Since we began fundraising in 2007, Calums Cabin has grown from being a small charity run by the family and a few volunteers to being one of Scotland’s best supported charities.
Calums Cabin provide holiday homes for children facing cancer. Our beautiful accommodation enables breaks away where the whole family can spend quality time making irreplaceable memories and recharging their batteries for what may lie ahead. We also offer our holidays to bereaved families.
Our twelve Glasgow flats allow us to have families staying in our flats whilst they have a child enduring cancer treatment. We understand the added stress for families who have to leave behind their support network of friends, family and their homes for weeks and months on end while their child is enduring intensive treatment at a main treatment centre.
We fundraise throughout the year with a variety of events. We also offer weekly mindfulness sessions to support parents and family members.
We visit hospitals to raise awareness about all the services Calums Cabin can provide, as well as the support we offer. We provide ‘fairy boxes’ to hospitals in several hospitals in Glasgow. These are boxes with toys for children who are on cancer wards and undergoing treatment.
Every year at Christmas and Easter we make appeals for presents and treats for families and children in Glasgow hospitals to offer some magic moments to those struggling.