2023 Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Don't let Them Lose Hope!!
This year, we are collaborating with the Childhood Cancer Charity to campaign and raise awareness of the wellbeing needs faced by Children & Young People diagnosed with cancer and the Childhood Cancer research challenges that limit innovation in treatment and care. We will be reaching out to the local Voluntary, Community, Social and Enterprise (VCSE) sectors in the Hillingdon area to raise awareness of this important cause. We invite you to join our campaign in September 2023.
Promote our campaign.
Do Something To Fundraise.
Bring the Family to Our Family Fun Day
#DLFCCAM2023 Family Fun Day
#DLFWearSomethingYellow2023
What We Do and Why Your Support is Important
Everyday, many of our families are struggling with feelings of isolation. They struggle to meet day to day needs as the juggle the priorities of caring for their child with cancer. Many parents cannot balance keeping hold of work against urgent care needs, multiple oncology clinics, hospital scans, administering medication, other sibling needs, school, family and friends.
More action is required to improve the wellbeing support available to our children. A child diagnosed with cancer requires complex wellbeing and social care support that should be prioritised for alongside medical care, to ensure their holistic needs are addressed whilst receiving care. Through ring-fenced local and national government funding, this is achievable.
The priorities of emotional, mental and psychological self care, sibling care, and other needs quickly fall away in this fast-paced environment become low in priority. Sleep, rest, diet, nutrition, lifestyle, emotional wellbeing increase in low priority and in the medium to long term, changes start to show. Without support, family relationships and friendships start to strain and eventually break apart under the pressure of new and complex wellbeing changes.
Please write to your MP to request more funding to provide our children and their families with access to structured wellbeing support after diagnosis. Please click here to read about some of the specialist services we offer.
Thank You Patricia Wright, CEO of Hillingdon Hospital
Bumblebee Ward - Children's Oncology team.
Thank You Rainbow Ward -
Hillingdon Hospital for wearing something yellow.
Thank You Carer's Trust Hillingdon
for wearing something yellow.
Thank You Metro Bank Uxbridge
#DLFCCAM2023
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and as part of the same community, we share a single desire to see the children and young people within our community grow and develop safely - particularly when faced with a cancer diagnosis.
We would like to thank Metro Bank for their commitment to support the Voluntary, Community, Social and Enterprise (VCSE) sectors, to improve the quality of the holistic wellbeing support services available our children and young people diagnosed with brain tumours, other cancers and their families. Together we can build a stronger, more inclusive and supportive community network. #familywellbeingmatters
#DLFWearSomethingYellow 2023
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