Helplines
Cancer information providing charity with freephone helpline staffed by specialist cancer nurses.
Charity providing information and support for all family members affected by childhood cancer.
Support line for parents and carers of children with cancer and leukaemia.
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust - www.braintumourtrust.co.uk/support.htm
Call: 0845 130 9733
Email: patientinfo@sdbtt.co.uk
Call: 0845 130 9733
Email: patientinfo@sdbtt.co.uk
The Charity offers telephone support and help to children and their parents.
Support Groups
CALM (Children’s Cancer & Leukaemia Movement) - www.calmcharity.org
Cares for the needs of families of children with cancer or leukaemia within the Swindon Health District, Wiltshire.
Cancer in Young Adults - Through Parents' Eyes - www.cancerinyoungadults-throughparentseyes.org
A site providing help and support to parents of young adults who have cancer, to the young adults themselves and to their families and friends. Includes personal accounts from parents who contributed to the book Cancer in Young Adults (published December 2002) and allows new stories to be added.
Candlelighters - www.candlelighters.org.uk
Support group for families of children
treated at the Yorkshire paediatric oncology and haematology Unit at St.
James's Hospital in Leeds who are suffering from malignant diseases or
severe blood diseases.C
CanTeen Ireland - www.canteen.ie
CanTeen Ireland is a nationwide support group for young people who have or have had cancer.
C.C.L.A.S.P (Children with Cancer and Leukaemia Advice and Support for Parents) - www.cclasp.co.uk
Based in Edinburgh, the charity supports families affected by cancer and leukaemia in Scotland.
CHICS - www.chics.org.uk
provides support and information for parents of children with cancer in Merseyside the Wirral and North Wales.
CLIC Sargent - www.clicsargent.org.uk
Charity providing information and support for all family members affected by childhood cancer.
Click 4 Tic - www.click4tic.org.uk
Up to date information for teenagers with cancer and their families.
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust www.chect.org.uk
Charity supporting families affected by retinoblastoma.
Help adolescents with cancer (HAWC) -
www.hawc-co-uk.com
www.hawc-co-uk.com
National support group for adolescents with cancer.
gaps:line - www.gapsline.org.uk
Support line for parents and carers of children with cancer and leukaemia.
National Alliance of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations (NACCPO) - www.naccpo.org.uk
Formed by UK parent organisations NACCPO has shared aims of working with families and professionals to support children with cancer.
Neuroblastoma Society - www.nsoc.co.uk
Funds research into causes of neuroblastoma and provides support to affected families.
OSCAR (Offering support to children and relatives) for children with brain or spinal tumours www.support-oscar.org.
Support group at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford for families affected by brain and spinal tumours.
PASIC (Parents Association for Seriously Ill Children) - www.pasic.org.uk
Parent support group for families of children with cancer and leukaemia across the East Midlands.
Siblinks - www.siblinks.org
Support network for young people aged 13-25 who are siblings or sons and daughters of people affected by cancer.
SuperSibs - www.supersibs.org
American organisaiton devoted to providing services specifically to support the needs of siblings of children with cancer.
Tak Tent Cancer Support Scotland - www.taktent.org.uk
Youth project provides support/recreational activities to young people affected by cancer.
Tayside Children with Cancer & Leukaemia - www.tccl.org.uk
Supports families in Tayside and North Fife with a child under 21 affected by cancer or leukaemia.
Teenage Cancer Trust - www.teencancer.org
Designs and builds dedicated adolescent cancer units in hospitals and funds and organises support and information services for patients, their families, schools and health professionals.
TCCCUP - www.tccup.com
A national parent support organisation in Ireland for families of children and young people with cancer.
The Cancer Counselling Trust - www.cancercounselling.org.uk
Counselling service for individuals, families and friends affected by cancer.
Wilms at Home www.wilmsineurope.net
Website by families for families affected by Wilms tumour living in Europe.
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