Evie’s Gift
Our mission is to take care of your immediate practical needs so you can focus on your child and the medical decisions associated with their care when they are in hospital. Why we Exist When our founder, Bryan, was in…
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Rainbow Trust’s children’s charity
Provides practical and emotional support for families who have a child (0-18) with a life-threatening or terminal illness, including cancer.
Family fund
They focus on helping low-income families manage the extra costs that come with caring for a child with complex needs. They provide grants for essential items that make family life easier or more comfortable, including travel costs, household appliances, and…
MacMillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support is a UK-based charity that provides comprehensive support to individuals affected by cancer, offering services ranging from emotional and financial assistance to practical help and information, aiming to ensure that no one faces cancer alone.
Childhood Cancer Parents Alliance (CCPA)
CCPA works across Staffordshire and the West Midland to support the families of children with cancer. We support families when a child has received a cancer diagnosis. It might be a poorly baby, young child or a teenager – we…
Family Action
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales. They support families all over the country through our local services delivered from Family Action offices, in community spaces, and in homes.
The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is the UK’s only national charity providing peer support to bereaved parents, adult siblings and grandparents who have experienced the death of a child, sibling or grandchild. They do this by offering high quality, accessible peer…
Home start
Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. There are around 180 local, independent Home-Starts working in 71% of local authority areas across the UK. Families struggling…
Candlelighters
They provide emotional (talking therapy and support workers), practical (accommodation) and financial support package of financial grants, as well as bring hope, by investing in vital research to improve the outcomes and lives of children with cancer.
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice
Cares for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families, across south-west London, north-west London and Surrey. They support families from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional, and…