NHS
MacMillan
Helpline: 0808 808 0000 to speak to a cancer specialist nurse
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Aims to help people live with cancer by providing information, emotional support and counselling for patients, their families and health.
Cancer Research UK
Helpline: 0808 800 4040
CancerHelp UK is a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families.
Clic Sargent
Child Cancer Helpline: 0300 330 0803
Every day 10 families are told their child has cancer. As the UK's leading children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to offer them all round care and support. That’s because we’re there every step of the way.
Neuroblastoma UK
General Enquiries: 020 3096 7890
Neuroblastoma is a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. About a hundred children in the UK are diagnosed each year. The Society works exclusively for these children in raising funds for British research into the disease, and offering information and support for anyone affected by
neuroblastoma.
Solving Kids’ Cancer
Parent Support: 020 7284 0800
Solving Kids’ Cancer supports children and families affected by neuroblastoma, a rare form of paediatric cancer. There are around 100 new cases of neuroblastoma each year, of which children are predominantly under 5 years old. We provide a range of specialist support services to families affected by neuroblastoma designed to equip them with the knowledge and resources they need to fight this disease. We also fund the ground-breaking neuroblastoma research that is essential to push treatment forward and improve outcomes for children.
Children with Cancer UK
Tel: 020 7404 0808
Children with Cancer UK is the leading national children's charity dedicated to the fight against all childhood cancers.
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG)
Tel: 0333 050 7654
The CCLG is a national professional body responsible for the organisation of the treatment and management of children with cancer in the UK. As an association of healthcare professionals involved in their care, CCLG works to benefit children through development of the highest standards of care, as well as promotion of research. Other areas of activity include production of a range of information materials for patients and families, including a quarterly, free magazine for families of children and young people with cancer.
Kids Cancer Charity (formerly known as Christian Lewis Trust)
Tel: 01792 480500 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm)
www.kidscancercharity.org
The Trust is a Registered Charity in England and Wales No. 1113821, established in 1989. It offers a philosophy of child centred care focusing on 'quality of life' issues, a range of family support services, bereavement support, self-help support groups, play therapists and holidays.
Teenage Cancer Trust
Tel: 020 7612 0370
Around six young people aged between 13 and 24 are diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK. They need expert treatment and support from the moment they hear the word ‘cancer.’ We’re the only charity dedicated to making this happen. We bring young people together so they can be treated together, by teenage cancer experts, in the best place for them.
The Rainbow Trust
General enquiries: 01372 363438
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness.
Action for Sick Children
Helpline: 0161 486 6788
UK’s leading children’s healthcare charity, specially formed to see that children receive the highest standards of healthcare possible
The Sick Children’s Trust
Tel: 020 7638 4066
The Sick Children’s Trust believes that no child should be separated from their family while in hospital receiving treatment for serious illness. Our mission is to provide high quality 'Home from Home' accommodation for families whose children are receiving hospital treatment for serious illness.