Children with Cancer UK

Children with Cancer UK was established in 1987 by Eddie and Marion O’Gorman and their family in memory of their son, Paul, who died from leukemia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/sunshine-fun-for-marathon-runner-appealing-for-support-in-thame-1-8357752|title=Sunshine fun for marathon runner appealing for support in Thame|last=|date=31 January 2018|work=The Bucks Herald|access-date=12 January 2019|publisher=JPIMedia|location=Aylesbury, England|language=en}} The initial aim was to raise £100,000 for research and support. The O’Gormans lost a second child, their daughter Jean,{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pride-britain-winner-eddie-ogorman-13533594|title=Pride of Britain winner Eddie O'Gorman raised £230m to fight cancer - his story|last1=McNally|first1=Siobhan|date=4 November 2018|work=Mirror Online|accessdate=6 November 2018|publisher=MGN > Trinity Mirror Group|location=London}} to cancer shortly after their first fundraising event (The Paul O’Gorman Banquet and Ball).{{cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/light-at-night-can-disrupt-circadian-rhythms-in-children-are-there-long-term-risks-94952|title=Light at night can disrupt circadian rhythms in children – are there long-term risks?|author=Stevens|first=Richard G. "Bugs"|date=17 April 2018|work=The Conversation|accessdate=12 January 2019|location=Boston}} Subsequently, Diana, Princess of Wales became involved in the charity, which she inaugurated in 1988. In January 2022, Phil Hall was appointed as a trustee of the charity.{{Cite web|title=Our Founder and Trustees {{!}} Children with Cancer UK|url=https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-trustees/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Children with Cancer|language=en-GB}}

Since 1987, Children With Cancer UK has raised over £290 million,{{Cite news|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/its-going-very-emotional-mum-1443968|title=Mum running London Marathon after daughter got cancer|last=Norris|first=Phil|date=2018-04-11|work=gloucestershirelive|access-date=2018-04-12}}{{Cite web|title=Our impact and success {{!}} Children with Cancer UK|url=https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-impact-and-success/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Children with Cancer|language=en-GB}} which is used to support research into the causes and treatment of cancer in children and clinical trials. The charity also funds research centres, such as the Northern Institute for Cancer Research.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/6960394.Paul_died__but_his_legacy_is_hope/?ref=arc|title=Paul died, but his legacy is hope|date=25 February 2005|publisher=The Northern Echo}} and respite accommodation for affected families. In 2007, they provided funding for a new £40 million biomedical research lab at the UCL Cancer Institute, named after the deceased Paul O'Gorman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/campaign/campaign-news/cancer-research-philanthropy|title=Cancer research and the transformational power of philanthropy|date=2018-02-02|language=en|access-date=2018-04-12|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141643/http://cms-app.ucl.ac.uk/campaign/user?destination=node%2F1507%2Fcancer-research-philanthropy|url-status=dead}}

In the early 2000s, the charity co-funded elements of clinical trial that improved outcomes for children with leukaemia. The trial involved development of a test called the Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) test, which measures how much leukaemia remains after treatment and how likely it is that a child will relapse.{{Cite journal|last1=O’Connor|first1=David|last2=Enshaei|first2=Amir|last3=Bartram|first3=Jack|last4=Hancock|first4=Jeremy|last5=Harrison|first5=Christine J.|last6=Hough|first6=Rachael|last7=Samarasinghe|first7=Sujith|last8=Schwab|first8=Claire|last9=Vora|first9=Ajay|last10=Wade|first10=Rachel|last11=Moppett|first11=John|date=2018-01-01|title=Genotype-Specific Minimal Residual Disease Interpretation Improves Stratification in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia|journal=Journal of Clinical Oncology|volume=36|issue=1|pages=34–43|doi=10.1200/JCO.2017.74.0449|issn=0732-183X|pmc=5756322|pmid=29131699}}{{Cite journal|last1=Furness|first1=Caroline L.|last2=Kirkwood|first2=Amy|last3=Rowntree|first3=Clare|last4=Vora|first4=Ajay|last5=Mitchell|first5=Chris|last6=Samarasinghe|first6=Sujith|last7=Goulden|first7=Nicholas|last8=Moorman|first8=Anthony|last9=Hough|first9=Rachael|date=2019|title=Early morphological response is significantly associated with, but does not accurately predict, relapse in teenagers and young adults aged 10–24 years with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL): results from UKALL2003|journal=British Journal of Haematology|language=en|volume=184|issue=4|pages=663–666|doi=10.1111/bjh.15150|pmid=29468646|s2cid=207087328|issn=1365-2141|doi-access=free}} In 2017 the charity funded into the development of precision medicine as treatment, which involves the genetic profiling of children with cancer and their tumours in order to personalise their treatment plans.{{Cite journal|last1=George|first1=Sally L.|last2=Izquierdo|first2=Elisa|last3=Campbell|first3=James|last4=Koutroumanidou|first4=Eleni|last5=Proszek|first5=Paula|last6=Jamal|first6=Sabri|last7=Hughes|first7=Deborah|last8=Yuan|first8=Lina|last9=Marshall|first9=Lynley V.|last10=Carceller|first10=Fernando|last11=Chisholm|first11=Julia C.|date=November 2019|title=A tailored molecular profiling programme for children with cancer to identify clinically actionable genetic alterations|journal=European Journal of Cancer|volume=121|pages=224–235|doi=10.1016/j.ejca.2019.07.027|issn=0959-8049|pmc=6839402|pmid=31543384}}

The charity was supported by a range of organisations in the UK including Mr Men Little Miss, who lent their characters to the vests worn the charity's London Marathon entrants.{{Cite web|url=https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/23/children-cancer-uk-launches-mr-men-little-miss-virtual-run/#.Ws8rMojwabg|title=Children with Cancer UK launches The Mr. Men Little Miss Virtual Run {{!}} UK Fundraising|website=fundraising.co.uk|date=23 February 2017|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-12}}

For his services to charity Eddie O’Gorman was appointed an OBE in 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/31/new-years-honours-list-obes|title=New Year honours list: OBEs|work=The Guardian|date=31 December 2009}} In November 2018, he was presented with the Pride of Britain 'Lifetime Achievement' award.

In 2019 it became the sponsor of League One football club Sunderland AFC. During the same season, BETDAQ donated its front-of-shirt sponsorship to the charity for its teams Sunderland AFC and Charlton Athletic F.C.{{Cite web|last=Johns|first=Craig|date=2019-05-22|title=Amazing gesture from Betdaq will see children's cancer charity as Sunderland's shirt sponsor|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/amazing-gesture-betdaq-see-childrens-16312350|access-date=2021-10-15|website=ChronicleLive|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=ITRM|title=Shirt sponsorship donated to Children with Cancer UK for 2019/20 season|url=https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5d248a6c6cde0/shirt-sponsorship-donated-to-children-with-cancer-uk-for-201920-season|access-date=2021-10-15|website=www.cafc.co.uk|language=en}}

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