Full Circle Fund Therapies

Full Circle Fund Therapies Award winning, evidence based integrative therapy projects focused on the wellbeing of children and adults in hospitals

We work in three key areas:
Therapy: quality of life support and training programmes for patients
Research: scientific research and evaluation for better understanding of supportive therapies and survivorship
Education: informing and educating Heath Care Professionals and the general public about the role and benefits of supportive therapy

🌟 We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to our fantastic Full Circle Therapies Team at University Hospitals Sussex...
13/04/2026

🌟 We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to our fantastic Full Circle Therapies Team at University Hospitals Sussex (UHSx) Foundation Trust University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

🏥 Between these 4 skilled practitioners, they support cancer patients across Sussex - at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, Worthing Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath.

🌟 A very special and warm welcome goes to our two newest Full Circle Team at UHSx - Jane Newman (front row, right) and Sarah Hurst (back row, right) who joined us in January and have now completed their induction phase with flying colours.

🙌 Sarah and Jane join our fabulous existing UHSx based Team of Gabby Bignell and Sue Pasko. Gabby was our Team Lead for Remedial Massage at St George's University Hospital, London, where she was based in both adult and paediatric medicine, before relocating to Brighton to launch the first Full Circle UHSx based cancer project in 2018.

🌟 Since then the service has gone from strength to strength and has expanded thanks to the wonderful support of the Sussex Cancer Fund. Firstly, to Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and, in 2024, Gabby launched the Full Circle project for cancer inpatients at Worthing Hospital. In 2024, we welcomed Sue Pasko to the Full Circle Massage team based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

👏 None of this would be possible without our incredible supporters and our fabulous UHSx partners - .cancerfund - with the highest thanks to you all for being simply the best.

📸 clockwise from front row, left:
🙌 Gabby Bignell, Team Lead,
🙌 Sue Pasko Sue Pasko Clinical Massage Therapist
🙌 Sarah Hurst
🙌 Jane Newman .brighton

🙌 A very special thanks goes to and for all your support over the years xx

Yesterday, we were honoured to be invited by Lead Cancer nurses St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Group to supp...
05/02/2026

Yesterday, we were honoured to be invited by Lead Cancer nurses St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Group to support .

The theme this year 'United by Unique' places the focus - rightly - on the unique person at the centre of cancer care.

One size does not fit all.

Cancer may be the link but no two people are the same; their experience is different. Their hopes and dreams are different. Their fears and anxieties are different.

Every person diagnosed with cancer is unique - emotionally and physically.

💛 Honouring this uniqueness has always been at the heart of what we do - and - why.

🙌 Big thanks to everyone who supports us and to 3 of our highly skilled and brilliant Full Circle team at St George's, yesterday:

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🎉 Woo hoo we are celebrating our first year of funding our fabulous Full Circle infant massage practitioner at Kingston...
20/01/2026

🎉 Woo hoo we are celebrating our first year of funding our fabulous Full Circle infant massage practitioner at Kingston Hospital's Childrens Unit.

🗓 We can't wait to start our 2nd year thanks to the incredible support from parents, children and healthcare colleagues on the ground for our support.

💯 Biggest thanks go to the extraordinary kindness and generosity of our supporters. You quite absolutely and literally make the world a better place.

🏥 An important finding from our work in 3 Children's Hospitals (Kingston Hospital, St George's University Hospital, London and Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton) has been the value parents place on having a clinically experienced Full Circle practitioner available to support them and their child during some of their most uncertain days.

The following quote vividly expresses what parents keep telling us: Full Circle is needed in children's medicine:

✏ "Just by having your support brought me to a place of calm and focus to be ready to face (and deal with) the next x number of minutes, hours or days.

Each Full Circle session brought me such peace and helped relieve the indescribable tension I was feeling both mentally and physically. Thank you to everyone who made this hugely valuable service possible for us." Mother of 8yr old with a rare cancer (anonymised for confidentiality).

🔎 To find out more about what we do visit our website https://fullcirclefund.org.uk

🔄 Supporting nhs.uk Staff Wellbeing has been one of our charity's key focus areas for over 15 years. Here are just a few...
19/01/2026

🔄 Supporting nhs.uk Staff Wellbeing has been one of our charity's key focus areas for over 15 years. Here are just a few of the hundreds of testimonials we have received that highlight why Full Circle's expert support is needed:

✏ Being able to receive a Full Circle massage from a very experienced practitioner who is also a caring person, felt mind blowing to me. Best time at work - thank you!

✏ Hands down - having Full Circle support has been the best part of my experience working as a nurse in the NHS

✏ INCREDIBLE!! Very informative - which I find so helpful Thank you! :)

✏ This is very necessary and beneficial to exhausted staff

✏ The [remedial] massage I have received today was simply amazing! I feel so relaxed and I wish we could receive this support more often. I also received some additional advice regarding exercises for my back which I am very grateful for. Thank you!

✏ Super beneficial. your Full Circle practitioners are superb and professional!

