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How we’re working: safety and support

• 14th October 2020

We’re seven months in to adapting the way we work and making changes so that we can keep the safety of our staff and of our families at the forefront of all that we do.

• Family support workers
• Family wellbeing

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Joe Cole takes on 980-mile fundraiser to support Momentum Children’s Charity

• 7th September 2020

It’s been an incredibly challenging few months but, for Momentum Children’s Charity, who support children with cancer and life-challenging conditions, things are starting to look up.

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Family rides 400 virtual miles to support their cousin and raise vital funds

• 30th July 2020

14-year-old Phoebe was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in January 2020 and has been receiving gruelling rounds of treatment and surgery ever since; tackling it all in the midst of coronavirus and just four years since her mum, Hannah, had gone through her own battle with breast cancer.

• Family support workers

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Meet #HairRaisingHero Lily-maye

• 15th July 2020

At just 10-years-old, long-locked Lily-maye showed what a beautiful, big heart she has when she decided to brave the shave; cutting off her long hair to donate it to Little Princess Trust, whilst raising much-needed funds for Momentum Children’s Charity.

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‘Warrior Princess’ raises £700 in hospital lockdown

• 7th July 2020

17-year-old Izzy, who Momentum Children’s Charity supports and is deservedly nicknamed ‘Warrior Princess’ by her friends, has been receiving treatment for leukaemia since November last year.

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Mo the owl visits families in isolation

• 21st May 2020

A local charity in Surrey has come up with a unique way to lift the spirits of seriously ill children during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Family trips and experiences

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Kingston Hospital’s magical makeover

• 11th May 2020

We’re thrilled to reveal our biggest children’s ward refurbishment to date! Having worked with Kingston Hospital for the past 16 years, it’s been an absolute joy to give their Dolphin and Sunshine paediatric wards a truly fabulous face lift.

• Hospital partnerships

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Sea-themed A&E cubicle, Kingston Hospital

• 1st May 2020

Kingston Hospital’s paediatric emergency department welcomed the addition of some friendly faces to cubicle 5, thanks to generous funding from The Brothers Trust.

• Hospital partnerships

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One month on: how covid has impacted us

• 20th April 2020

One month on from the announcement of the nationwide lockdown, Momentum Children’s Charity CEO and Founder, Bianca Effemey, reflects on the impact of coronavirus on the charity and the families they support.

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Families treated to private film screening with Tom Holland

• 3rd January 2020

Spider-Man star and ambassador of Momentum Children’s Charity, Tom Holland, took time out of a busy production schedule to treat some of our supported families to a very special screening of his new Disney film, Spies in Disguise.

• Family trips and experiences