Name inscribed into marble for childhood cancer research funding

The Little Princess Trust has been has been honoured by the University of Birmingham for our commitment to support childhood cancer research.

Thanks to the incredible efforts of our supporters, we have now provided £4.5 million in research funding to the University of Birmingham.

In recognition of this support, The Little Princess Trust was inducted to the Chancellor's Guild of Benefactors, with our name inscribed into marble next to the Great Hall in the university’s Aston Webb building.

Research at Birmingham supported by LPT includes the exploration of nanomedicine to make chemotherapy safer for children, the PHITT Trial trial which is transforming the treatment landscape for children with liver cancer and the GLOSurgery project which looks at using indocyanine green dye and infrared light to make cancer surgeries safer. 

Professor Karl Dearn, Head of the School of Engineering, was orator during the ceremony.

He said: “This partnership underscores The Little Princess Trust's truly transformative impact, not just on the individual lives, but on the broader medical landscape.

"Their work continues to shine as a source of hope, compassion and determination to make the world kinder, always striving for more and better treatments.”

At the induction ceremony, LPT co-founder Wendy Tarplee-Morris who is pictured above with Phil Brace and Professor Pam Kearns, said: “We began The Little Princess Trust as a small memorial charity in our daughter Hannah’s name.

“On top of helping nearly 18,000 children and young people by providing them with wigs, we are proud to be able to support Birmingham's research, to give more people experiencing cancer hope of less toxic treatments.”