Links to other charities and organisations
Rays of Sunshine
www.raysofsunshine.org.uk
Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity exists to grant the wishes of children who are living with serious or life-threatening illnesses between the ages of 3-18 who live in the United Kingdom.
The Mulberry Centre
www.themulberrycentre.co.uk
The Mulberry Centre is an independent charity located in the grounds of The West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, Middlesex. They offer access to information, advice and support within a non-clinical and welcoming environment to all those affected by the diagnosis of cancer.
Virgin Money Giving
www.virginmoneygiving.com
Cancer Research UK (Children)
www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=4352
Links to other children's cancer charities
Cancer Resource
www.cancerresource.co.uk/childrens.htm
Links to other cancer charities
Cancer Bacup
tel: 0808 800 1234
www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Contact Magazine
tel: 0116 249 4461
Provides magazines for families of children with cancer.
CLICSargent Cancer Care For Children
www.clicsargent.org.uk
tel: 020 8752 2800
Support for young people with cancer and their families.
Counselling and advice from Sargent Social Workers, respite care,
family breaks,
adventure holidays and financial help.
The Family Fund
www.familyfundtrust.org.uk
tel:
01904 292241
Their purpose is to help ease stress on families who care for a very
severely disabled child under 16 by providing grants and information
relating to the care of the child.
Cancer Link
www.cancerlink.org
tel: 0808 808 2020
Provides support and information to people with cancer; their families,
friends and health professionals through advice, support groups and training.
Leukaemia Research Fund
www.lrf.org.uk
tel:
0800 169 6680
CARE line: 01905 330003
Provides support to families and to patients with leukaemia and allied blood disorders. Provide information, holidays, discretionary financial assistance, support by volunteers, (many with personal experience of the illness).
Christian Lewis Children’s Cancer Care
www.childrens-cancer-care.org.uk
tel: 0800 303 031
Aims to improve the quality of life for children and provide support to their families. They provide information about a national network of approved complementary therapies.
Neuroblastoma Society
www.nsoc.co.uk
tel:
01727 851818
Charity, which aims to fund research into illness and support families of children who have been affected by the disease.
Brain Tumour Foundation
tel/fax: 020 8336 2020
Aims to increase awareness of the needs of children who have been
diagnosed and their families; to raise funds for research, develop a
support network, provide education and information resources.
Hodgkin’s Disease Association
tel:
01844 291 500
Telephone contact only.
Offers advice and information for parents and relatives.
Lymphoma Association
www.lymphoma.org.uk
tel:
0808 808 5555 (Helpline)
Provides emotional support and information on a range of issues to
anyone with lymphatic cancer and to their families, carers and friends.
The Dancing Eye Syndrome Support Trust
www.dancingeyes.org.uk
tel/fax: 01903 532 383
Supplies information about Dancing Eye Syndrome and neuroblastoma
and offers support by putting families in touch
with each other.
There is a newsletter and an annual meeting.
UK Histiocytosis Family Support Association
tel/fax: 01326 569 219
Offers information to children with histiocytosis and to their families.
Produce a newsletter, organises family days and put families in touch
with one another.
Teenage Cancer Trust
www.teencancer.org
tel: 020 7387 1000
Make a Wish
www.wish.org
Granting the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses.
Starlight
www.starlight.org.uk
tel:
020 7262 2881
Brightens the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by granting
their wishes and providing hospital entertainment to help take their
minds off the pain, fear and isolation of their illness.
Dreamflight
www.dreamflight.org
tel:
01494 79299
Sending seriously ill children on their ‘Holiday of a Lifetime’ to the theme
parks in central Florida.
Cancer Information
www.cancerimprovement.nhs.uk/patinfopath
A children's and young people's, cancer information, all-in-one UK website.
The Daisy Garland
www.thedaisygarland.org.uk
Set up in 2004 The Daist Garland is a family-run, national, UK registered charity. Our aim is to offer help and support, in whatever way we can, to those whose lives are touched by epilepsy.
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