The Paul Ackrill Fund.
Registered Charity No 1090118

Paul's charity is going from strength to strength.

since it was started in
January 2001 we have given over £21,000 out in funding to young people
under the age of 30 diagnosed with cancer.
In addition to providing funding for private scans and treatment that
these young people have to wait months for under the NHS, we are also
funding patients to relieve financial stress. This is granted not for
luxuries but to help with travelling costs, phone bills and normal
household bills that build up when a young person is in hospital for any
length of time. In most cases the patient or the parents of the patient
have to give up jobs, which results in loss of earnings. In such
circumstances the charity gives out up to £500 per patient, per year.
Patients have to be referred to the charity by a social worker or health
worker.

The charity receives a regular monthly income from "Give as you earn"
scheme, through Natwest Bank, and we are extremely grateful to all those
participants.
 
All other monies are raised by quizzes, walks, car boots and all the other
wonderful people who give us donations.

On occasions we do get money paid back to us by families of the young
people we have originally helped, this is extremely rewarding to us.
Recently the family of a young man, Ryan, who was in receipt of funding
from the charity last Christmas, organised a motor cycle rally, involving
over 1500 bikes etc, this has raised in excess of £4000!!. This will now
be used to help at least 8 other families at a time when they can well do
without financial pressures.

Thanks once again to all our wonderfull supporters

Gill