About our charity

Please allow me to introduce the Charlie Bear for Cancer Care charitable fund - a dedicated fund which helps us to provide comfort and care for our patients while they receive the very best care and treatment at our brand new, state of the art Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.

We are extremely proud of the fabulous services our committed staff provide here but we know they can always be improved and developed and this has been made possible in the past by the many generous contributions from the people of the North East and local charities.

Donations help us go that bit further by providing additional patient comforts, new sophisticated equipment, specialist staff training and funding for local cancer research projects.

How we started

Charlie Bear for Cancer Care was originally set up in 1978 by the late Daisy Clarke, MBE, from Morpeth to raise £1 million enabling the purchase the Cancer Centre's very first CT scanner, helping our staff make quick and accurate cancer diagnosis.

Daisy and her team made and sold thousands of teddy bears, called Charlie after her husband, and together with the amazing generosity of the people of the North East this target was reached in 1982. Since then the charity has continued to raise vital funds to help support people affected by cancer.

Charlie Bear celebrated his 30th birthday in 2008 and continues to ensure Daisy's incredible contribution to support cancer care across the region will never be forgotten, helping us to further improve comfort and care for patients.

How you can help

We are looking for donations, time, ideas, support - anything and everything to help raise money and awareness of Charlie Bear.

Please contact the Charlie Bear office on 0191 213 8615 where our staff are waiting to take your call.

Thank you

Christine McGreal
Charity Chairperson and Directorate Manager
Northern Centre for Cancer Care

 

Let's all work with Charlie to make cancer more 'Bear Able'.