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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
An interview with Dr Meghan Owens, Clinical Psychologist at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
As we celebrated a year of the Tom’s Trust service at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital we took the opportunity to interview Dr Meghan Owens, our clinical lead at the centre, about the past year, challenges, how our funding helps, and looking to the future. Before the Tom’s Trust Clinical Psychologist team came on board at […]
Tom’s Trust turns 13 today – 13 highlights from the past year
In the last 13 years we have provided psychological support to over 1600 children with brain and other central nervous system tumours and 4800 family members. Thanks to you – our supporters. Our 13 highlights from the last year include: -Opening our Alder Hey service supporting children in the North West -Launching the UK’s first […]