Cancer doesn’t stop for Christmas
You can help keep children and families together, when cancer risks tearing them apart
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When your child is diagnosed with cancer, nothing is the same again. After gruelling cancer treatment, children with cancer desperately need to be with their families.
Hospital is never a home. And sadly families on average face an 80-mile round trip to their nearest specialist childhood cancer centre, putting an enormous strain on families who are already facing the unimaginable.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Our Homes from Home are based around the UK. They give children and families a free comfortable place to stay, recover, and have precious family time, when children are having treatment.
It allows parents to be with their children when they open their eyes in the morning and kiss them goodnight when it’s time to go to sleep. The homes are especially important over Christmas, for families that celebrate it, and help them enjoy this special time.
Our Homes from Home help families have precious moments together when they need it most.
Be there for Esme this Christmas
Esme was just three years old when she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and potentially fatal form of cancer. Things were especially difficult in the run up to Christmas, when Esme faced a month-long course of radiotherapy.
Esme’s mum AnneShe was exhausted from the treatment; we didn’t want her to endure hours on the road there and back every day. Staying in a Home from Home with Esme changed everything. It meant Esme could enjoy Christmas like other little girls.
Young Lives vs Cancer is the only charity in the UK with specialist social workers who provide tailored support to children and young people with cancer, and their families. We help them to navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer. And we stop at nothing to make their voices heard and their unique needs understood, so they can get the right care and support at the right time.
Just £30 could help a family like Esme’s be together at Christmas in a Home from Home.
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