20 Years of Caring
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Christian Lewis Trust Children’s Cancer Charity and in the last two decades, we have helped more than 4,000 families.
October 2008
Befriending Service
A Befriending Service is offered by the Charity on a one to one basis to family members where a child/teenager has cancer.
September 2008
Family Support Group
The time had come for the last meeting of our Support Group for bereaved families, parents and siblings, and we had decided to make a day of remembrance - for the children who had died and for the special times we had all spent together.
July 2008
LegoLand
On 20th July 2008, not too early in the morning, something was happening.
November 2006
Christmas Presents
It seems that now Christmas starts in September, with pressure to buy cards, decorations and gifts, as though that is the means by which we show our love and compassions for others.
October 2006
Girl Power arrives at the Charity
Christian Lewis Trust is delighted to announce that Melanie C has accepted an invitation to become a Patron of the charity.
May 2006
Children's Hospital Lunch
On the 14th May, in County Hall Cardiff, the Oncology and Haematology unit based at the new Children's Hospital for Wales hosted a bereavement lunch for parents who have lost a child to cancer.
Easter 2006
The gift of Easter Eggs
It was with a sense of gratitude that we received over 200 chocolate Easter Eggs from businesses within the community, including British Gas, based in Cardiff.
April 2006
Launch event
In April this year we launched our new, wheelchair friendly, caravan at Greenacres Holiday Park, Porthmadog, North Wales.
March 2006
New caravan at Glan-y-mor
We are delighted to report that sufficient money was raised during the winter months to purchase a new caravan at the Glan-y-mor site in Mid Wales.
December 2005
Christmas Pantomimes
It was our pleasure to arrange tickets for our families to attend the Christmas Pantomimes in both Swansea and Cardiff.
September 2005
Making a difference…
Twice a week, for the last ten years, Dorothy Argent has been making a difference, volunteering to help run the Christian Lewis Trust, Children's Cancer Charity Shop in the Uplands, Swansea.
September 2005
Our New Luxury Mobile Home
Our own Judith May did the honours for us and formally took possesion at Greenacres Holiday Park, Porthmadog of a new luxury mobile home for the purpose of giving children with cancer and their families a holiday to remember.
July 2005
Our New Playroom
The importance of the playroom as central to the therapy cannot be underestimated.
May 2005
Harlem Globe Trotters
We were invited to meet the Harlem Globe Trotters at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cardiff.
May 2005
Teenage Therapy Room
At the Christian Lewis Trust, we recognise the need to work with children and young people in the way that is most fitting for them.