PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN WITH TUMOURS AND LEUKAEMIA
Provides support and organises trips, treats and holidays for families of children being treated for cancer or leukaemia at Sheffield Children's Hospital. Supports research projects and provides equipment for the ward, clinic and community nurses. PACT house provides accommodation for use by families whilst a child is undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Objects
1. THE PROVISION OF RELIEF FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNDER THE CARE OF SHEFFIELD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY & HAEMATOLOGY UNIT (THE UNIT) AND WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM EITHER A MALIGNANT DISEASE OR A NON-MALIGNANT BUT LIFE-THREATENING HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDER AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE GOOD HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS FORMERLY UNDER THE CARE OF THE UNIT.2. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONGST FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF THE UNIT AND THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND OTHER SUPPORT IN THEIR ROLE OF CARING FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS.3. THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR THE UNIT BY WAY OF THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR USE WITHIN THE UNIT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OF THE UNIT.4. THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIT WHERE SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING WILL BENEFIT THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CARE OF THE UNIT, OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CARE OF THE UNIT.
Trustees
- Elizabeth Huntchair
- Arron Thomas Mellon-Jameson
- Dr Daniel James Yeomanson
- Dr Victoria Mellon
- Elizabeth Zoe Stones
- Jacob Paul Wholey
- Lindsey Anne Thompson
- Lucy Alice Mellon-Jameson
- Nicola Claire Lax
- Rachel Louise Ducker