Media Centre

Want to know about children and young people with cancer and their families? Well, we’ve got something to say! Our Media and PR team is available 24/7 for comment, interviews and information.

For media enquiries only, call our Media and PR team on 020 8752 2812 or email mediarelations@younglivesvscancer.org.uk (Please note, we are only able to help with media queries on this number, for anything else please call 0300 330 0803)

Out of hours contact: +44 (0)844 848 1189

You can also check out our contacts for journalists and our Ambassadors and Celebrity Supporters page.

Crest Nicholson partners with Young Lives vs Cancer

Wednesday 12 April 2023

Staff at Crest Nicholson will be fundraising for the charity for two years.

Bullseye! JD Wetherspoon staff raise over £141,000 for young people facing cancer at annual darts tournament

Wednesday 12 April 2023

Staff from over 300 JD Wetherspoon pubs took part in the company's annual fundraising darts tournament

Young Lives vs Cancer welcomes new Trustees 

Thursday 6 April 2023

Young Lives vs Cancer has announced four new appointments to its Board of Trustees. 

Our journey towards anti-oppressive recruitment practice at Young Lives vs Cancer – Rachel Kirby-Rider, Chief Executive

Monday 20 March 2023

Celebrating 6000 pairs of Supershoes and a new partnership

Friday 17 March 2023

Our partner charity Supershoes has presented its 6000th pair of customised shoes to a young person supported by Young Lives vs Cancer.

Tabitha with her Supershoes

Charities come together to launch Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month this April

Thursday 16 March 2023

Cancer charities from across the UK have come together for the first Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month.

“The Government urgently needs to step in and provide better support” Young Lives vs Cancer Chief Executive Rachel Kirby-Rider reacts to Spring Budget announcement

Wednesday 15 March 2023

Young Lives vs Cancer Chief Executive Rachel Kirby-Rider responds to Spring Budget and what it means for children and young people with cancer and their families

“Our Children and Young People’s Cancer Plan is ambitious, but it should be, because children and young people diagnosed with cancer deserve the same chances as everybody else”

Tuesday 7 February 2023

Helen Gravestock, Director – Policy, Influencing and Voice at Young Lives vs Cancer on why a bespoke Children and Young People's Cancer Plan is so needed

Young Lives vs Cancer responds to the Wales Cancer Services Improvement Plan

Tuesday 31 January 2023

The Minister for Health and Social Care has announced the Cancer Services Improvement Plan for Wales for 2022-25. Here is Young Lives vs Cancer's full response