Shannon's Trust
20 Reaper Close
Great Sankey
Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 1DX
Tel: 01925 498167
Email: info@shannonstrust.org.uk
Reg. Charity 1113368
The Shannon Bradshaw Trust
A Charity helping children with life-threatening conditions
- and their families
SHANNON'S STORY
In February 2002 doctors at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, diagnosed Shannon as having a life threatening condition - Aplastic Anaemia. She had just turned 7, before that she had been a happy, healthy little girl.
After being told a bone marrow transplant was her only hope of a cure, but with no suitable donor on the register, her aunt Jackie organised Blood Donor clinics throughout the North West. This resulted in over 6000 people registering with the Anthony Nolan Trust, an organisation specialising in matching patients with suitable bone marrow donors. Unfortunately, by the time a perfect match was found Shannon was too ill to have the life-saving operation and sadly on the 17 July 2002, just 5 short months after first diagnosis, Shannon lost her very brave battle.
OUR OBJECTIVES
After experiencing first hand the effects of having a child with a life-threatening condition and the trauma felt by the whole family, Patti and Alan Bradshaw wanted to help other children and their families who sadly found themselves in similar situations.
Since 2002 the Shannon Bradshaw Trust has been raising money through fundraising events which have helped many sick children and their families throughout the North West. Some of these activities have supported organisations like the Aplastic Anaemia Trust, The Anthony Nolan Trust, the Butterfly Project and we have generally promoted the importance of becoming a blood donor.
