{"id":19268,"date":"2019-05-29T11:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T01:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purefinance.com.au\/?p=19268"},"modified":"2021-03-31T11:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T00:36:50","slug":"pure-community-mummys-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purefinance.com.au\/pure-community-mummys-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Community: Mummy's Wish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every day around Australia, 13 families have their lives turned upside down when they find out mum has cancer. For Mummy\u2019s Wish founders Bernadette Vella and Gayle Richardson, it\u2019s a feeling they know all too well. Just 14 weeks into her second pregnancy, Bernadette was diagnosed with Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma. For Gayle, her diagnosis came at a mere 12 weeks after the birth of her first child.<\/p>\n

Surviving cancer treatment is difficult for anyone. As Bernadette and Gayle both now, trying to survive it as a mother to young children is nearly impossible, particularly without an extensive support network of family and friends. Driven by their own cancer journeys, the pair founded Mummy\u2019s Wish<\/em><\/strong>, a non-profit organisation that delivers unique and critical support for mothers with cancer, refined and developed following their own personal experiences. The work they do allows mums undergoing treatment to cope with their illness and meet the physical and emotional needs of a young family.<\/p>\n

Because a mum with cancer is still a mum.<\/p>\n

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How Mummy\u2019s Wish can help<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Over the past 10 years, Mummy\u2019s Wish have supported more than 3000 Australian families by providing practical, immediate and non-means tested support while mum is receiving treatment for cancer. While they can\u2019t change the outcome of a mum\u2019s cancer journey, they can help to minimise the negative impact on the family unit.<\/p>\n

What type of support and assistance do mums receive?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Once registration is completed (either from a\u00a0health care professional<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0self-referral) each mum is assigned a Support Coordinator who will work with them to navigate a practical pathway through their cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

Mummy\u2019s Wish understand that every family is different and the support and information provided will be tailored specifically to each mum\u2019s needs, with consideration given to their diagnosis, existing support network, age of their children and, most importantly, what they feel comfortable with support-wise. This can include things like:<\/p>\n