Momentum Children’s Charity
Momentum Children’s Charity supports families whose children are diagnosed with cancer or other life-challenging conditions. Partnering with 9 hospitals across London, Surrey, and Sussex, our Family Support Workers provide vital emotional and practical support to over 2,000 people each year through counselling, creative therapy, respite breaks, or just providing a listening ear.
Orthopaedic Institute Ltd
For over 50 years the Orthopaedic Institute have supported research for patient benefit in the specialist research centres and departments within the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and Centre of Excellence in Oswestry, Shropshire. As an independent charity, through voluntary contributions we support our research teams to discover new and improved methods of treatment and patient care.
The Sick Children's Trust
The Sick Children’s Trust is the charity that provides ‘Homes from Home’ at major paediatric hospitals in England, giving families from across the UK a place to stay close to their seriously ill child’s bedside. For any parent, there’s nothing more important than being there when your child is sick, to help them get better.
The Sussex Snowdrop Trust
The Sussex Snowdrop Trust is the local children’s charity, based in West Sussex, which provides vital nursing care at home for children who have a life-threatening illness such as, cancer, brain tumours, lung and heart conditions. The paediatric community nurses help parents care for their sick child.
Wessex Medical Research
Wessex Medical Research funds medical research based principally at the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust but also in the greater Wessex region comprising Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Dorset, South Wiltshire and the Channel Islands. Current areas of research activity include breast, cervical, ovarian and prostate cancer, leukaemia, melanoma, strokes, respiratory diseases, Alzheimer’s Disease, autism, childhood disorders including child brain injury and developmental studies during pregnancy.