Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: The importance of clinical psychology
September marks the start of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of the challenges faced by children and families affected by childhood cancer. For children diagnosed with a brain tumour, the impact can extend far beyond their physical health. Diagnosis and treatment can affect their emotions, relationships, education and everyday life, as […]
Better Together Camp 2026 – ‘a life changing experience’
From 19th – 22nd June, Tom’s Trust held our second ever ‘Better Together Camp’. 18 boys aged 9–14, all living with a brain tumour, came together for a weekend filled with fun, friendship, adventure and plenty of laughter. We had the pleasure of being joined by twenty incredible volunteers, both from Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool – and three of […]
Monavate hosts Fastest Day in Fintech for Tom’s Trust
Last Thursday, the Fastest Day in Fintech helped drive something even more powerful than payments and performance cars; it powered brighter futures for children with brain tumours. Teams from across the finance world came together at Palmer Sport, in an adrenaline-filled day of speed, spins and smiles – hosted by our friends at Monavate. They […]
Supporting siblings in schools: Call to take part
Our trainee clinical psychologist Tiffany is researching how education staff support the psychological adjustment of siblings of children with cancer A child’s brain tumour diagnosis can have a big impact on the young person and their siblings’ education. It can affect school attendance, peer relationships, concentration in class, ability to complete homework and other routines. A supportive adult can be […]
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 […]