Returning to school and bullying
Tom’s Trust has pledged to support the Anti Bullying Alliance’s ‘Anti-Bullying Week 2024’ and we are using the week to highlight the real problem and worry that bullying is for those children we support. We know that bullying is sadly, an all-too-common experience for school-aged children. As many as one in four of all children […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Turners of Soham team climbs and flies for Tom’s Trust
Turners of Soham has completed a mammoth challenge to raise more money for Tom’s Trust. Since they started supporting us they have raised over £10,000 for Tom’s Trust. Earlier this month a team of 10 from Turners hiked up Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), the highest mountain in Wales and England. As if that wasn’t enough […]