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30/09/2021

The Government & Parliament must ensure more research funding in the UK is dedicated to childhood cancer research, which currently makes up only 2-3% of cancer research funding in the UK. We need investment into new treatments, to replace outdated & harmful drugs that have not changed in decades.

27/09/2021

24/09/2021

I wanted to update you with the changes that we would like and how we have started to make an impact for some of them.

The things we want to change are :
1. Play specialist 7 days a week in all hospitals including making sure when someone is on leave it's covered. For Sophie having a play specialist is as important as having a nurse. Sophie has said 'children want to play or having something to do in hospital 7 days a week not just Monday to Friday. When they go on holiday it needs to be covered in the same way you wouldn't run a ward without nurses. - UPDATE - We will be contacting Southampton Children’s Hospital next week to find out how the request for the funding of another post has gone. We also will be asking for more locations around the country to provide the course for play specialist rather than just a few such as Manchester. It is National Play Team week from 11-17th October and we would love it if everyone could buy something for their local children's hospital. More details to come. We also think when planning secret Santa that people buy a toy for a child in hospital instead.

2. Improvements to food on children's wards. Along with feeding the parent that is staying over. This is again something Sophie is so passionate about and we're actually making some changes to. I'll update soon about this. UPDATE - I received a letter from Ruth May who is the Chief Nursing Officer for England. It was an excellent letter detailing some changes that are starting to be made and some things they are looking into thanks to the information we shared with them. I have been put in touch with the newly appointed Head of Nursing for Children and young people to ensure the best food is provided. The issue of parents being fed is also being considered by their team. It is great to hear parents at Portsmouth hospital are being fed now and hopefully this continues.

3. I want to lobby for a change in law so that charities cannot use images to get people to donate when they don't use the money for that use. My example is Cancer Research UK which uses 40-50% of their images include children with cancer yet only fund 3% into childhood cancer. I feel this is misleading to those who donate and it shouldn't be allowed. If they decide to only donate 3% of their funds then their advertising should reflect it. Charities should be much more open about how money is spent so that the person donating can know where there money is ACTUALLY going. UPDATE - This is something we are currently working on behind the scenes and will be putting together a petition to ask for change in the law.

4. More funding to find new innovative treatments for childhood cancers need to be found. Giving children chemo and radiotherapy gives them lifelong health problems as a result of their treatment. Those children like Sophie go through all the treatment to still succumb to this awful disease. New treatment must be found. No parent should be in my position, it's living hell. UPDATE - We've received a letter from Cancer Research UK today inviting us to meet with them which we will of course take them up on their offer. We hope with the TV and newspaper articles more people have become aware of this. We will shortly be ready to share the government petition - we are waiting for them to agree it's content so we can share it. We have also contacted MP Caroline Dinenage on Monday this week asking to meet with her and we have been disappointed not to have had a response as yet but will be pursuing this.

5. More training for GPs and front line health professionals to identify childhood cancer earlier. By the time children are diagnosed they're often stage 3 or 4 due to the battle to get GPs or other health professionals to even consider cancer as a possibility mainly as its deemed as rare (1900 children aged 0-14 are diagnosed in the UK every year, a further 2600 children and young people aged 15-24 are diagnosed each year in the UK) I feel regular training should be mandatory to retain their registration to practice. Early diagnosis saves lives. UPDATE - This is something I am starting to become really excited about. I was contacted by a GP in the North of the country letting me know that after reading about Sophie's journey she has set up 7 teaching sessions on childhood cancer with various GP groups and hospital doctors. They will be using the information from Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust which provide brilliant training material.https://www.gkcct.org/sites/default/files/Information%20for%20GPs%20Childhood%20Cancer.pdf

The GP has also helped me with a greater understanding of how much training on childhood cancer they receive. It appears not a lot unless the doctor actively puts themselves out to look into it. This is something we are looking into to change. We have been given a marquee at the charity village of the Great South Run 2021 and we are hoping to hand out childhood cancer symptoms and awareness cards along with raising the profile of Alice's Arc. If anyone would like to run for us or cheer runners along please follow this link - Great South run for Alice's Arc

I am sure there's more to mention but I wanted to share a quick snapshot of the changes that are happening all in Sophie's memory and this is her legacy. Change will come I am now really sure of it.

30/08/2021

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We cannot thank Jeff, Peter and their amazing team for the catering and bar service at our wedding! Nothing was too much for them and they were outstanding from start to finish! The food was beautiful, the bar was fantastic - with excellent prices, their friendliness and attention to detail was out of this world! Everyone at our wedding were complimentary of the food, bar and service! We both highly recommend and will be using again for further events! Sam Spencer

30/08/2021