✏ I believe all nurses and health care professionals should be offered this treatment as some of us get really stressed and, with this, we will be able to work better and prevent further injuries or musculoskeletal problems. Amazing massage!!

✏ It was much needed - and - awesome, thank you!

✏ I had a shoulder/back problem at the beginning, but it has vanished after the therapy

✏ Very beneficial in helping with muscle tension. Really enjoyed the session! Thank you

✏ Wonderful experience, kind, thoughtful and expertly done. Very considerate of my health complications

✏ This was incredible, very relaxing and the Full Circle massage therapist is so kind and gives an incredible massage

✏ I feel so grateful and privileged to receive this Full Circle support.

💯 Big shout out to all our fantastic Full Circle team who currently support NHS Staff at:

🏥 St George's University Hospital, London
St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Group

🙌 - Ariel, Lukas, Giorgos, Laura and Nina


🏥 Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Children's Unit
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🏥 University Hospitals Sussex- Brighton, Worthing, Haywards Heath University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
🙌 Gabby Bignell
Sue Pasko Clinical Massage Therapist

🌟 Huge thanks to all those who support us and 'get' why supporting NHS staff is both needed and vital.

🔊 We are so excited to share the news that we are to be one the main beneficiaries again for this year's legendary SWRC ...
09/01/2026

🔊 We are so excited to share the news that we are to be one the main beneficiaries again for this year's legendary SWRC May Flyer Cyclosportive on Sunday 17th May 2026.

🙌 Last year, our fab team of highly skilled Sports & Remedial Massage therapists - Alison Terry, Ariel Moreton, Giorgos Marcoulis and Paul Wainwright, provided over 65 FREE treatments to lucky May Flyer finishers.

We're thrilled our 2025 dreamteam of Alison, Ariel, Giorgos and Paul will be joining us again this year!
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⏳ Early Bird Entry of just £30 is open until 31st January! After that it's £35 (or £40 on the day).

🎢 Both of the challenging 100mile or 100km routes take you across the North Downs both ways with upto 1500m of climbing.

↗️ With marshalled and fully signed routes, you are taken along leafy country lanes and through pretty chocolate box villages from Surrey to Sussex, and back. On your return, a warm welcome awaits with fab refreshments, live music and, of course, a free sports massage to ease tired legs!

For more info and to enter visit https://www.swrc.org.uk
SWRC - South Western Road Club
SWRC May Flyer Cyclosportive

🌱 Funds raised from the Mayflyer 2026 will support Full Circle's pioneering hospital based projects include Kingston Hospital's Children's Unit and St George's University Hospital, London.




✏ Our patients' feedback began telling us a different story... ✏ "Both numbness & tingling improved during my first Full...
07/01/2026

✏ Our patients' feedback began telling us a different story...

✏ "Both numbness & tingling improved during my first Full Circle treatment, lasting for 2 days. The electric shock pains went after one treatment. This is significant - I have had these for 5 years."

❓ So, what is Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)? CIPN is nerve damage to the peripheral nerves (affecting hands and feet) caused by chemotherapy treatments including taxanes, platinum based chemotherapy and some immunotherapy drugs. Upto 70% of these patients are affected by CIPN.

⛔ Currently, no medical treatment prevents or reverses CIPN symptoms. When chemotherapy treatment ends, CIPN symptoms may improve slowly - over a period of 6-12 months according to Cancer Research UK. Unfortunately, for some patients symptoms are permanent and disabling.

🔄 At Full Circle, we have focused on supporting patients with CIPN for over a decade. By working closely with healthcare colleagues who refer us to patients with CIPN, these patients have consistently self-reported improvements in nerve damage symptoms following Full Circle's remedial touch treatments. Above and following is a glimpse of what we have received from the voices that matter most:

✏ "The numbness and electric shock pains have literally gone after your treatment. I was not expecting anything like this. I can now start to dream of living my life again. Thank you so much."

✏ "The Full Circle hand massage has made a noticeable difference to my CIPN by reducing the numbness and tingling in my fingers. I feel the effect during and after the treatment, and for a day or so later. The Full Circle therapist also suggested I continue to apply similar techniques to my fingers at home and I have created a habit to do this while reading - I have really noticed that my hands are less tingling and numb."

🙏 Thanks to our courageous patients, our fantastic Full Circle Team, our healthcare colleagues and lead consultants, and everyone who supports us - our pioneering patient focused CIPN expertise is now across 4 NHS hospitals.

🔎 ...ps..watch this space!





✨Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful, beautiful and joy-filled festive time.🌟 Our mega thanks to everyone who has...
25/12/2025

✨Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful, beautiful and joy-filled festive time.

🌟 Our mega thanks to everyone who has supported us this year - we thank you to the stars and back.

🌟 Our heartfelt thoughts are with all the beautiful souls who have allowed us to walk beside you during your toughest days this year 🙏 at

⭐ St George's University Hospital, London
⭐ Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
⭐ Princess Royal Hospital, Hayward's Heath
⭐ Worthing Hospital Cancer Unit
⭐ Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton
⭐ Kingston Hospital Children's Unit, Surrey.

