Momentum, the Kingston upon Thames based charity

which supports children with cancer and life-limiting conditions, is

staging a fundraising event at Holy Cross School in George Road,

Kingston, at 7pm on Sunday 2nd May.

This will include dinner, dancing and cabaret, featuring fantastic 18-piece swing band          

‘Any Swing Goes’ and guest appearances from West End performers:                                   

Kim Ismay (Mamma Mia!, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang), 

Kieron Jae (Jersey Boys)    

David Erik (Dirty Dancing, Phantom of the Opera).

Tickets at £50 each are now on sale from the Momentum office on 020 8974 5931.

Information about Momentum:

The projects which Momentum commits to, improve

the hospital environment for very sick children who spend long periods

of time there, or who have to make a large number of outpatient trips. Studies

have shown that sick children definitely respond in a positive way to

creative and attractive surroundings and that this can even help them

to recover more quickly.  At Kingston Hospital, our fundraising to date

has paid for a beautiful mosaic mural at the entrance to the Paediatric

department, a Children’s garden with a special oncology area, a room

for teenagers and a room for parents.

In the future we intend to extend our fundraising to support other

local hospitals such as St. George’s in Tooting, St. Peter’s in

Chertsey and West Mids in Isleworth.

Our

next project at Kingston Hospital will involve refurbishing two of the

oncology isolation rooms, with murals painted by local artist Amanda

Leggatt, who has worked as an illustrator on the Harry Potter films.

The rooms will also be equipped with flat-screen televisions and there

will be access for patients and their parents to laptops and to other

special equipment, all paid for by Momentum.

Other

donations are used to continue funding our own holiday home in Dorset,

where we send families away for much needed respite breaks. Also,

donations are used to provide the day-to-day funding for the support we

give directly to our families.  This can be for special treatments not

covered by the NHS, or it might be a treat, such as a special theatre

outing for exhausted parents who haven’t been out for months, due to

nursing a sick child; an iPod for a teenage boy who has to take a lot

of time off from school during treatment; or a special wig for a

teenage girl who has lost all her hair during chemotherapy.

For further information about Momentum or about ‘Swing Time in Spring Time’, please contact:

Natalie Harvey

PR and Events Manager

75 Park Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey KT2 6DE

Tel: 020 8974 5931

natalie@moment-um.org  

Registered Charity No: 1106677