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Charity Founded As Heroes During First Wave Of COVID-19 Rebrands As Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF) And Launches Emergency Appeal

Stuart Mitchell

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF), previously known as HEROES, has launched an emergency appeal today – as the UK enters its second lockdown – to address what it sees as a potentially catastrophic period for the NHS and healthcare workers in the UK over the next two-years. The emergency appeal being launched today, coincides with the relaunch of the charity previously known as HEROES, under its new name, The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF). The organisation was originally launched by NHS workers for NHS workers at the onset of the first…

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CLIC Sargent launches emergency appeal following ‘unprecedented demand’ for support from young cancer patients during Coronavirus ‘crisis’

Stuart Mitchell

CLIC Sargent has launched an emergency fundraising appeal to help young cancer patients and their families in crisis struggling with the huge emotional and financial impacts of Coronavirus. The appeal comes as the charity is dealing with a huge increase in demand for its social work support services from anxious families because of Coronavirus, worried about their child’s risk of infection, families separated by isolation rules, struggling financially or practically getting to their child’s bedside in hospital. This is set against a worrying picture for the charity, which relies on…

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