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Amazing result from LV=... Youth Cancer Trust was fortunate to be recipients of the employee Pennies for Charity initiative in 2014. The amount raised was £3,655.52!!

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Improving our services!

PLEASE can you take part in our survey? It's important that we listen very carefully to your needs as a young person living with and beyond cancer, so we can adapt and...

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Birmingham based Ecorys UK

Birmingham based Ecorys UK raises £10,093 for Youth Cancer Trust!! Staff from the Birmingham based international research and consulting company Ecorys UK have cooked,...

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Lottery Awards Results 2014

Unfortunately, Youth Cancer Trust did not win the Lottery award 2014. A very deserving project run by Age UK won first place. We were extremely proud to be in the top 7...

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Wen from Cardiff

I’m Ceinwen also known as Wen and I’m now 23 and live in Cardiff... 3 years ago my world was turned on its head when I was diagnosed with a rare illness called Very...

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Andrew from Wales

My name is Andrew and I am from Wales... My story starts long before I was diagnosed. At first I was getting really bad headaches, my hands were shaking uncontrollably...

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Kate from Plymouth

Hi, my name is Kate and I live in Plymouth... I was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma in my right shoulder blade in October 2000, I was 16. I had completed my GCSE’s and...

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Dariusz from Suffolk

My name is Dariusz and I live in Suffolk... It’s a couple of years since it all started, but this is the first time I have decided to tell my story. I am a reserved...

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Josie’s mum Ann Wheeler

Josie taking part in Spinnaker Sailing on a Youth Cancer Trust holiday Josie, our daughter, had her 3rd pituitary brain tumour in 1999. Because she was then totally...

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What is Youth Cancer Trust?

The Youth Cancer Trust is a charity based in Dorset. It provides online support and free, therapeutic wellbeing holidays for young people living with and beyond cancer in the UK or Ireland.

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A break from cancer

Are you (or do you know someone who is) a young adult living with cancer? We provide an opportunity to have fun and chill out in a safe environment with others who understand what it’s like.

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