NORTHERN Ireland Cancer Fund for Children (NICFC), a charity that supports children and young people throughout Northern Ireland who have been diagnosed with cancer, recently received a £1,000 Community Award from Progressive Building Society, the largest locally-owned mortgage lender in Northern Ireland.
NICFC offers practical, emotional and financial support to children with cancer and their families and their Youth Team works with young people in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children to help alleviate issues such as boredom, isolation and a lack of social interaction which can result from spending long periods of time in hospital during cancer treatment.
The money from the Progressive Community Award will enable the charity to provide eighty hours of support on the ward to young people undergoing treatment for cancer. Activities can range from one-to-one games to group art therapy.
In this latest round of the Progressive Community Award Scheme, five organisations, all committed to working for the benefit of their local communities, received support totalling £6,000.
Members of the Society who wish to nominate a community group for consideration for a future Award can contact their local branch of Progressive Building Society or download a form from the ‘About Progressive in the Community’ page on www.theprogressive.com.
The Community Awards are issued twice a year.
