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Support for Families
Free guidance & support on how to prepare your children for lifes toughest test
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RSF’s training programme to support parents with an incurable cancer diagnosis
Our Research
Supporting research for better outcomes for those with non-smoking lung cancer
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Professional Emotional Support
There is significant inconsistency in the emotional support offered to families when a parent is diagnosed with a life-limiting illness. We believe that every family facing the death of a parent, should be offered professional emotional support to help prepare for their children’s futures.
Read Ruth’s Story
Early 2018, Ruth Strauss, wife of Sir Andrew Strauss the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died on December 29th 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.
”"The idea of setting up the foundation came up with Ruth in the last few months of her life. Ruth desperately wanted to help those affected by this terrible disease and she had a very strong sense of charity – in the broadest sense – of helping others less fortunate than ourselves”.
Andrew StraussRSF Founder & Ruth’s Husband
46,300
are affected by the death of a parent each year in the UK
via Child Bereavement Network
26,900
with dependent children die each year in the UK
via Child Bereavement Network
127
on average are facing the death of a parent each day
via Child Bereavement Network
Research
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
The number of people diagnosed, in the UK, with non-smoking lung cancers is on the rise. It’s more common in women, with twice as many women than men being diagnosed. It’s also more prevalent in under 55s.
16
of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive for 5 years or more
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