Swindon support charity CALM receive welcome funding boost from Excalibur employees

By Roger Ogle - 20 June 2017

CharityCommunity

Swindon based CALM, a parent run support charity for children diagnosed with cancer, have received a welcome funding boost of £4000 from Excalibur Communications employees.

The charity accepted the cheque on Tuesday (20 June) at the Excalibur headquarters in Peatmoor, with CALM Chairman Richard Crowley and many of the parents who volunteer their time to the vital charity in attendance.

Richard said: "CALM is a Swindon based charity for Swindon families, and is run solely by parent volunteers. If families are looking for someone to help and support them after their child has been diagnosed, we are hear to support them with our own experiences and more."

CALM regularly organises day trips and coffee mornings for parents who are coping with their child's illness, as well as providing respite holidays for the whole family.

Richard added: "We understand that families want to be able to go on holiday as a unit, and sometimes it's about simply making memories if the illness is too aggressive. This money from Excalibur will really boost CALM towards it's £75,000 target that we need to reach every year to continue to provide the level of support we currently do."

Excalibur employees donated £5 each from their monthly salaries, which was then matched by the company and donated to chosen charity every three months. CALM was chosen for this quarter by Tarlia Clements, who has a personal connection to the charity.

Tarlia said: "A family that that I'm close to had to go through the traumatic experience of losing their child to cancer, and they received some incredible support from CALM so I feel as though any contribution we can make back to them is repaying that in a way.

"We try to donate to as many local charities as we can, but I felt this personal connection and had to nominate CALM for that reason."

For more information on CALM, visit - www.calmcharity.orghttp://www.calmcharity.org

Your Comments

Be the first to comment on this article

Login or Register to post a comment on this article

Subscribe to The Link

Registered in England & Wales. No: 4513027, Positive Media Group, Old Bank House, 5 Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon, SN1 4BJ