Committed to Charity - HD Cable Supports KidsCan
HD Cable staff run in aid of Childrens charity KidsCan
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1 in 650 children will be diagnosed with cancer in the UK this year; tragically, 30% of these children will not survive. Through groundbreaking research, KIDSCAN is striving to reduce that figure.
Cancer is the most common cause of death from illness in children aged between 0 and 15. It does not discriminate age: even a vulnerable, innocent child can suffer the effects of cancer and sometimes more so, the side effects of the drugs used to treat it.
KIDSCAN is looking for better ways to treat childhood cancers so that children can be healthy when they reach adulthood and not be reminded of the dreadful illness they suffered from in childhood.
Currently, some children with cancer are 'over-treated' because we don’t know how their bodies will respond to drugs. KIDSCAN aims to find out what makes drugs effective in some cases and not as effective in others. That way, drugs can be tailored to individual patients, making them work to maximum effect.
Amazingly, KIDSCAN is the only charity in the UK researching new and improved treatments specifically for childhood cancers.
Visiting KIDSCAN you will see a devoted, passionate, extremely hard working small team of staff and scientists. Focusing on a very specific, very important area of a huge problem that in one way or another affects us all.
HD Cable is committed to supporting KIDSCAN in their fundraising activities, and so far this year HD Cable staff participated in the BUPA Great Manchester Run and we have come up with the limited edition purple cable initiative, with the whole retail price going directly to KIDSCAN.
We are all extremely proud to be promoting and supporting KIDSCAN at HD Cable and we hope we can raise some substantial funding towards their work over this year.
http://www.kidscan.org.uk
