Send Cuddles for Christmas
You can be the reason a child in hospital with cancer experiences a moment of delight and distraction just like baby Melody
Help get cuddles and smiles to more children like Melody
Imagine it: a baby sits in a hospital bed, in an unfamiliar place, far away from home and surrounded by strangers. They're having cancer treatment.
Even though they might not fully understand what's going on, they'll pick up on the anxiety of those close to them.
Now picture the look on their face when they receive a cuddly Warmies® teddy bear. That smile, and the distraction it provides from the discomfort of the drip in their arm, is priceless.
You can help make it happen for a child like Melody.
When Rachel and Kevin’s smiley four-month old baby, Melody, developed a cold in April 2025, they didn’t suspect that their little girl’s snuffles would be anything out of the ordinary. However, tests revealed that she had AML (Acute Myeloid Leukaemia), an extremely rare type of fast-developing blood cancer. Melody urgently needed a bone marrow transplant, which she received at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
A Cuddles for Christmas bear from Cancer Support UK arrived at just the right time, bringing comfort and distraction from the stress of coping with cancer.
“This warmable bear is wonderfully comforting and brings a smile to Melody’s face,” says mum Rachel. “It’s the perfect size for her and we are so grateful to everyone who donated and ensured Melody received her cute ted. It’s been a godsend at this difficult time.”
Melody is just one of around 1,900 children diagnosed with cancer every year. By donating to our Cuddles For Christmas appeal, you'll be helping to make sure every child that needs one receives a free, comforting Cuddles bear. Please donate today.
Hundreds of children like Melody will spend this Christmas in hospital, surrounded by strangers in unfamiliar surroundings, away from their friends and family, enduring treatment for cancer.
We're on a mission to ensure that a Warmies® Cuddles bear is available to every child that needs one, and we want you to be part of it.
Donate Today
You can help to make sure a child like Melody, undergoing treatment for cancer, is able to receive a comforting, warmable bear. Donating online is quick, easy, and secure. You can even send a personalised gift tag message too, just fill in the form when you make your donation and one of our volunteers will hand write your message and attach it to your ted with a ribbon, so a child with cancer will know someone cares this Christmas.
Your generous donation of £36 would be enough to fund three lavender scented, cuddly Warmies® teds
Your generous donation of £24 would be enough to fund two lavender scented, cuddly Warmies® teds
Your generous donation of £12 would be enough to fund just one lavender scented, cuddly Warmies® ted
Remember to add Gift Aid if you're an eligible UK taxpayer - it means we're able to claim an extra 25p for every £1 you give, at no extra cost to you. Simply check the Gift Aid declaration box on the donation form.
FAQs
How will my donation help children with cancer?
Your donation will help us to make sure that all the children receiving treatment for cancer in hospitals across the UK this receive one of our soft, warmable, lavender-scented Warmies® bears just like the one Melody likes so much.
Where do the Cuddles bears get sent?
Most children with cancer will have treatment at what's known as a Principal Treatment Centre (PTC). There are 20 of them across the UK, located in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Bristol, Southampton, Cambridge, Oxford, Plymouth, Margate, and Sutton in Surrey. As you can see, they're quite spread out which adds to the costs of getting Cuddles bears to children that need them.
How many Cuddles bears are you fundraising for?
It's our most audacious mission yet: raising enough money in time for Christmas to fund 1,200 Cuddles bears for children with cancer.
Donate today and help make Christmas a little better for little people in hospital with cancer
The generosity of people like you can really brighten the days of children living with cancer and undergoing treatment.