🌟🙌 - Anne, Ariel, Emma, Franziska, Gabby, Giorgos, Laura, Lukas, Nina, Paula, Raquel, Sarah and Sue - between you you have given over 2,500 Full Circle treatments to people of all ages in hospital including our youngest - at just 2 days old. It is an honour to have you with us.

🌟 Special thanks to our wonderful friends at Sussex Cancer Fund St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Group St George's Hospital Charity

Special thanks to our fab friends - Dave, Simon, Lynne, Ant, Andrew, Helen, Juliette, Geoff and all SWRC club members for all their incredible efforts⚡

✨ Thank you to you all for being with us xx

✏ Suzanne Ruggles CEO Founder of Full Circle Fund Therapies 💛 sharing a lovely heart focused breathing technique from tr...
02/11/2025

✏ Suzanne Ruggles CEO Founder of Full Circle Fund Therapies

💛 sharing a lovely heart focused breathing technique from training I did a few years ago with the fantastic HeartMath Institute and the most wonderful - ahead of its time training - at the Harvard based Mind-Body Institute, 2007, with their late, great, cardiology Professor Dr Herbert Benson.

I use this technique every day and more so when any internal or external stress ramps up.

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1️⃣ Focus on your heart

2️⃣ Focus on Gratitude - think of someone or something you love and are grateful for

3️⃣ Breathe in that gratitude to your heart. Slowly. As comfortably as you can, for around 6 seconds.

4️⃣ Breathe out. Gratitude. Slowly. As comfortably as you can, for around 6 seconds

5️⃣ Repeat and as often as you can

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When a senior nurse asks for our urgent help.... this is what health 'care' looks like:✏"My team have all informed me th...
31/10/2025

When a senior nurse asks for our urgent help.... this is what health 'care' looks like:

✏"My team have all informed me that they were made to feel valued and appreciated... that they mattered.

✏ This is what I wanted to achieve for them.

✏ I knew this would make a difference to them, but did not realise how big that difference would be, the morale of the staff from when they came into work this morning, to now, has increased 100%.

✏ What a difference it makes to staff when you care about them.

✏ Thank you does not seem enough.

✏ I am so grateful for what you and Ariel have done."

🙏 Immense thanks to fantastic Full Circle Remedial Massage practitioner who worked at pace with our CEO Suzanne Ruggles, rearranged schedules, found funds, made it happen to ensure support was given to our wonderful nursing colleagues.

💛 Funded by generous donations to our Kids in Hospital Appeal which supports hospitalised children, their families and the healthcare workers they rely on.












We are absolutely delighted our Founder and CEO Suzanne Ruggles was invited to yesterday's Royal Garden Party as part of...
21/05/2025

We are absolutely delighted our Founder and CEO Suzanne Ruggles was invited to yesterday's Royal Garden Party as part of her upcoming investiture. This invitation was in recognition of her tireless efforts and work over the last 25 years in the NHS to bring integrative medicine across 6 NHS Trusts - three of them focused on pioneering integrative therapies in children's hospitals.

Suzanne said: "It was truly such an honour to be invited to Buckingham Palace yesterday and to stand beside so many incredible people who, in myriad ways, have gone way beyond the extra mile to make life just that bit better for others in our society. I am deeply humbled to have been recognised for all we do at Full Circle. Everything I do is with an incredible team of good people around me, beside me, behind me, ahead of me: this is for you all."



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🤲 Introducing our new little helper at Kingston Hospital's Children's wards - with Fran our fantastic paediatric lead th...
13/03/2025

🤲 Introducing our new little helper at Kingston Hospital's Children's wards - with Fran our fantastic paediatric lead there. Fran is a physiotherapist by training and we're delighted she rejoined us in January as a leading expert in Infant Massage for our new project at Kingston Hospital's children's wards.

'Teddy' (not his real name) came about because our specific massage doll (used to teach parents evidence based infant massage techniques) was unfortunately 'misappropriated' from one of our other hospital projects 😢 - so 'Teddy' didn't hesitate when he was called into action!

🙌 We will be getting a proper Demonstration Doll replacement for 'Teddy' as being able to demonstrate safe, effective, evidence-based Infant Massage techniques to parents with a very sick child in hospital, is vital to help preserve the vital bond between parent and infant when in hospital.

🌟 His temporary role as 'Paediatric Demonstration Assistant' has already made him a bit of a star with the kids, their parents and hospital staff too and so he will now be promoted to become our new Mascot.

So, what he now needs is - a proper name!

🖋 So, friends, feel free to jump in and suggest his new name in the comments, below. The winning name wins...well, nothing tangible at least - just the personal joy that comes from knowing you're part of something just rather lovely. Who knows, maybe we will hear that 'Teddy' has siblings and they may just be found at each of our Children's Hospital projects (watch this space) 😉.

So, please fire away with your brilliant name ideas - let's get 'Teddy' a proper name fit for this little bear's important new work 🏥

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