About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
Welcome to the ‘Sickle Cell Care, Advocacy, Unity, Support with Empathy’ Action Support Group, otherwise known as ‘SC. CAUSE’.
Our mission is to actively address and meet the needs of our Sickle Cell Community Countrywide by connecting with existing and emerging Sickle Cell Support Groups, Individual Warriors (Sickle Cell affected persons) their, Families and Carers in order to deliver effective awareness programs and tailored support services.
SC.CAUSE derived its name by using the services, values and principles upon which we stand; to create the acronym ‘CAUSE’.
Care
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In order to really care about anything, there has to be some level of understanding of what that thing is, what it involves and how it impacts on those affected.
With many years of volunteering experience within the arena of Sickle Cell support, the founding members of SC.Cause have been heavily exposed to the Warriors echoes of pain and expressed feelings of being unheard, unseen, misunderstood and under-supported, our Sickle Cell Awareness programmes aim to turn these experiences around,
However, even with the Awareness of what Sickle Cell is, it really does take special people with sheer dedication and passion to fight the Sickle Cell Warrior plight which without genuine CARE and understanding would be impossible. ​
It is a key value for SC.CAUSE to ensure all Warriors using our services are heard, acknowledged and validated. Our members must feel and know that without a doubt they will be treated with the maximum degree of CARE and over standing. Care is the core value fuelling our
SC.CAUSE: Warriors Support Group Services.
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Advocacy & Awareness
I heard...
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‘Charity starts at home! People please look after your own’ (MrTi2bs, 2007)
At the helm of this group are individuals who have had to fight for their basic needs such as for adherence to Hospital Protocols, correct Housing Conditions, General Practitioner support and access to eligible Income Benefits.
We un-anchor these challenges as the benchmark to work from through our Advocacy Workshops to empower and equip Warriors with knowledge, skills, tools and support to encourage self-help, personal & collective responsibility.
As a group, we are not afraid to speak up for ourselves, we WILL ask the questions and SEEK the solutions to attain better health and social well-being outcomes, medical treatment solutions and an overall improved quality of life for all Sickle Cell patients who NEED a unified voice for support.
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our community and public outreach initiatives​ promote the agenda for Sickle Cell Awareness on an Individual, Local, National and International level.
SC Cause will visit your place of work (prioritising medical and social care establishments), education, training and worship, to share Sickle Cell Awareness Programs.
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Unity
Ubuntu, meaning...
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‘I am because we are!’ Is the SC.CAUSE approach.
We work with and value other Sickle Cell support groups, our partners and supporters not only to pool our resources, knowledge and expertise, but to share our experiences, our stories, our struggles and triumphs. We come together to share our values, culture and traditions to unite, to give service to one another and to overcome our challenges together.
With the unity and support of our wider community we have been able to achieve great successes such as the SAVE THE GEORGE MARSH CENTER project and we know so much more can be achieved when we come together on our common goals.
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Support
At its core... our
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‘I see you’ support is peer to peer led and directed.
Through our SC.CAUSE Peer to Peer Action & Support Group we are all members providing each other both emotional and practical support. We encourage and embrace meaningful communication, providing a safe space to listen and empathise without prejudice.
We stand, hold hands and walk side by side in times of trouble and strife.
We see and embrace each others gifts, skills, talents and potential by offering, sharing, providing and utilising each others gifts, skills & services such as counselling, business building, professional organising, holistic therapy, nutrition and healthy cooking demonstrations.
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We bond and belly laugh, bringing our families together on workshop activities, day trips and outings. We know how to Support our members because it’s the very same support we need and seek for ourselves.
Empathy
As the saying goes...
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‘Who feels it knows it!’
As a group we can truly identify with our members because we are directly affected by Sickle Cell with first hand knowledge and experience of the health (physical, mental, emotional) medical and social challenges that emerge from living with such a debilitating condition; and are therefore in the prime position to truly emphasise. We have no ulterior motive other than to address and meet the well-being needs of our peers, to seek and offer appropriate support without stereotypical malice, ignorance, dis-belief, sarcasm, ill or misplaced sympathy. Our SC.CAUSE Warriors Support Group offers genuine Empathy, inclusion, encouragement and strength to inspire and bring about a stronger foundation for our Sickle Cell Support.
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Our Story
SC.CAUSE has been actively operational since January 2015
Founded by Sickle Cell Warrior & Active Advocate since 1997
Samantha Dolores Greaves
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During the year 2011, Samantha was headhunted for her support to stabilise the Enfield Sickle Cell Support Group. She galvanised an active number of volunteers from her Healthy Living International Ltd. Community Health Group under one banner to re-establish the foundation for positive empathic support for Sickle Cell patients with a focus on holistic health, nutrition and wellbeing solutions.
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Following a series of events, and a huge number of requests for support county wide, it quickly became apparent that there was still a desperate need for a body that would be able and willing to not only proactively support Sickle Cell patients with their day to day living challenges from the grass root,
But to also highlight and address the basic Health, Social and Economic shortfalls by raising general public Awareness and working together alongside existing support networks to access the necessary attention and resources needed to implement an appropriate and consistent level of service provisions.
Adhering Mentorship of the Great Late Dr. Neville Roy Clare MA. PhD, Sickle Cell Patient, Advocate and Founder of the First Sickle Cell Organisation in the UK & Europe ‘OSCAR’
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The Organisation of Sickle Cell Anaemia Research,
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Samantha took heed and direction in reviving the then dormant
George Marsh Centre, Haringey, Enfield and Barnet based Support Group
whilst establishing the foundations for a group of more scope.
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Experiencing herself the continued exposure to an overall lack of institutional care, public awareness, advocacy, hands on emotional & practical support with genuine understanding and empathy for the day to day lived experiences and needs of the
Sickle Cell patient.
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Samantha with the background support of her Daughter Leanne Palmer and the active right hand assistance of her Dear Late Friend Curtis Stewart, galvanised the support of peers, community and professional networks to implement initiatives that could meet patients echoing needs, from which the foundation and acronym of the
SC.CAUSE Peer to Peer Action & Support Group was born.
Meet The Team


MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Our volunteers, some past, present and longstanding pictured here, have been and remain crucial in fulfilling the essential roles required for Sickle Cell Cause to achieve its mission.
Warriors themselves are central to our volunteering recruitment process and overall service delivery, as we truly value the Warrior’s lived expertise to direct the approach we take towards delivering
Sickle Cell Support.
'SC Cause is a fantastic organisation to volunteer for if you are a dedicated, integral and innovative individual looking for an opportunity to make a long term difference and impact on peoples lives affected by Sickle Cell Dis-ease.'
SC.Cause Partners




