Children’s Cancer North Launch Roundup

The Bell Poem

At our launch event we were very proud and grateful to be able to share this very special poem that was written especially for us by Jenny Pearson – local published children’s author and teacher. Jenny did a workshop with some of the young people that have been through or are currently undergoing treatment for cancer at the Great North Childrens Hospital, RVI and then wrote this poem to help us raise awareness of childhood cancer. We’d like to say a HUGE thank you to the families that helped with this project, and of course the young people who performed and helped to inspire Jenny.

The Launch Event

The launch event itself had additional films from Tom Madge – Animation specialist from Animate City who works with children on the wards to create stop-gap animation films, and Chris Minnis, music therapist from Nordoff Robbins who were both able to show the value of the work we fund on the wards. These films are on our YouTube channel and also part of the full event film below.

Attendees at the event also heard from:

Chris Peacock, Chair,
Professor Sir Alan Craft, Trustee
Professor Steve Clifford, Director at Newcastle University’s Centre for Cancer
Dr Geoff Shenton, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at the Great North Children’s Hospital & Trustee
Louise Ollett, Clinical Educator & Trustee
Children who have been through treatment

The full event can now be viewed here: