Charity news

Leading charities Children with Cancer UK and Cancer Research UK will co-fund a major £5.5 million research programme to advance precision medicine for children and young people whose cancer has returned.

A young cancer patient from Birmingham is supporting a brand new campaign to help raise awareness during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September. The charity’s new ‘give a hug’ campaign highlights the importance of this simple gesture. Whether it’s from friends or family, a big squeeze or a small cuddle, the charity’s moving campaign film shows how this wordless gesture can say so much.

Children with Cancer UK, has announced ‘The Really Big Auction’ offering once-in-a-lifetime prizes including VIP concert tickets to Rod Stewart in Las Vegas, lunch with the stars of Downton Abbey and a Sunday roast with the cast of Eastenders.

Our #Milestones film follows Billy and Demi – two childhood cancer survivors and their families, on a journey of precious highs, painful lows – and all the moments in between that became so meaningful. Because for children with cancer, every single moment is a milestone.

It’s been a milestone 12 months for Children with Cancer UK.

On 12 January 2023, Children with Cancer UK celebrated its 35th anniversary at their new head office in London.

The Bone Cancer Research Trust and Children with Cancer UK have announced a new partnership to accelerate research into Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of primary bone cancer.

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.

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.