The Society Of Parents Of Children With Cancer
Charity 700684
Overview
Summary
The Society Of Parents Of Children With Cancer appears to occupy a practical, family-centred support role around paediatric cancer treatment at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Its model combines small but immediate forms of help in clinical settings with opportunities for respite beyond hospital, funded through general fundraising. This suggests the charity may complement clinical care by addressing the everyday strain, isolation and disruption experienced by children and families during and after treatment.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
- City Centre
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
City Centre
Confidence: high
Direct evidence shows that the charity provides information and refreshments in clinic for children treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The hospital is officially described as city-centre-based.
- Charity Commission register, charity 700684, activities statement for year ended 31 March 2025
The charity reports general support for children and young people with cancer treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital and their families, including information and refreshments in clinic. - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Children's Hospital page
Birmingham Children's Hospital is described as a city centre-based children's hospital.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence directly supports service delivery at Birmingham Children's Hospital in the City Centre, but does not identify activity in any other Birmingham ward or recognised place.
- There is no current evidence that the charity runs a separate office, clinic base or other physical site in Birmingham. Its registered contact address should not be treated as an operational site.
- The Charity Commission record says that the charity does not own or lease land or property, while its activities statement refers to a holiday caravan sited in Exmouth. This may mean the caravan is not owned or leased by the charity, or that the property declaration does not fully describe the arrangement.
- Regional coverage is a reasonable interpretation rather than a direct geographic claim: current reported activity combines clinic-based support in Birmingham with holidays at a caravan in Exmouth. Evidence does not establish a wider network of regular delivery locations or the home areas of beneficiaries.
- Birmingham Children's Hospital serves patients beyond Birmingham, but that does not by itself demonstrate that the charity delivers services throughout the hospital's wider catchment.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, activity report or official charity update confirming the frequency and arrangements for clinic-based support.
- Official confirmation from the charity or Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust of the charity's present role, access arrangements and any formal partnership at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
- Documentation clarifying the legal and operational arrangements for the Exmouth holiday caravan, including whether it remains available to beneficiaries.
- Evidence of any additional current Birmingham delivery locations, outreach activity or partner-led services.
Areas of work
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
It appears to bridge hospital treatment and family life
The Society may be structured around needs that clinical treatment alone does not fully meet: accessible information and refreshments during appointments, alongside outings, trips and holidays that create respite away from cancer care.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a purely medical or grant-making charity. Its likely value lies in making an intensive treatment experience more manageable for whole families across both hospital and home life.
Show evidence
“General support is provided to children and young people suffering with cancer who have been treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital and their families.”
Source:Organisation“Support includes information, refreshments in clinic, trips, outings and holidays.”
Source:Organisation
A holiday caravan is a distinctive long-term asset
The caravan in Exmouth may give the Society a continuing, place-based capacity for family respite rather than relying only on one-off activities or referrals to external providers.
Why it matters
This suggests a distinctive operating model and a potential source of continuity for families. It may also create responsibilities and constraints, such as maintenance, allocation decisions and seasonal access, that shape the charity's priorities.
Show evidence
“Holidays are primarily at the Society's holiday caravan sited in Exmouth.”
Source:Organisation“Activities are supported by general fundraising.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation may function as a complementary support layer around a specialist hospital
By focusing on people treated at one hospital while also describing advice, services, human resources and resource-body roles, the Society may sit alongside formal healthcare provision rather than replace it.
Why it matters
This raises useful questions about its relationships with hospital teams, other cancer charities and family-support services. Understanding those relationships would clarify whether it fills gaps, duplicates provision or acts as a connector.
Show evidence
“Support is for children and young people suffering with cancer who have been treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital and their families.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides human resources, services, advocacy/advice/information, and acts as an umbrella or resource body.”
Source:Charity Commission
- How families access support, and whether eligibility extends beyond current patients of Birmingham Children's Hospital.
- Whether the Society works formally with hospital teams, other charities or peer-support groups.
- The scale, frequency and reach of its clinic support, outings and holiday provision.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or service data showing beneficiary numbers, demand, spending and outcomes.
- Evidence of referral pathways, partnerships and the experiences of children, young people and carers.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
General support to children and young people suffering with cancer who have been treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital and their families. This support principally takes the form of information, refreshments in clinic, trips, outings and holidays, the latter being primarily at the Society's holiday caravan sited in Exmouth. These activities are supported by general fundraising.
Charity objects
THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING FROM CACER.