A
special gift
We were incredibly grateful to receive
the generous legacy gift of £5,000
from Ian Bennett, which his mother
Sylvia and sister Julie arranged in
thanks for the care Julie received at St
Thomas’.
The gift has helped support the
St John’s Institute of Dermatology
research tissue bank. This is where
tissue samples are stored and – with
patients’ consent – used for ongoing
research to improve treatment and
care. The legacy gift is also supporting
a project to identify gene mutations
in DNA that are likely to
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cause certain types of
skin cancer.
‘For patients with more advanced
stages of skin lymphoma, in
most situations there are a lack of
treatments,’ says Professor Sean
Whittaker, Professor of Cutaneous
Oncology at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
Leaving a gift in your will is a wonderful way to give back. As
members of the National Free Wills Network, we are pleased
to offer any supporter aged over 50 the opportunity to have a
simple will written by a qualified solicitor for FREE.
How it works:
1. Call us on 020 7848 4701.
2. The National Free Wills Network
sends you an information pack
with a list of local solicitors who
are part of the Network.
3. You make an appointment with
your chosen solicitor who will write
your will.
4. We pay the solicitor at a discounted
rate.
There is no obligation to leave a
gift in your will to Guy’s, St Thomas’
or Evelina London but it would be
wonderful if you choose to do so.
Even leaving a small percentage of
your estate, after you have provided
for friends and family, will have a
lasting impact on the future of care
we can offer.
Find out more at www.supportgstt.org.uk/freewill
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Giving
‘Without research driving new
knowledge, the chance of a new
treatment coming along which works
is low. Support like this makes all the
difference.’
Julie was treated for lymphoma at
St Thomas’ in 2005 and 2006. Since
having the all-clear she continues to
visit Professor Whittaker at Guy’s for
annual check-ups.
‘Losing her son was very difficult
for my mum, so she felt that she was
at least doing something positive with
the money that Ian had left,’ says
Julie. ‘We felt comforted by doing it,
like we were giving something back
because all the care and attention that
I’d had was so amazing.’
How y
our
You helped bring
suppor
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some Christmas
made a
cheer to every patient diffe
rence
who spent the
festive period in
hospital. They all received
a stocking, funded by donations
to the Samaritan Fund, which is
managed by Guy’s
and St Thomas’
Chaplaincy Team. Our
volunteers packed
more than 1,100
stockings with treats
for our patients to
enjoy on Christmas
Day.
Birthday thanks for breast cancer treatment
Alison Hookham was treated for breast cancer in 2009, which included five
weeks of radiotherapy treatment at St Thomas’ Hospital.
She recently celebrated a special birthday and, in lieu of presents, asked
friends and family to donate to Guy’s Cancer Centre Appeal and a local breast
cancer support charity in south east
London. She raised an amazing £2,000 to
share between the two.
Many thanks to Alison for her support!
To find out how you too can
support the appeal, go to
www.supportgstt.org.uk/
cancercentre
Alison with Ivan Harbour and Lord Richard
Rogers from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the
architects who designed the new Cancer Centre
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