Children's Radiotherapy Appeal: You did it!
We are immensely grateful to everyone who contributed to our Children’s Radiotherapy Appeal. Thanks to you, we reached our £150,000 target and are on track to begin refurbishing the radiotherapy unit. Work will soon begin to transform the space into a welcoming, calming environment where children and their families can feel more at ease and better able to cope with treatment.
With special thanks to the Woerner-Peacock Family, the Cecil Rosen Foundation, the Morrisons Foundation, and AKO Capital, for their tremendous generosity, and to everyone whose donations have made this campaign such a success. We would also like to thank Cody and his mum, Shona, for allowing us to share their story and feature in our campaign imagery.
We celebrated this milestone alongside our wonderful Radiotherapy team, whose support has been invaluable — we truly couldn’t have done it without them. With special thanks to consultants Yen-Ching and Jenny, paediatric specialist radiographers Cathy and Kathryn, and pretreat radiographers Ollie, Orla, Rachel and Marella, who raised over £5,600 for the appeal by completing a Tough Mudder challenge event!
Planning for the project is now well underway. Thanks to the appeal’s success, we are also exploring the possibility of expanding the refurbishment to include the Teenage and Young Adult treatment recovery room. As a result, we are continuing to welcome donations to help us go even further.
The appeal has also inspired an additional project - our most ambitious to date - which will support teenagers being treated at our pioneering Cancer Centre during some of the most challenging times of their lives. We look forward to sharing more about this later in the year, and of course keeping you updated on the children’s radiotherapy refurbishment.
If you would like to get involved, there is still time to donate. Find out more and support the appeal at uclhcancerfund.org.uk/appeals/childrens-cancer
