Supporting Hospitals
We're passionate about helping to build a comprehensive and holistic cancer care pathway.
We know how much time is spent in hospitals, attending appointments, waiting for results, receiving treatment, and recovering. It can be a scary, place full of medical language, scans, continuous sounds, and being prodded and poked whilst having test upon test.
We understand the impact this can have on your physical and mental health, so at the Ella Dawson Foundation we're passionate about helping build a comprehensive and holistic cancer care pathway.
We aim to play our part in supporting the NHS long term cancer care plan. We work with 40 hospitals across England and Wales to provide wellbeing support to their patients through our four core programmes. In addition, The Ella Dawson Foundation works specifically with different hospitals to help deliver key priorities and care for their young cancer patients.
Fully Funded Full Time Integrative Therapist, The Christie Hospital
Over the last year, we are very proud to have been working with Hanna Simpson and The Christie to fully fund a new full time Integrative Therapist role at one of the country’s leading hospitals for young people with cancer.
The Ella Dawson Foundation has donated full funds for a Band 6 nurse trained in complementary therapy in a 12-month pilot scheme at The Christie Hospital, in Manchester, a Principal Treatment Centre (PTC) for teenagers and young adults with cancer.
It is hoped the new role will help ease the often gruelling and highly medicalised journeys of the 270 young people and their families who are treated at The Christie every year.
“This role will become one of the most impactful services we have. The experience for our young people and their families will be incredible. We’re so lucky that the Ella Dawson Foundation have offered the Christie to be the pilot site.”
Hanna Simpson, Teenage & Young Adult Lead Nurse
End of Treatment Programme, University College London Hospitals
We are passionate about supporting the long term effects of cancer and its treatment, and we know that when treatment stops life does not just go 'back to normal'. It is important for young adults who have been through cancer to be supported into the long term.
We are very proud to support the UCLH End of Treatment Programme by delivering a gentle exercise and yoga sessions to open the day. The End of Treatment programme is a wellbeing day every six months for young adults to connect with others, learn from tailored wellbeing workshops, and get the support they need to navigate life after cancer.
"I feel inspired to bring movement into my routine"
Young person following our movement session at the UCLH End of Treatment Day
East Midlands Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Service, EMERGE Programme
It is common in your late teens and 20s to feel lost, unsure about who you are or where you want to be. It can be a time of uncertainty, change and transitions. All that, with a cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship it can be very overwhelming and this workshops provides a safe space to think about these things and help work through them.
In the East Midlands, a value based workshop was a key priority in the EMERGE programme. We were delighted to support the team to deliver this workshop using elements of our Life Notes Mindfulness & Gratitude Journal.
In this workshop we worked focused on defining core values, using them in everyday life, goal setting, understanding your inner voice, wheel of life, affirmations and power statements.