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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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Harry receives a British Citizen Youth Award

One of our Tom’s Trust Young Ambassador’s, Harry, received a British Citizen Youth Award last week for his fundraising and awareness raising of childhood brain tumours, all done in his sister Emily’s memory. Emily tragically died of a brain tumour at the age of just eight in August 2022, within two weeks of her diagnosis […]

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Connor’s story, as told by his mum Ruth

“Tom’s Trust has shown the need for mental health support. How can you stay strong and fight for your child if you’re broken inside and see no way out?” Connor’s mum, Ruth   Connor, now 17, loves playing on his Xbox, watching his brother play football, and clothes shopping. He is described as strong, funny […]

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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 […]

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Polly’s story, as told by her mum Emily

“Without our clinical psychology sessions this journey would have been even tougher.” Polly’s mum, Emily. Meet Polly, also known as Gumdrops by her adoring mum. Polly is 10, and loves dancing, Monsters Inc, and ponies. She was also diagnosed with a life-changing benign Optical Pathway Glioma at just 14 months’ old, at Alder Hey Children’s […]

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Generations gather to walk 73 miles in memory of beautiful Emily

A family is set to walk 73 miles along The Cumbria Way in memory of their daughter /sister / niece / cousin who died of a brain tumour at the age of just eight. Emily tragically died in August 2022 within two weeks of her diagnosis after an MRI revealed she had a brain tumour. […]

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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 […]

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Keep children busy (for good reasons) this summer!

Alex, aged 9, from Cambridge, kicked off his summer holidays by raising money for Tom’s Trust, after he heard about our work. He cycled a brilliant 10 miles – doing loops around his village, and then went on to run a cake and toy sale in his front garden. His community and school got behind […]

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Young Ambassador, Jamie

Jamie joins us as a Young Ambassador

Following his brain tumour diagnosis four years ago, Jamie, 18, from Frizington in Cumbria, has decided to join us as a Young Ambassador. The role will see him support other children and young adults who are facing a brain tumour diagnosis by bravely sharing his story with the media and through our social and marketing […]

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