Regd. U.K.Charity No.
1002652

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Welcome to the official Website of Fiona Dickson Memorial Trust.

The Trust was founded in memory of Dr. Fiona Dickson a talented 26 year old, who tragically died of cancer during her Post Graduate training for General Practice.

One of her particular interests was improving the quality of care for the terminally ill, and in her memory the Trust is dedicated to sponsoring willing participants who wish to educate themselves in palliative care.

It was through her desire to offer the best for her patients that she wrote a booklet entitled "A Practical Handbook for dealing with and coming to terms with Cancer", in which she offers practical help and advice to cancer sufferers and their families. A free copy of the booklet may be downloaded from this website.

More information relating to the Trust is available on the page "About the Trust"

The Trustees of the Fiona Dickson Memorial Trust regret that as the Trust is in a transitional stage they are no longer in a position to accept applications for bursaries. Bursaries already awarded will be honoured.

Recent awards have gone to nurses, doctors, social workers, counsellors and clergy. Courses have included the Diploma in Palliative Nursing Care, ENB Care of the Dying and their family, Lymphoedema Awareness, Diploma in Counselling and a course for Hospital and Hospice Chaplains. Applications are judged on their individual merit with attention paid to motivation, career plans, personal and financial circumstances as well as the nature of the intended training.

The site and booklet should be of great help to those who:

  Propose to undertake further education or a recognised course in palliative (or similar) care.
  Care for the terminally ill.
  Suspect, or have been diagnosed with a serious illness.
  Need compassionate assurance of how to come to terms with a serious illness.
  Need understandable advice of how to come to terms with treatments and options.
  Need compassionate advice in coming to terms with a terminal illness.
  May comfort by advice from a person who experienced all of the above and wished to help others.

 

Please browse the site and read about her work and the work of the Trust.

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