Josie’s Dragonfly Trust , Special pendant, jewellery and gifts to support children with cancer

CASH GIFTS The number of cash gifts given to date is shown on our home page

We work alongside Clic Sargent and the Macmillan teams in Children's Cancer Hospitals & Young people's Cancer units. When one of their patients is given the devastating news that treatment is no longer curative, they aproach us with a Cash Gift Application. Because of this association there is no red tape- we send a cheque of 500 pounds back to the hospital within a couple of days-to be given immediately to the young person or the child's family.

This allows them to do something to brighten their days during this precious and difficult time. It particuarly helps young adults and those children who are aware of their prognosis, giving them back a little control when all seems lost......the money is their's to spend on anything they like!

There are now 15 hospitals providing the Cash Gift from Josies Dragonfly Trust to children and young people where treatment is no longer considered curative. We are now getting on average two or 3 Cash Gift requests each week although we given 15 Cash Gifts in one month alone

We can't give the remaining hospitals regular access to the Cash Gift as we just don't have the funds to support them. Sadly the children in those hospitals who would qualify for this special Gift cant wait. They do not have time.

We have given well over 350 Cash Gifts since we started. We gave 100 Cash Gifts in 2010 and expect this increased to arround 125 in 2011. Many more children across the UK will qualify in 2012 but we can't support them without the funds. Please help us give more of these deserving children and young people the chance to make one more happy memory.

Here are just a few examples of how the cash gift has made a difference to the last days or weeks of children and young people with cancer

We have given over 350 cash gifts- (see the total on the home page) these are some examples of how they make a difference.

• To buy wedding dresses or help with urgent wedding costs.
• holiday Breaks for families to make special memories while they are together.
• Nintendo & games for a young lad confined to his home.
• To buy parting gifts for family members.
• One young girl gave a presentation of awards to friends & family
• Some children as young as 8 use it for their bucket lists (wish lists of things they want to do before they die)
• For a double bed so a single mum could comfort her young son without hurting him.
• For laptops so teenagers can keep in touch with friends at university through msn.
• For a few very special partys and family gatherings.
• To buy video cameras for personal diaries and for families to keep treasured memories.
• For a teenager to spend precious time with her mum at a spa.
• For young people to achieve some personal goals.
• For a young man to treat his extended family to a big family meal out.
• For driving lessons and things that give a sense of achievement.
• To take friends to as many Aston Villa games as possible.
• To help a teenager finish his model railway project.
• Money to spend on toys and treats to try and bring a little happiness to each day.
• To buy designer shoes, left to a sister as a treasured possession.
• For a young man to take his fiance on a special holiday,
• for very special family potraits and even a precious cast sculpture
• For a very talented young man to buy & learn to play a new instrument
• To make a secret garden for a childs family
• To drive a mini around a race track.
• Several holiday breaks at ceterparks lego land one at pepper-pig land!
• a few romantic holidays
• to enable one young lad to go back to his parents overseas
• For simple outings to have fun & make memories for those that are left behind.
• to get one lad's off road truck going for some last minute fun with mates.
• For young adults to buy gifts for their partners, children & unborn babies
• To spend a dream-day with family in old fashioned style
• To take friends to the seaside & paddle (in wellies)
• Trips to London & Eurodisney
• To buy a longed for puppy & everything to go with it
• For special insurance without which holidays could not happen
• To decorate a childs bedroom when that became her world
• to buy family christmas presents on-line knowing she may not be there.
• To make a special memory box for a sister
• To help with special taxi costs to get out in a wheelchair
• To buy new clothes after loosing a lot of weight
• to help young parents to make happy memories for their children
• for one young mum to take her baby to her parents overseas
• To do things that were only dreamt about during long stays in hospital

Danica had a dream day at an Edwardian hotel with all her family. Dressed in period costume she gave the whole family some special memories and some very special smiles to treasure

ART & CRAFT BOXES

We also supply large boxes of Arts & Crafts supplies (usually weighing arround 14-15kg each) to all the Children's Cancer Specialist Hospitals across the UK at least twice a year.These boxes are very much appreciated by both the children & staff on the wards as it is difficult to keep children and young people amused when they spend so much time in hospital often having difficult & painfull treatment.

The boxes provide a welcome distraction and an opportunity to create something that gives a sence of achievement.

The 11th shipment of boxes full of exciting arts, crafts and activities was sent out in August 2011 and we are now getting boxes ready for our 12th delivery later in 2011.

These are the hospitals across the UK where children with cancer have benefited from the boxes of crafts and activities that we are sending out as often as possible.

1. St. James University Hospital
2. Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
3. Birmingham Children's Hospital
4. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
5. Royal Aberdeen ChildrenHospital
6. Royal Manchester ChildrenHospital
7. University College Hospital London
8. Addenbrookes Cambridge University Hospital
9. Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester
10. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
11. Queen Elizabeth TCU, Birmingham
12. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
13. Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
14. Yorkhill Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
15. Alderhey Royal Liverpool Children's NHSTrust
16. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
17. Leicester Royal,University Hospitals NHS Trust
18. QueensMedical Centre, Nottingham
19. Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
20. Sheffield Childrens Hospital
21. The Royal London Hospital
22. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
23. The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
24. The Oasis center
25. Western Park TCU Sheffield

If you live near any of these hospitals they support your whole region. We would be really gratefull if you could get in touch if you feel you could help in some way.

Thank You!