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With your donation, we can continue to offer vital emotional , spiritual and practical wellbeing support to more children with brain tumours, other cancers and their families regularly. 

Thank you for giving to the Daniella Logun Foundation (DLF)

Did you know that a brain tumour diagnosis in a child is life changing event for the child, their family, friends & their community?


Childhood brain tumours introduce permanent early onset disabilities in a child that affect mobility, sight, hearing, speech and language. 


London Borough of Hillingdon Mayor's Chosen Charity - 2022/23.

Your donation will help fund our DLF Christmas Toy Drive

Showing love to our children diagnosed with brain tumours, other cancers and their siblings at Christmas.


Every Christmas, we celebrate the season of glad tidings by gifting our children and their siblings with brand new toys!  Thank you to The Directory Guys, The Hillingdon Hospital, Tesco, SpinMaster, Brunel University Volunteers and many more community partners who help us make this dream a reality each year.  Please click here to find out more.

Hope, Faith & Love

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Your donation will help fund spiritual support which means so much more than religion... 

When a child is diagnosed with a brain tumour or cancer, questions arise in the mind of the parents, siblings, carers and loved ones.  Difficult questions.  Irrespective of a person's belief system, Faith or no Faith. 


Through the support of our chaplain, we are committed to providing non-judgmental support to help each child and their primary care givers, to unpick some of those questions that might catch them off guard.


Please click on the button below to learn more. 

What Does Spiritual Support Mean?

"Ambulance, emergency surgery, waiting, recovery, waiting, more scans more tests, waiting, Will he open his eyes? Will he speak?" 


 "Can he swallow? Can he use his left arm? Can he hear me? Is he hurting? Will he ever be able to walk? Will he make it through tonight?"


"Question after question after terrifying question."




Catherine

(DLF Mum)

"I feel disempowered..."


That's how 99% of our parents tell us they feel. Disempowered.  According to our parent carers, coping with the rigours of receiving treatment on the cancer pathway, feels as if they have been 'thrown into a whirlwind experience' of new complex medical information, multiple clinics/hospitals, multi-disciplinary professionals, changing care needs, emotional turmoil, anxiety, panic, exhaustion, uncertainty, fear and other emotions that are difficult to keep up with.  Even after being discharged from hospital, 90% of our parent carers tell us they still feel lost, and find themselves learning to rebuild their children's lives, regain their confidence and reintegrate back into the community alone! 


With more questions than answers, our children and their parent carers are often hesitant to speak up or ask important questions about their wellbeing for fear of being judged, criticized or being seen as argumentative or disruptive by the oncology teams around them.  Holding back these deep emotions, increases feelings of anxiety, overwhelm and contributes to feelings of mistrust between parents and the oncology teams around their child.  If unaddressed, this can widen a sense of disconnection in children with cancer and their parent carers. 


Our children with cancer and their parent carers often carry lingering feelings of isolation, emotional fatigue, anger, depression, inadequacy etc due to the shock of the cancer diagnosis and because they struggle to keep up with the fast paced 'whirlwind' that is cancer treatment and the balance of juggling everyday life.  We recognise that the child with cancer remains central in this unsettling and fast changing environment.  If the wellbeing needs of each child and their parent carers are left unattended to, it can deepen the impact of longer term emotional distress and trauma including feelings of anxiety, depression or thoughts of self harm or suicide at the worst. However, there is hope. We know that offering holistic wellbeing support alongside the delivery of cancer care, can significantly improve the emotional, spiritual and practical outcomes in the child and their parent carers.



Your donation will fund our services and help us reach our children and their families with more emotional, spiritual and physical (practical) support when they need it.  We offer healthy food boxes, including fresh food, brand new toys, wellbeing gifts, advocacy and Special Educational Needs SEN support to our children, their siblings and parent carers. We offer one-to-one and  group support sessions.  We coach our children and families on how to work through difficult emotions, connect with therapeutic/counselling sessions to help reduce feelings of isolation.  We support our parent carers to learn how to make better wellbeing choices and learn to cope with the pressures of caring for their children with brain tumours/cancer.  Our wellbeing support service is here to help our children and their families rebuild their lives and overcome the social & cultural barriers that impact their quality of life.  We are here to help our children and their families access holistic wellbeing support when they need it.


Children diagnosed with brain tumours or other neurological cancers experience major disabilities up to 2weeks after diagnosis.  This change affects how they communicate, and process information.  This means they will more than likely need help learning at school.  According to NHS England, a child or young person has special educational needs and disabilities if they have a learning difficulty and/or a disability, which means they need special health and education support.  This is shortened to SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.


If you have found that your child's learning changed after they were diagnosed with a brain tumour or neurological cancer, it might be because the way their brain or nervous system controls their learning or cognitive behaviour has changed as a result of the brain tumour or neurological cancer diagnosis.  Parents, your child might need a referral to a SEND specialist.


Please click on the button below to make a referral and speak with our coach for free further information. 

Make A Referral

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Hope, Faith & Love

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To remember  the children who have passed away and to support their parents and siblings.

Thank you to the Worshipful Mayor Cllr Shehryar Ahmad-Wallana, the Brunel University Volunteer Department, our community of #TeamDLF volunteers friends and well wishers who joined our April fun bike ride to raising funds to support the families of our children who have passed away, and those with terminal cancer to afford essential food and clothing.  Thank you everyone!


Help us build stronger local networks, reach corporate sponsors and cycling champions and do more.  Read more here thank you.

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DLF GoFundMe Campaign

Your donation will help us fund our Brain Tumour Awareness Month (BTAM) campaign in March

Childhood brain tumours are unlike other cancers. 


Childhood brain tumours are unlike any other childhood cancer.  They are rare and complex diseases which according to NICE, are responsible for 1 in 5 childhood cancer deaths in the UK.  About 498 children will develop brain tumours each year and childhood brain tumours are one of the six Less Survivable Cancers (LSC) today.  The signs & symptoms of childhood brain tumours are often non-specific and sadly easily missed or diagnosed late.  Sadly, 90% of our families experienced a misdiagnosis or late diagnosis. 

Nothing really prepares the child or their family for the changes they will encounter after diagnosis.  The emotional shock of the diagnosis in the child, often leaves the family feeling devastated, with a lingering sense of grief or despair at the impact of this diagnosis to their child's life.  Children with brain tumours are known to deteriorate faster and within a shorter period. Sadly, many children with brain tumours will loose their mobility, sight, hearing, speech and language within a short period. 

Help us reach more children, young people diagnosed with brain tumours and their families. 


Don't Let Them Lose Hope!


September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM). 

Help fund our work to go gold in September for CCAM and host a free family fun day to raise awareness of the wellbeing support challenges faced by our children with cancer and their families.  Please click here to find out more.

CCAM Just Giving Page

Winner: Brunel Volunteers Charity Of The Year 22/23.

DLF GoFundMe Campaign

Children diagnosed with brain tumours or other neurological cancers experience major disabilities up to 2weeks after diagnosis.  This change affects how they communicate, and process information.  This means they will more than likely need help learning at school.  According to NHS England, a child or young person has special educational needs and disabilities if they have a learning difficulty and/or a disability, which means they need special health and education support.  This is shortened to SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.


If you have found that your child's learning changed after they were diagnosed with a brain tumour or neurological cancer, it might be because the way their brain or nervous system controls their learning or cognitive behaviour has changed as a result of the brain tumour or neurological cancer diagnosis.  Parents, your child might need a referral to a SEND specialist.


Please click on the button below to make a referral and speak with our coach for free further information. 

Make A Referral
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