Topic: Friends and family
For six-year-old Ava and her mum Katie, your support meant more than practical help – it helped them face the hardest time of their lives.
Ava’s Story: You’re helping Ava’s family face the future
For six-year-old Ava and her mum Katie, Young Lives vs Cancer's support meant more than practical help
Nancy’s Story: “I honestly can’t think of what it would be like without Yo...
Nancy was diagnosed with a brain tumour at just one year old and had to have two surgeries and high dose chemotherapy treatment.
Paarus’s Story: “It made us realise what is important”
Paarus was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at 13 and had to start treatment at Royal Marsden Hospital
Zane’s story: “No-one thinks their 15 year old is going to get a typ...
Ever since Zane was told his cancer had returned and it is terminal, he and his family have been focused on creating memories together
Josh’s story: I was starting a new chapter of my life, then I found out I had ...
Josh had just started a new job and moved to London when he got the life-changing news he had cancer at 24 years old
Isobel’s story: Cancer diagnosis at 19 turns life upside down
Isobel’s story: Cancer diagnosis at 19 turns life upside down April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month (TYACAM). Launched in 2023...
“I would give anything to be back in the room with Orla”: Orla’...
Ahead of Mother's Day, mum Naomi speaks about her daughter Orla who sadly died in August 2023 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour
Kylen’s story: specialist social worker support was “absolutely phen...
Kylen was diagnosed with leukaemia in June 2024, when he was just two and a half years old.
Winter appeal update: Esme’s story
A huge thank you to everybody who so kindly donated to our Winter appeal, to help offer a Home from Home to families with a child in hospital over the...