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Race Day raises almost £25,000 for Tom’s Trust
Last Friday we held our third Newmarket Race Day and it raised almost £25,000. The money raised will support children facing a brain tumour diagnosis, and their families, with vital psychological care...
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Skydiving for Tom’s Trust
A huge thank you to a brave team from PwC who on Saturday 17 May took to the skies of Peterborough and completed a skydive to raise money for Tom’s Trust. They raised over £4,000 – a brilliant...
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Celebrating Ella and Yasmin this Volunteer’s Week
Volunteers are the lifeblood of charities. At Tom’s Trust we have some incredible volunteers who show up again and again to support us. Some help at our fundraising events, some consult on areas of the...
View ArticleThe hidden impact on father’s mental health
This week is Men’s Health Week (9-15 June). We are taking the opportunity to highlight the mental strain that having a seriously ill child can take on fathers. Three fathers have shared their...
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Father’s mental health by our clinical psychologist, Dr Emily Townsend
This Men’s Health Week, we want to take a moment to acknowledge a group whose voices are underrepresented in both the hospital environment and research: the fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers and male...
View ArticleFather’s advice for those facing a child’s brain tumour diagnosis
This week we have marked Men’s Health Week (9-15 June) by sharing three father’s stories – they have all talked about the mental strain that having a seriously ill child can have. We have also spoken...
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Playmobil MRI kits to help children facing brain tumour treatment
Our Tom’s Trust Network Fund provides grants to clinical psychologists and paediatricians across the UK, to further clinical development, provide training, or to fund tools that support the clinicians...
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Welcoming Faris to the Young Ambassador team
“Speaking with Anna helps me vent my feelings, speak my mind and flush all the doubt and worry out of my head. It has been difficult and Anna has really helped me to reframe my thinking to a more...
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Better Together with the first ever Tom’s Trust camp!
Last weekend Tom’s Trust held the first ever Tom’s Trust Better Together Camp. We took 15 girls aged between eight and 12 years old, all of whom are living with a brain tumour, to Calvert Lakes in the...
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An interview with Caitlin Gray, Tom’s Trust assistant psychologist at...
“A supported transition from a child-centred healthcare system to an adult-oriented one can make a massive difference to a young person diagnosed with a brain tumour. It can improve their confidence in...
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