Charity of the Year
My Shining Star
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Supporting families through the trauma of childhood cancer.
My Shining Star is a children’s cancer charity founded in 2016, dedicated to supporting families across the UK affected by childhood cancer, each suffering their own individual crisis. The charity exists to offer practical assistance, including help with food, hospital travel, parking costs, debts, and loss of income due to cancer. They provide emotional support through therapy and other services to help families cope with the challenges of caring for a child with cancer. Additionally, they assist with various needs such as specialist equipment, clothing, and bereavement care.
More about My Shining Star
Your donations enable us to be able to give support to families in financial trauma. This includes help with food, hospital travel, parking costs, debts, and loss of income due to cancer. In addition to this we provide friendship, emotional support, specialist equipment, therapy sessions, bereavement care and help with funeral costs.
How your support could help us:
We raise money to provide grants to support childhood cancer families. The implications of a cancer diagnosis in a child is enormous and far reaching. There is often a huge emotional and financial impact on the whole family. Your money will allow My Shining Star to come alongside these families at this traumatic time.
£5 - Could be put towards our hampers we take to the Royal Marsden at Christmas.
£10 - Would buy 2 lunches for a parent in a hospital canteen.
£20 - Could pay for fuel towards a hospital trip.
£50 - Could pay a bill that is in arrears due to a child having treatment.
£100 - Could help to pay for essential travel costs for parents visiting children at a cancer unit or hospital far from home.
£250 - Could buy a new washing machine, oven or bed for families unable to fund these costs.
£500 - Could help pay utility bills for a family unable to pay due to the lack of income while caring for their child.
£1000 - Could pay for a mortgage or rent payment for at least one month.
If you choose to support us, you will receive:
- > My Shining Star Branded T-shirt
- > Support from the My Shining Star Fundraising team - on hand to support you with any help you may need.
- > The My Shining Star Team there on the day to cheer you on.
- > Branded certificate to celebrate your fantastic achievement!
My Shining Star - Supporting families through the trauma of childhood cancer.
Find out more about the work My Shining Star does by visiting https://myshiningstar.co.uk
