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Hearing the words "your child has cancer” is every parent’s worst nightmare. As well as having their world turned upside down, families will immediately be faced with huge unforeseen financial costs, from parking to petrol. We want to provide each family with financial support upon diagnosis.
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Situation
Research finds that on average, families spend £250 monthly solely on travel costs to get to hospital. Any child diagnosed with cancer in the North East & Cumbria must travel to Newcastle for treatment - a distance of up to 100 miles for some patients. When they get to the hospital, they will be faced with parking costs. Add food costs from the hospital cafe & sometimes even hotel bills, you can begin to imagine the financial strain that is placed on a family in their darkest hour.
Solution
Children's Cancer North would like to provide each family with £250 when their child is first diagnosed, to begin to help them through the first couple of weeks when their world is turned upside down.