PEOPLE + PLANET

Tom's Trust is the UK’s only charity dedicated to providing mental health support to children and young people with brain tumours, and their families.

Their work is in addition to the very basic NHS provision, which is not designed or intended to manage the complex psychological requirements of young brain tumour sufferers.

Find out more about Tom's Trust

The charity was set up by Andrew Whiteley and Debs Mitchell, the parents of a friend of mine, Tom, who tragically died aged 9 from a brain tumour, so it really means a lot to me personally.

Tom's Trust have build an incredible legacy for Tom and we have been so honoured to support them since the start of Tom's Trunks.

Tom's Trunks donates a percentage of profits to Tom's Trust. We also try and raise awareness of the great things they are doing using platforms such as sweatcoin.

If we managed to reach our donation goal of £20,000, this would mean that 20 families could be supported for a whole year!

This year, Tom and 2 friends of Tom’s Trunks undertook the For Rangers Ultra Marathon in Kenya. 

In partnership with Save the Rhino, For Rangers is a campaign supporting wildlife rangers in Africa through extreme endurance events. Rangers are the everyday heroes who put their lives on the line to ensure our endangered wildlife is protected, and can continue to exist. 

Over 1000 rangers have lost their lives since 2003, protecting what is left of Africa’s wildlife heritage, and countless others have been injured.

Tom and the team ran an extreme 250 km desert ultra marathon across the Kenyan Namib Desert. 

Protecting the natural environment is so important to us at Tom's Trunks. By partnering with Save the Rhino, we’re not only helping to save endangered species but importantly, we are supporting broader wildlife and environmental conservation efforts.

We are aiming to raise £20,000 through our Not-For-Profit collection to aid conservation efforts in Africa.