Image - (l-r) Jake, Courtney, Curtis and Leila sailed with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust for the first time last summer.
The ongoing challenges many young people face after cancer treatment ends are not recognised enough. Through your support we can increase awareness of why ongoing post-treatment support is so vital and achieve our ambitions to make better connections with, and have a bigger long-term impact on, more young people after cancer."
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust believes every young person deserves the same chance in life after cancer. This can only happen when they rediscover the confidence to embrace their future.
On behalf of every young person we support in recovery, thank you to the listeners who raised £11,606 towards making this happen.During the Appeal you met Dervla, who sailed with the Trust last summer following treatment for a brain tumour. That experience had such a positive impact on Dervla’s outlook she is coming back this year.Rebuilding robust confidence after cancer goes beyond a one-off experience. The Radio 4 listeners’ generosity will help more young people like Dervla come sailing for the first time, and enable the Trust to provide the continued support many young cancer survivors need over time.In 2019 649 young people were supported by the Trust – 251 for the first time and 357 returning for further sailing or multi-activity adventures. Our ambition is to build even better connections with young people after treatment to have a bigger long-term impact on more young lives.
Krissi was four when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic and chronic myeloid leukaemia and spent most of her childhood in hospital. Last year marked her 10th anniversary with the Trust.She says: “I missed school, became self-conscious and began questioning everything. My diagnosis made me grow up more quickly. It took away my ability to be blissfully immature and carefree.
“The Trust helped me get rid of the feeling cancer makes you the odd one out. It gave me a real sense of belonging and the opportunity to talk about things I’d bottled up for years after treatment. It’s why I kept coming back and I volunteer now.”
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