# STAR (Supporting Treatment and Awareness Raising) for Harris SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC042581
- **Known as:** STAR for Harris
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Sept. 9, 2011
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC042581


## Contact

- **Address:** Rionnag, Fassfern, Fort William, Inverness-shire
- **Postcode:** PH33 7NP
- **Website:** www.starforharris.co.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;

**What the charity does:** We aim to support treatment time of childhood cancer by funding resources such as gift sets, entertainment, music therapists, make-up, ward resources etc. We gain fnds by running an annual golf tournament and by people doing funraisers for STAR for Harris.

**Objectives:** To advance education and raise awareness of childhood cancer. and  to advance health in relation to childhood cancer through:  Helping support cancer treatment through fundraising for equipment &amp; resources  Awareness raising about the reality of childhood cancer for families  Reaching out and offering support to families being treated for cancer  Raising awareness about the need for earlier diagnosis amongst medical professionals and healthcare workers  Involving other childhood cancer charities, where appropriate, in working alongside STAR for Harris&#x27; in helping progress initiatives  Sharing real stories about children who have been affected by cancer





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** Scotland and other parts of the UK






