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LATCH Bucket Collection
liamtoomey Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:00 am
At the Taunton game there will be a bucket collection in respect of LATCH which is the Welsh Children's Cancer Charity which raises money for children with cancer in Wales.
LATCH was formed in 1982 by a group of families and friends who recognised that the children diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia and their families not only needed medical support, but also social and welfare support to ease the huge financial and emotional burden placed on families with a child on treatment. The sort of thing LATCH provides is as follows -
Families may have to spend up to 180 days a year at the hospital. Through LATCH, daily car parking expenses of £3 a day can be claimed back.
When a child is on chemotherapy, the house needs to be kept at a constant warm temperature. LATCH gives on average a heating grant of £250 a year per family to help cover increased energy bills.
If a child living in Swansea is diagnosed with cancer, the family will have to make numerous 90 mile round trips to Cardiff for treatment. LATCH will provide transport expenses to this family of £23 per round trip.
During treatment, a child may need to use a specialised buggy to help with mobility. LATCH provides specialised buggies at a cost of £250 each.
LATCH provides on site family accommodation so that families can stay together during treatment. To run and maintain this facility costs £20,000 per year.
LATCH will often fund medical equipment for the Oncology Unit. New infusion pumps for chemotherapy costs £5000 each
LATCH spends on average every year £700 replacing and updating computer gaming consoles to keep the children occupied on the ward.
To provide two family support workers who help the families in the afternoons, early evening and weekends costs LATCH £30,000.
Every family is designated its own social worker to provide emotional, practical and financial support. This service costs LATCH £130,000 to fund.
After the emotional and disruptive time in hospital, LATCH gives all families a grant of £400 a year to put towards a well-deserved holiday.
Please give generously and if you are not at the game you can donate via the LATCH website - http://www.latchwales.org/
Thank you very much.
LATCH was formed in 1982 by a group of families and friends who recognised that the children diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia and their families not only needed medical support, but also social and welfare support to ease the huge financial and emotional burden placed on families with a child on treatment. The sort of thing LATCH provides is as follows -
Families may have to spend up to 180 days a year at the hospital. Through LATCH, daily car parking expenses of £3 a day can be claimed back.
When a child is on chemotherapy, the house needs to be kept at a constant warm temperature. LATCH gives on average a heating grant of £250 a year per family to help cover increased energy bills.
If a child living in Swansea is diagnosed with cancer, the family will have to make numerous 90 mile round trips to Cardiff for treatment. LATCH will provide transport expenses to this family of £23 per round trip.
During treatment, a child may need to use a specialised buggy to help with mobility. LATCH provides specialised buggies at a cost of £250 each.
LATCH provides on site family accommodation so that families can stay together during treatment. To run and maintain this facility costs £20,000 per year.
LATCH will often fund medical equipment for the Oncology Unit. New infusion pumps for chemotherapy costs £5000 each
LATCH spends on average every year £700 replacing and updating computer gaming consoles to keep the children occupied on the ward.
To provide two family support workers who help the families in the afternoons, early evening and weekends costs LATCH £30,000.
Every family is designated its own social worker to provide emotional, practical and financial support. This service costs LATCH £130,000 to fund.
After the emotional and disruptive time in hospital, LATCH gives all families a grant of £400 a year to put towards a well-deserved holiday.
Please give generously and if you are not at the game you can donate via the LATCH website - http://www.latchwales.org/
Thank you very much.
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Re: LATCH Bucket Collection
Old Sod Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:23 am
I've just heard that the collection raised £406. The organisers are very grateful to those who donated to this worthy cause.
If you missed it on the day remember you can donate at any time via the LATCH website - http://www.latchwales.org/
If you missed it on the day remember you can donate at any time via the LATCH website - http://www.latchwales.org/
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