Charity news

We’re delighted to announce that Jo Elvin has been appointed new CEO of Children with Cancer UK. For the last 20 years, Elvin has worked a leader in the world of publishing and broadcast, most recently as editor of The Mail on Sunday’s YOU magazine.

On average, every month over 30 children just like Lucie are diagnosed with a brain tumour which will have a life-changing impact on them and their family but there is hope with your help. This March for Brain Tumour Awareness Month, we are drawing attention to how this impacts children and their families but also the work we do every day to find kinder, more effective treatments.

Every day in the UK, 12 children and young people just like Kodie are diagnosed with cancer. Our vision is to create a world where every child survives their cancer diagnosis. We need your support today to help make this a reality.

We have joined with 50 other cancer charities to form One Cancer Voice. This weekend One Cancer Voice  has made the urgent call for the Comprehensive Spending Review to deliver Government commitments to improve cancer survival and care.

We’re funding new research, led by Professor Tariq Enver, a world leader in the field of leukaemia.

Current treatments for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) are highly toxic meaning children may  suffer long term side effects.

This project aims to develop more targeted and less toxic therapies which will reduce the toxic effects on the rest of the body.

Children and young people living with cancer from across the West Midlands, Oxfordshire and parts of Southern England will now benefit from improved genetic testing, thanks to a seven-figure donation to Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity from Children with Cancer UK, in partnership with Kwik-Fit.

Cancer Research UK and Children with Cancer UK are joining forces to fund five teams of world-leading scientists. Each team has been awarded up to £1 million to delve into the biology of children’s and young people’s cancers.