The Summer Chime newsletter

Supporters are part of the Children with Cancer UK family. Thanks to all of you, we’re getting closer to a day where every child survives cancer. Our latest updates include our exciting new collaboration with Cancer Research UK, as well ways we keep bringing joy to children facing cancer.

Discover today how Nieve showed us all how “sometimes superheroes reside in the hearts of small children fighting big battles”

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July is Sarcoma Awareness Month

A sarcoma is a type of cancer and can occur either in the bones or soft tissues such as muscles, fat, the linings of joints or blood vessels. The three most common childhood sarcomas are osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma.

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Summer Grand Draw

Enter our Summer Grand Draw today for your chance to win £25,000. Your support can help make sure every child with cancer can ring the end of treatment bell. Just £1 a ticket for your chance to win.

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Where your money goes

families

Every day more than 12 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK.

research

8 out of 10 young childhood cancer patients can be successfully treated thanks to vital, specialist research we helped fund.

welfare

We are working to develop safer, kinder & more effective childhood cancer therapies, with fewer toxic side effects.

funding

We invest in childhood cancer research that would otherwise go unfunded. Only around 2% of cancer research funding in the UK* is spent on research that is fully dedicated to childhood and young adult cancer.

*estimated amount based on data from the NCRI Cancer Research Database (CaRD) for 2018/19

So what do we do?

research

We accelerate breakthroughs in research

As a children’s cancer charity, we actively raise and invest money to fund specialist research to improve our understanding of childhood cancer and save the life of every child affected by it.

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Learn about our projects
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We inspire action and raise awareness

Sharing our learning for the greater good of all and inspiring people to contribute towards a better future for our children, we unite people to fight the injustice of cancer in children.

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Children at Zippos Circus

We support children and their families

We are there when families need us most. By funding welfare projects, delivering unforgettable events and fostering a loving environment, we strive to make the world a happier place for children.

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Find out how we help

Research is essential

To save children’s lives, research is essential. Childhood cancers are different to adult cancers and need their own research. Most childhood cancers are unique to children.

At Children with Cancer UK we want to find safer, more effective treatments for all young patients. Cancer is still the most common medical cause of death in children and young people. Our focus as a children’s cancer charity is to fund visionary research and bring the breakthroughs that will bring hope to children and their families.

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It started with a promise

Our journey started with a promise to a dying boy. The O’Gorman family was shattered when brother and sister, Paul and Jean, fell victim to cancer within nine months of each other. 14-year-old Paul died only nine weeks after his initial diagnosis of leukaemia. But before he died, Paul asked his parents, Marion and Eddie O’Gorman, to help other children with leukaemia.

Paul’s sister Jean, in defiance of her cancer, started to raise money in her brother’s memory. She died just nine months later.

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