Our Impact and Annual reports
Helping hundreds of families
In the last year, we supported 506 families whose child is in active treatment and 220 bereaved families; offering personally tailored support to care for the emotional and mental wellbeing of every single family member.
Our impact in numbers
Over the past year, we supported 2,829 children, parents, siblings and grandparents through:
4,036 family interactions in hospitals
2,900 support hours in hospitals
5,743 support hours in the community
1,320 social work hours
2,270 hours supporting bereaved families
188 creative therapy sessions
271 counselling sessions
93 boat trips for 424 individuals
165 cabin breaks for 692 individuals
£71,935 unlocked in essential support
Overall, families show an improvement of 0.7 points across five wellbeing outcomes once they start being supported by Momentum.
Because no family should have to cope alone
Because no family should have to cope alone
Everything we do is about making a positive difference when it’s needed most.
Life with a child who has cancer or another life-challenging condition is incredibly difficult. The impact on families is profound:
- 95% of parents experience moderate to severe impact on their emotional health and wellbeing
- 92% of children experience moderate to severe impact on their participation in social and leisure activities
- 69% of siblings experience significant emotional strain
- 93% of families face financial strain, with most reporting additional monthly costs of £100–£300
Education can be affected, family relationships and finances can be strained and, generally, every family member’s wellbeing will be impacted.
As a small and agile organisation we pride ourselves on being able to react quickly to changing family circumstances. We regularly monitor our family’s needs through ongoing evaluation and surveys, so that we can listen to the issues they’re facing, and research and implement new ways of delivering services for them, exactly when and how they’re needed.