Joss Parkes Searchlight (Reg. Charity 1141704) was set up after the sad death of Joss Parkes in January 2011.
The charity has been formed to provide practical co-ordinated support for families of children suffering from brain tumours. We offer a helpline and can advise on NHS Resources, Benefits and Liase with specialists on your behalf.
We are arranging discounted rates with many organisations who may be able to help you during this difficult time.
Very importantly we also aim s to make your...
Every child has wishes, but to those diagnosed with a brain tumour, wishes and dreams are even more important.
Joss Parkes Searchlight will try to make your childs’ wish come true. If need be we will work alongside other charities to turn a dream into reality and create smiles and lasting memories.
Whatever the wish or dream, we will do our best to make it happen. But obviously this costs money...
2011 was a difficult first year for Joss Parkes Searchlight, not only logistically in establishing the whole charity thing, but emotionally too.
From December 2011 our name will change
We have decided to change the name of our charity to ‘Joss Searchlight’ this will be far simpler for people to remember and the Searchlight name give us the ability to act as an umbrella organisation for people...
After years of my wife Dianne undergoing fertility treatment, our son Joss was born on 22nd June 2000. Joss was the child we had dreamed of and we instantly fell hopelessly in-love with our millenium miracle. Everything in the Parkes household was fantastic, made even more so by the birth of Jamie in 2003.
In March 2005 Joss started displaying signs of a slight limp, which to be honest wasn’t...
Joss Searchlight 1st Ever Raffle
Help us raise vital funds for our charity by buying one, two or even a book of five raffle tickets.
We have many wonderful prizes including : £3000 of Holiday Vouchers. A full day’s chartered yacht experience for 12 people. A weekend break for two. A Luxury Pamper Hamper and loads more prizes.
For more information just click on the this link....
Your donations are worth more with Virgin Money Giving
We’ve teamed up with virginmoneygiving.com – a fundraising website where they’ve made it easy to set up your own fundraising page and help us receive more of the money you raise.
Virgin Money Giving is 100% not-for-profit, which means more of your donations come to us to help those who need it most.
For every £10 donated to Joss Parkes...
Joss Parkes Searchlight aims to be a friend to the whole family when a child has a brain tumour. Our helpline is staffed by parents directly affected by their own child’s cancer. Obviously your medical practitioner can give advice and provide professional counselling, however, in our experience many parents prefer to talk to a parent that truly understands what it is like. It is quite normal...
When you leave hospital or your medical practitioner having received the diagnosis that your child has a brain tumour you will no doubt be deeply distressed and in shock. You may well not want to believe the news. You may want a second opinion. You will most definitely want to fight the disease with every bone of your body. You will also need time to ‘enjoy your loved ones’ whilst they undergo...
