All funds raised through the Cash for Kids Day appeal will help to support the services currently provided by CLIC Sargent for children and young people, and their families, in the local area. We know that many families are facing financial pressures of their own at the moment, but every donation we receive, no matter how small, can help us to make a real difference locally.

Every day, 10 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. Treatment normally starts immediately, is often given many miles from home and can last up to three years. Being diagnosed with cancer is a frightening experience and the emotional, practical and financial implications of treatment are intensely challenging for the whole family.

CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families. CLIC Sargent provides clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help them cope with cancer and get the most out of life. CLIC Sargent is there from diagnosis onwards and aim to help the whole family deal with the impact of cancer and its treatment, life after treatment and, in some cases, bereavement.

Children and young people with cancer are usually treated at 18 specialist children’s cancer centres in the UK, which are known as ‘principal treatment centres’ (PTCs). CLIC Sargent funds specialist care professionals working at these PTCs and other hospitals local to the area.

CLIC Sargent’s funded care professionals, including nurses and social workers, provide children and young people with cancer and their families with clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help them cope with cancer and get the most out of life. Their roles involve working with medical staff and consultants at the hospital to provide the best possible package of care for each member of the family.

CLIC Sargent in Sheffield

•Last year CLIC Sargent supported 245 children and young people in Sheffield

•Children from Sheffield can be treated at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and young people can be treated at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Weston Park Hospital

•There are three CLIC Sargent Social Workers at Sheffield Children’s Hospital

•There is one CLIC Sargent Young People’s Social Worker at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, and one at Weston Park Hospital

•There is one CLIC Sargent Specialist Nurse Key Worker at Sheffield Children’s Hospital

•There is one CLIC Sargent Social Work Team Leader at Sheffield Children’s Hospital

•There is one CLIC Sargent Social Work Administrator at Sheffield Children’s Hospital

•Last year 107 CLIC Sargent Care Grants grants were provided for families across South Yorkshire, at a cost of £18,137

•It costs CLIC Sargent over £229,715 every year to fund the team based in Sheffield

If you are a tax payer it would be great if we could claim the tax back on your donation- this would mean an extra 25% on every donation made!!

You can do this by clicking 'yes' to Gift Aid.