History

History of CCLASP

CCLASP was set up in 1994 by Valerie & Bill Simpson after their 6 year old son Robert was diagnosed with adult Leukaemia. The very stressful 10 months of Robert’s gruelling treatment of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and finally a bone marrow transplant devastated the family, and so they decided to use their experiences to support newly diagnosed families and set up what was supposed to be a very small support group of around 6 families, to express and share feelings. Little did they realise how successful this would be, as just over fifteen years later CCLASP is helping in excess of around 500 families.