The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund

Disneyland Paris trip for children suffering from cancer this Christmas

We urgently need to raise money so our planned Disneyland Paris trip for sick children can go ahead as Disney have decided to review their criteria for charities on compassionate rates, so we need to raise the shortfall ourselves.
£11,225
raised of £10,000 target
RCN 1078140

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Story

We have been taking a group of children suffering from cancer to Disneyland Paris with their families for the past fourteen years. We have been able to do this because of generous donations from companies and individuals and an enormous compassionate discount from Disney themselves, for which we are immensely grateful. While arranging this years trip we were informed by Disney that they are currently reviewing their criteria for compassionate rates and therefore they are unable to offer us any discount at all this year. We do not want to disappoint the children and feedback from professionals is always positive with the trip making a huge difference to the wellbeing of the whole family at the most traumatic time in their lives. Please help us to raise the extra £10,000 that we need to make it happen this year. If we raise any extra funds, it will mean even more children can benefit from the magical Disney experience in the future.

Update: We did it and everyone had a fabulous time, thank you to all who donated and made this possible. Extra donations will be used for the two families who were pulled off the trip last minute due to their sick child being admitted to hospital.

About the charity

The object of the charity is to relieve sickness and distress among children suffering from cancer and their families. The trustees do this in any way that will be beneficial to the sick child & family. This is usually in the form of free holidays taken in one of the charity's properties on the coast in Hampshire. It also provides play/medical equipment for hospitals/individuals, organises special treats, raises awareness of childhood cancer & donates funds for UK neuroblastoma research

Donation summary

Total raised
£11,225.00
+ £351.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,170.00
Offline donations
£9,055.00
Direct donations
£590.00
Donations via fundraisers
£1,580.00

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