the Year
Tom’s Trust’s dedicated Young Ambassador Flint 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 Vaughan, […]
Family finishes huge 192- mile coast-to-coast challenge
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 […]
Family walks 192 miles in coast-to-coast challenge
A family is set to walk 192 miles in a huge 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 […]