MY name’s Jenny and I am the local fundraising engagement manager at CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading charity for children and young people with cancer, and their families.

You may not know but September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM), and at CLIC Sargent we are asking locals to get behind our campaign to raise vital funds and awareness.

Our CLIC Sargent support workers for North Yorkshire are based at the Leeds General Infirmary and help families across Yorkshire in many ways. Sometimes it’s just being there to listen to a parent, asking them if they are okay.

Referring them to support groups or specialist help, helping filling out forms and sorting out benefits which help to take things off their plate so they can concentrate on their child and their own health.

In the last year they supported 204 children and young people following a cancer diagnosis.

To show your support for these families during CCAM you can get a gold ribbon by donating on our website www.clicsargent.org.uk/ccam.

The money raised will help provide vital support for families of children and young people living with cancer.

For more information about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and how to get involved, please phone me on 07795 296374 or jenny.dixon@clicsargent.org.uk.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and if you need any further details or information please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Jenny Dixon, Fundraising engagement manager, CLIC Sargent