Our Nominated Charity

Gatehouse Partnership have decided that we would like to support CLIC Sargent as our nominated charity.

In the next 48 hours, 10 children are diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia. CLIC Sargent keeps families together when the unimaginable happens.

CLIC Sargent wants to see a world where all children and young people with cancer live life to the full.

CLIC Sargent will be there for each family, caring every step of the way, providing individual support to children and young people with cancer and leukaemia and their families through:

• Clinical, psychosocial, emotional and financial services in hospital, at home and in the community across the UK
  
• Being a strong voice nationally and locally
  
• Research into improving treatment and care

The care and treatment of children with cancer has come a long way and today, 7 out of 10 children and young people diagnosed, will survive.

CLIC Sargent is committed to improving this figure still further through its specialist care and by funding both clinical and social research projects.

Two facts remain the same, however, and must not be ignored:

• Cancer is still the largest killer disease in young children.
  
• The survivors of childhood cancer face major challenges of on-going side effects and discrimination. They still need our support.

CLIC and Sargent Cancer Care for Children merged in January 2005 to become CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading children’s charity. CLIC Sargent provide more for more children and young people with cancer and their families.

Sargent Cancer Care for Children was founded in 1968 by Sylvia Darley OBE as a lasting memory to the late Sir Malcolm Sargent.

CLIC – Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood was founded in 1976, in the South West, by Bob Woodward, following the death of his young son to cancer.

More information can be found at their website at www.CLICSargent.org.uk.

CLIC Sargent is a registered charity. The registered charity number is 1107328

Page Updated: September 2005