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The Forget Me Not Children's Trust was set up in 1991 by a group of bereaved parents whose children had been treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton.
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About the Trust
Our Aims
The aims of the Trust are to support:
- bereaved families and friends of children and young people who have died — in particular, but not exclusively, by supporting those whose children were treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital;
- sick children and young people — in particular, but not exclusively, by supporting the work of the Royal Marsden Hospital;
- bereaved children and young people.
The trust help to care for families who have suffered what many parents feel to be the greatest loss of all - the death of their child.
How we work
The trust works with others to support bereaved families and children.
Many families have been closely associated with the Hospital for many years while their child has undergone treatment. The death of their child can leave many feeling abandoned.
To succeed in our aims, we need to liase closely with the Hospital. The Staff at the Unit put parents in touch with us, distribute our newsletters and leaflets, organise events and support befriending. We work particularly in partnership with the Sargent Care team of social workers.
We are working with the Child Death HelpLine, and are members of NACCPO, the National Alliance of Childhood Cancer Parents Organisations, and ACT, the Association for Children with life-threatening illness.