About Us

The Poole and District Children's Cancer Fund (P.D.C.C.F) aims to enhance the quality of life for local children and their families undergoing treatment for cancer.

The P.D.C.C.F. organises regular events throughout the year for local families. These events usually include a family weekend break in the summer and family tickets to attend a local pantomime, usually at Poole Lighthouse Theatre, in December each year.

The charity has also arranged other events. These events can provide a welcome break for the whole family and for a while enables the family to forget about blood tests, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and hospital appointments.

In addition to the larger group activities the charity supports individual families at times of need, such as Boots vouchers to help with costs while an inpatient, helping in the purchase of essential household items or helping out when there are transport difficulties;

The P.D.C.C.F. also helps the hospital with the purchase of equipment (for home and hospital use), Ipads; games and other activities for the use of children in hospital or when they are unwell at home.

In December 2025 the charity purchased gift cards for toys and a cinema trip for the children undergoing treatment.

The gift cards were distributed by the Children's Community Nursing (CCN) team at UHD (Poole). The gift cards were well received by the children and our thanks go to the CCN team for their help.

The charity aims to support the local hospital team and in so doing helps to support the local children and their families at the time of a cancer diagnosis, during the treatment and after treatment has been completed.