Our impact

Impact Report

At the Tessa Jowell Foundation, we strive to continue Tessa’s legacy to improve people's lives through more compassionate, inclusive and equitable systems in public health and early childhood development

This report highlights the impact of our work over the past year: from funding programmes that are improving hospital services to advocating for equitable access to world-class care. Every initiative, every partnership, and every fundraising event, drives progress toward our goal: transforming outcomes for patients and families affected by brain cancer and creating change in children's formative years.

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Featured Story

Angel Mums

The Angel Mums are a group of extraordinary women who each faced the unimaginable loss of a child to a brain tumour. Out of their heartbreak, they found strength, purpose, and unity - channelling their love into action to create change for other families.

Together, the Angel Mums have raised vital funds for the Tessa Jowell Centres of Excellence for Children - a programme dedicated to transforming the care and treatment of children diagnosed with brain tumours across the UK.

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60 Individual Fundraisers Supported (estimated)

29

Angel Mums

2

Marathon Runners

11

Walk with Sam team members

4

Royal Parks Half Runners

1

Course funded by Gorgeous George One Big Fight

3

Kilimanjaro Climbers

6

Family members at Leek Town

5

George’s Chase the Sun team members

Through grants

40m

people in the catchment areas of Tessa Jowell Centres of Excellence

420

children who will be diagnosed with brain cancer each year through the Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for Children Programme

1500+

staff members who are part of the Tessa Jowell Academy

54

nurses and AHPs trained in Supportive Communication skills through Academy training days.

Our Advocacy and Leadership Highlights

  • Health Minister meeting with Laura and Lou

  • Brain Cancer Justice March,

  • Francis Crick Institute Dinner with Wes Streeting

  • TJCOE Awards

  • Angel Mums Awareness Walk

Media Appearances