Luke’s mum remembers…
I can still remember sitting in the hospital waiting room, Luke asleep next to me and a Christmas tree opposite whilst carols played joyfully. He looked so healthy and contented. I was sure that the doctors would tell me that the lump I had discovered was nothing. But instead my baby boy was diagnosed and we started the long journey that is cancer.
Christmas should be about family, but Luke’s very first Christmas was about cancer. Today I am asking for your help, to create better treatments and to fund projects that will support other children like my Luke.
Claire, Luke’s mum.
Please make a donation today£10
…can help families like Luke’s cope with the additional costs that are caused by cancer treatment
Christmas is an expensive time for every family, but when your child has cancer there are also the associated costs of cancer treatment, and potential loss of earnings to worry about. Paul’s Fund provides families with money to help them through, so they can prioritise being with their child.
£20
…can help provide a family like Luke’s with a place to stay, close to where their child is being treated
Vital cancer treatment is often only available at hospitals many miles from home. To be by their child’s side, families need to either make long, tiring journeys each day, or pay to stay nearby. We help fund the building of free, comfortable accommodation so children can be with their families when they need them most.
£50
…can help fund vital research that will help save children like Luke and ultimately keep more families together
Currently only 3% of all cancer funding in the UK goes towards childhood cancers. With more and more children like Luke being diagnosed every day we vitally need to ensure that life-saving research does not go unfunded.
Cancer doesn't care about children, but we do
Luke's story
Luke received his diagnosis four days before Christmas when he was just six months old. His mum Claire shares their story.
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The research you’re helping to fund
We're funding research to help us better understand childhood cancer and find more effective, less toxic ways of treating it.
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30 years of fighting childhood cancer
Since 1987, we've raised over £230 million to support research into the causes and treatment of childhood cancers.
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