Lets stand together for children and young people with cancer

Add your name to our open letter to the new Prime Minister and ask him to stand with young cancer patients.

The General Election votes have been counted and our new MPs have been elected. We now have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring the changes children and young people with cancer need to see.

Our new Prime Minister, Health Secretary and all new MPs must stand up for young cancer patients and work with us to deliver this change. Alongside our partners at CCLG, signed by many other charities, we’ve written a letter to the new Prime Minister to ask him to prioritise children and young people with cancer.

Add your name to our open letter to the new Prime Minister and ask him to stand with young cancer patients.

What is our Manifesto?

A manifesto is a set of commitments, usually released before an election.

We’ve developed our manifesto to set out five key commitments we need the new UK Government to make, to transform the landscape of children and young people’s cancer care.

This isn’t about supporting any one political party or politicising our charity. It’s about making sure the voices and needs of children and young people with cancer are raised to the highest level of decision making across the UK.

We are ready to work with the new UK Government and all elected representatives to make positive change for young cancer patients.

What are we asking for?

A lot needs to change, we know that. But we’ve picked five key areas which alongside children, young people, and their families, we think are some of the top priorities for the UK Government to act on:

Launch a Children and Young People’s Cancer Plan

Create a Travel Fund so no child or young person struggles with the cost of getting to treatment

Improve benefits so they work quicker, and are easier to access

Boost mental health support for young cancer patients and their families

Improve the diagnosis experience of children and young people with cancer and ensure they are supported after treatment

Led by experience and evidence

We put the voices and experiences of children and young people with cancer, and their families, at the heart of what we do. This includes our manifesto.

The five areas in our manifesto are areas young cancer patients, and those who support them, tell us are important and need to change.

We also undertake research and use evidence to make sure our work is backed up by facts and figures, as well as lived experience.