Home isolation tips #3
This time of crisis can generate a lot of stress and anxiety for people. So, it’s more important than ever that we look after our mental health. WHO released a mental health guide for people who are isolating – https://www.who.int/…/cor…/mental-health-considerations.pdf… Top tips that our supporters have shared include: #1 – Minimize watching, reading or listening […]
Home isolation tips #2
Today’s tips, thanks to our lovely supporters, are for those of you who are homeworking. 1. FACT – children will interrupt you. If you have children and need to do a video call with work colleagues, don’t stress about the children suddenly appearing in the room. Ask them to come and say hello to your […]
Home isolation tips #1
A huge thank you to our supporters for starting to send in your tips and ideas for surviving isolation at home. For those of you that are home schooling, we’ve had some great ideas and advice to get us started from some of our supporters: 1. Every morning at 9am Joe Wicks is doing a […]
Tips for coping with isolation
We’ve been fighting an invisible enemy for children with cancer since we started Friends of Rosie in 1991. Now the world is facing a similar fight against the coronavirus. Practices like social distancing, self-isolation, and obsessive hygiene procedures are the reality for families of children with cancer, particularly during treatment. Also the challenges of how […]
In loving memory of Dorothy Cameron
Our heartfelt thanks go to the family of Dorothy Cameron. Dorothy passed away on 12th January and her daughters, Diane, Sandra and Sue, chose to support Friends of Rosie at their mother’s funeral service. Diane, Sandra and Sue lost their older sister, Janet, when she was just 10 years old back in 1974. Janet had […]
Charity Easter egg raffles
Join the Friends of Rosie charity Easter egg raffle and raffle off a luxury, hand-crafted Easter egg at your workplace, school, nursery or community centre. All in support of local childhood cancer research. The eggs, created by world renowned Manchester chocolatier, Slattery, measure in at around half a metre high of mouthwatering milk chocolate. They […]
Get your Christmas message poster now
Instead of sending Christmas cards at work, college or school this year, display one of our FREE Christmas message posters. Pick a bauble on the poster, write your messages to each other and donate. Each printed Christmas message poster comes with a cardboard collection box, so you can make a donation for every Christmas message […]
Feel good festive fundraising
There are lots of ways you can support Friends of Rosie with festive fundraising this season. And, as a volunteer-led charity, you can be sure that a donation to Friends of Rosie will go where it’s needed, funding vital childhood cancer research. Just contact us at info@friendsofrosie.co.uk to let us know about your festive fundraising […]
New research grant call now open
Thanks to our lovely supporters, we now have enough funds available to support a new research grant. We are inviting applications for pump-priming research grants focused on childhood cancer. Pump-priming is the process of helping a new project or idea get off the ground by providing initial funding. We are unique in our role of […]
P J Livesey go gold for childhood cancer
Throughout September, Trafford-based property developers, P J Livesey, turned gold in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Their fundraising efforts raised a whopping £2,180.50 in aid of Friends of Rosie. September is internationally recognised as the awareness month for childhood cancer in association with the colour gold. From a gold-themed cake contest and raffle, to […]
