by Kate Robinson | Dec 13, 2024 | volunteer intro
I quickly realised how much of a worthy charity they are and how much they help people just when they need it the most. My volunteering journey started when my wife started working for the charity 5 years ago. I have two older brothers, and my eldest brother passed...
by Kate Robinson | Dec 6, 2024 | Norfolk & Norwich, Patient Stories
I can’t believe how quick my treatments are and how quickly I get seen. It was a day just like any other for Peter Burgess until he picked up the phone to wish his brother a happy birthday and realised, he couldn’t speak. “I was actually going to sing to him,...
by Kate Robinson | Dec 2, 2024 | Charity News
Please note, the 2024 Big Give Christmas Challenge has now finished. If you would like to make a donation to Hope for Tomorrow, please click here. Double Your Impact with Hope for Tomorrow’s Big Give Christmas Challenge As a UK-based charity providing mobile...
by Kate Robinson | Nov 25, 2024 | Norfolk & Norwich, Patient Stories
I wasn’t worried at all about switching to the mobile unit for my treatment. Former teacher Anne Steel clearly remembers opening the letter that informed her she had bowel cancer. “I was standing in my kitchen and the words on the paper absolutely floored me.” “ It...
by Kate Robinson | Nov 25, 2024 | Gloucestershire, Patient Stories
It is only when you see what a difference it makes and when you experience the mobile unit for yourself that you see just how brilliant it really is. When Joanne York was diagnosed with breast cancer at the start of 2024, the first thing she asked was whether she...
by Kate Robinson | Nov 21, 2024 | Patient Stories, West Yorkshire
with ‘Hope for Tomorrow’ and the NHS we can be assured that we are receiving the very best of care In May 2024, Robert received news that would challenge many – a diagnosis indicating six years to live – with prostate cancer that had spread to his hips,...
by Kate Robinson | Nov 1, 2024 | Gloucestershire, Patient Stories
When they first told me about the mobile unit I thought, ‘oh, great, that’s a lot nearer.’ “I suppose it all started about three years ago when I found a lump in my breast while doing Pilates,” recalls Lynne, who is 65 and lives in Fairford, Gloucestershire. “I...
by Kate Robinson | Nov 1, 2024 | Kent, Patient Stories
…on the mobile [unit], the staff know me and my background, plus they are all so kind. George Thurrold is undeniably one of life’s survivors. In 1993, at the age of 39, George was enjoying life working in London as a computer consultant when something happened...
by Kate Robinson | Nov 1, 2024 | Patient Stories, West Yorkshire
It couldn’t be any more convenient. Keen cyclist and walker Martin Ashby put his aches and pains, along with a noticeable reduction in energy levels, down to just getting older. He had always enjoyed a decent level of fitness, so two years ago, at the age of 58, when...
by Kate Robinson | Oct 29, 2024 | Kent, Patient Stories
The bus [mobile unit] has been a game-changer for me with no waiting time at all. “I used to dread the long waits at the hospital”, explained Emma Brown, “it’s not unusual to wait a couple of hours for treatment, but with the Hope for Tomorrow mobile unit, I’m...
