The Primrose Trust £20,000

A Kent based charity supplying a breast care centre
for women. The Centre has been converted from a chapel with beautiful and tasteful
alterations most of which have been donated by local companies and craftsmen.
The Caron Keating Foundation grant will be used for equipping a treatment room
for breast cancer patients and will be called the Caron Keating Room. www.primeroseorganisation.org.uk

Melanie Beattie Appeal £10,000

This grant will be used to provide a Comfort System used by the Oncology
Department at Clatterbridge Hospital in Liverpool. This is an innovative system
of giving local radiotherapy to breast cancer sufferers using a less invasive
method than the traditional way which caused less discomfort.

Youth Cancer Trust £10,000

The Tracy Ann House in Bournemouth has been giving children with cancer traditional
holidays by the sea since 1997. Activities for 18 to 25 year olds include rock
climbing, donkey riding and playing games on the sand. The young people are
allowed to bring a friend or sibling, and they all gain support and friendship
from meeting others in the same position as themselves in an independent setting.
The grant from the Caron Keating Foundation should fund 20 children for a holiday
such as this. www.yct.org.uk

Leukaemia CARE £4,000

Leukaemia Care in Worcester is a National Charity providing support and care
to sufferers of cancer of the blood, leukaemia. The above grant will be used
to construct a consulting room in which leukaemia patients can benefit from
complementary therapies giving by specialist volunteers. This room will be
known as the Caron Keating Room. www.leukaemiacare.org.uk

Ian Rennie Hospice £15,000

The Caron Keating Foundation has given a grant to the Ian Rennie Hospice
in order that a specialist palliative nurse can be provided to help out in
domiciliary services in the Tring area of Hertfordshire. This nurse will enable
more people to stay within their home setting that is often the desire of patients
during the final stages of terminal illness. www.irhh.org