St
Christopher's HospiceSt Christopher's provides skilled medical and nursing care for people with cancer and some other serious illnesses, and support for their families and friends through the illness and into bereavement.
Caring for over 2,000 patients and their families a year, it exists to provide skilled and compassionate palliative care of the highest quality.
St Christopher's
Hospice
51-59 Lawrie Park Road
London SE26 6DZ
Tel: 020 8768 4500
Fax: 020 8659 8680
Email: info@stchristophers.org.uk
www.stchristophers.org.uk
The
Royal Marsden Hospital CharityProf David Cunningham’s Research Fund
This fund was established to facilitate research into the cause and treatment of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract such as the stomach, bowel, pancreas and liver, and also cancers of the lymphatic system which are called lymphomas and include Hodgkin’s disease.
The JKCF has donated specifically to further research into colorectal cancer.
Contact details:
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Downs Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM2 5PT
Tel. 020 7808 2123
Fax. 020 7351 2477
website www.royalmarsden.org/
Association
of Children’s HospicesThe Association of Children’s Hospices is an umbrella organisation for all UK children’s hospices. Formed in 1995, it aims to raise public awareness, foster collaboration and develop professional practice between children’s hospices. There are estimated to be between 15,000 – 20,000 children suffering from life-limiting conditions at any time in the UK.
The JKCF has donated to help ongoing awareness initiatives.
Contact details:
Kings House
14 Orchard Street
Bristol
BS1 5EH
Tel. 0117 905 5082
Fax. 0117 905 5340
www.childhospice.org.uk
Help
the HospicesHelp the Hospices was founded in 1984 as the National Charity for the Hospice movement. It aims to complement and enhance the work of all hospices and to help provide the best possible care to people at the end of their lives.
Contact details:
Hospice House
34-44 Britannia Street
London
WC1X 9JG
Tel. 020 7520 8200
Fax. 020 7278 1021
www.helpthehospices.org.uk
Cancer Research UK (which is the merger between The Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research Fund) is the largest volunteer-funded cancer research organisation in the world and its vision is " to conquer cancer through world-class research".
P.O. Box 123
Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PX
Tel. 020 7242 0200
F ax. 020 7269 3100
www.cancerresearchuk.org
Cancerbackup is a National Cancer Information service, launched due to the need of cancer patients, friends and family for high quality and up to date information, practical advice and support.
3 Bath Place,
Rivington Street,
London EC2A 3JR
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
To order their excellent publications visit their website
RMT - www.rmt.org.uk
TSSA - www.tssa.org.uk
ASLEF - www.aslef.org.uk
ITF - www.itf.org.uk
Jimmy Knapp was committed to trade union education and championed the TUC Learning Services initiative.
TUC Learning Services joined with TUC Education in May 2006 to become Unionlearn.
It provides the strategic framework to support the union role in learning
and skills, and gives training and support to the growing number of Learning
Reps.
www.unionlearn.org.uk
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