Charity news

Children with Cancer UK was honoured to sponsor Children with Cancer UK’s Raines Repurposed at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, designed by Thomas Clarke.

We are developing a beautiful holiday retreat for families who desperately need the break and the chance to make precious, happy memories. We are inviting you to join our focus group.

Leah opens up about what life is like after a cancer diagnosis, the impact her diagnosis has had on her daily life, her mobility and the chronic pain she experiences.

On 24 December 2023, we invited 15 families to see the incredible Disney on Ice at the O2 Arena. Generously donated by AEG, families affected by childhood cancer were able to immerse themselves in Disney’s 100 Years of Wonder performance from private suites that provided them with a VIP experience.

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.

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.

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.