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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£567.3K
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Spending
£470.9K
Public benefits
The purpose of the charity is to relieve sickness and suffering by the building and equipping of a unit for the treatment of children suffering from cancer in Northern Ireland, and generally to support, expand and develop the unit financially and otherwise. The trustees believe that the purpose of the charity satisfies both elements of the public
benefit requirement. The benefit which flows from this is the improvement of health and comfort of patients, the advancement in knowledge of staff for caring for the patients, possibility for children to be treated in Northern Ireland rather than England meaning families can be closer to patient, and the easing of financial burdens for families of the patients. The benefit is demonstrated by: (a) The existence of the 8 bedded unit in Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. The existence of these local facilities means that the need for children to stay longer periods of time in England has been reduced. (b) Increase in the specialised knowledge of staff. (c) Increase in self-confidence and enhancement of the quality of life for the patients through the activities dedicated to same. (d) Families of patients being able to pay bills they were struggling with. There is always a risk of harm in the provision of any sort of goods or services, for example, someone can always get injured at an event or there can be issues with equipment. As far as the charity is aware however, no such harm has occurred to date since the charity’s formation in 1984. Any such potential harm is outweighed by the benefit produced by the charity. The benefit is provided both to children suffering from cancer in Northern Ireland, and to the families of those patients.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The charity carries out its purposes in the following ways: • 35 years ago, the charity funded an eight bed unit in the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (the “Unit”). Since then, it has provided ancillary support to the Unit by funding staff, replacing equipment which is not funded by the Health Trust (for example, the charity part-funded an MRI
scanner). The charity is currently raising funds to build two new isolation units. • The charity often provides financial assistance to the families of patients. The following are examples of how this has been done in the past: (a) Paying for flights for the family members of those patients who have to travel to England for treatment. (b) Assisting the families of patients with bills which they are struggling to pay. (c) Hosting activity days with patients. (d) The charity recently donated £500,000 towards the building of 2 isolation rooms onto the existing Unit (e) Funding specialised staff training. (f) Funding Christmas presents for children in the Unit.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Research/evaluation
- Youth development
