Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month

Make a difference this September. Help us raise awareness of childhood cancer and find out how you can get involved.

Fundraise for childhood cancer

Walk 60 miles in September

Walk two miles a day for 30 days for the two in ten children diagnosed with cancer in the UK each day who won’t survive.

Make every mile count

Fundraise your way

From bake off to quizzes to 5-a-side football, there’s lots of ways to fundraise. We’ll help you every step of the way.

Do your own thing

Make a donation this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children and young people under the age of 15 in the UK. But only 2% of cancer research funding is dedicated to child and young person cancer.

Arianna smiling to the camera wearing an 'I fight cancer, what's your superpower?' t-shirt

How you are helping

Your generous support is helping us to fund life-saving research to improve our understanding of childhood cancer and to find kinder, more effective treatments.

Projects We Fund

Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Understanding the control of a cancer causing protein in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour (DSRCT) to develop new targeted treatments.

We’re funding a research project focused on understanding the control of a cancer causing protein in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour (DSRCT) to develop new targeted treatments.

Germ Cell Tumours

Advancing new therapies against germ cell tumours in children and young adults – decreasing side effects, overcoming resistance

The team’s proposal aims to advance a promising new therapeutic approach against germ cell tumours from the bench, towards the clinic and patient benefit.

Medulloblastoma

Tracking the spread of metastatic medulloblastoma to identify key drivers of disease progression and therapeutic vulnerabilities

This research addresses a critical gap in our understanding of how medulloblastoma, a fast-growing and often aggressive brain cancer that primarily affects children, spreads to other parts of the brain and spine (a process called metastasis).

High-risk acute leukaemia

Making immunotherapy more powerful for high-risk acute leukaemia

Making immunotherapy more powerful for high-risk acute leukaemia Project Details Overview The most common cancer in children is a type…

Burkitt lymphoma

Dissecting apart the biology of childhood lymphoma in Africa towards improving treatment outcome

Dissecting apart the biology of childhood lymphoma in Africa towards improving treatment outcome Project Details Overview We want to understand…

Neuroblastoma

Can targeting RNA help treat children with neuroblastoma?

Can targeting RNA help treat children with neuroblastoma? Project Details Overview Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer that mainly affects babies and young…

The BIOMECA2 Study: Linking tumour biology to better treatment in a study of an aggressive childhood brain tumour

The BIOMECA2 Study: Linking tumour biology to better treatment in a study of an aggressive childhood brain tumour Project Details…

Ependymoma

Looking for early signs on brain MRIs that can predict whether young people with ependymoma will go on to experience cognitive problems

Looking for early signs on brain MRIs that can predict whether young people with ependymoma will go on to experience…

Ewing Sarcoma

Developing immunotherapy for childhood sarcomas.

Research Developing immunotherapy for childhood sarcomas. Some childhood cancers don’t respond well to chemotherapy, but there is hope in the…

Childhood cancer immunotherapy using blood cells from umbilical cord blood.

Research Childhood cancer immunotherapy using blood cells from umbilical cord blood. Immunotherapy is an important new approach in the treatment…

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month