An online charity, the first of its kind in the UK, has just launched with the aim of improving the lives of children who have tumours.<\/p>\n
Children With Tumours<\/strong> has been set up by Chris de Winter and her brother Kevin Powell.<\/p>\n There is no office to fund, with the operation running only through the website www.childrenwithtumours.org\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The charity is raising funds to help provide respite to children and their carers who are affected by the condition Neurofibromatosis (NF).<\/p>\n There are two types of Neurofibromatosis\u00a0which affects the skin, nervous system and brain.<\/p>\n Non-cancerous tumours develop on the skin along nerve tissue with the presence of cafe-au-lait spots.<\/p>\n There are more than 25,000 people in the UK affected by NF, with another baby being born with the condition every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An online charity, the first of its kind in the UK, has just launched with the aim of improving the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"\n