Recent News
Six things to remember when talking to children about death and dying
Our Director of Services Development and clinical psychologist, Dr Lynda Teape, offers guidance on talking to children after the death of a loved one. 1. Keep talking It can be difficult to know where to start and what language to use. You may have never had to talk to a child about death before and […]
Ten ways to support a grieving parent
Our Director of Services Development, and clinical psychologist, Dr Lynda Teape offers guidance on how to support a grieving parent. 1. Acknowledge your own grief and discomfort. This will likely bring up lots of difficult feelings for you and so it’s important to make sure that you are looking after yourself. You likely knew the […]
Navigating grief after the death of a child
When a child dies, it is a pain like no other, and that pain can be emotional, psychological and physical. We not only lose that child, but we also lose the imagined future for them and for us. It disrupts the whole family system and impacts your relationships with the other parent and any other […]
Facing grief
Monday 2 December marks the start of Grief Awareness Week. Tom’s Trust itself was born out of the death of a child, beautiful Tom. Tom was eight when he was diagnosed with a huge Medulloblastoma brain tumour, he died eight months after his initial symptoms. Debs Mitchell, Tom’s mum and Co-Founder of Tom’s Trust says: […]
Project launched exploring inequality in access to psychological care within childhood brain tumour services
A pilot year-long project studying the inequality in access to psychological care within childhood brain tumour services, and the implications on access to clinical trials, has been launched by a team at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle and funded by Tom’s Trust. This unique project aims to understand the differences in resources across […]
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, […]