The children (and their parents) will spend long periods, during treatment and hospitalisation, in the specialist centres for childhood cancer, which are in the main tertiary hospitals. We aim to make the environment in these units as “child friendly” a place as possible.

Basic decorations and furnishings: such as paint, curtains, duvets, etc

TVs, games, toys, play room: To make the children’s lives more stimulated and interesting during their visits.

Parent facilities: Provision of lounges, laundry, kitchen, Laz-y-boys, etc in the hospital for parents.

Volunteer programme in hospitals: In the hospitals, we are fortunate to have dedicated volunteers who work and play with the children. We provide the materials used, plus other costs of volunteers, including specialised training of the volunteers.

Support staff in wards: We employ some staff to assist in the treatment centres, such as a toy bank supervisor, play therapist, "ward mother". The aim is to make the time in hospital of the children and their parents less traumatic and stressful, and to ease some of the load on the medical and nursing staff.