Our impact

Every day, we support families across South West London and Surrey whose children have cancer or a life-limiting condition. Our help has a positive impact in so many different ways:

• A child’s visit to hospital is made more bearable because they receive their chemotherapy treatment in one of our specially-designed isolation rooms in hospital with colourful walls, twinkling lights and bright furniture.
• A distraught mum is able to offload her fears and worries over the phone with one of our Family Friends, and face the day ahead of her.
• A treat of a big box full of helium balloons arrives from us at the bedside of a very ill child, bringing smiles all round!
• Our music therapists help a child express their feelings about their illness through song and musical instruments.
• A sibling, who may be feeling neglected, can enjoy one of our fun-filled pamper parties and meet other siblings who are in the same situation.
• A bereaved family relies on us to organise the practical and logistical parts of their child’s funeral, whilst they focus on just trying to cope.

We support around 150 families directly, and many thousands of children benefit from our hospital improvements. Each year we arrange hundreds of trips and treats, and organise respite holidays for around 70 families.

You can read more about some of those families we have supported here.