Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
The impact of cancer doesn't end with treatment.
A childhood diagnosis shouldn't define your teenage and young adult years.
This September, we're raising awareness of why ongoing support is needed to overcome the lasting effects of childhood cancer.
Facing cancer as a child means your diagnosis can continue to affect you as a teenager or young adult.
The impact of cancer doesn’t end when you ring the end-of-treatment bell.
The effects can be long-lasting – mentally, physically, emotionally and socially.
That’s why our support is available to all 13–24-year-olds overcoming cancer, no matter what age they were diagnosed.
Why is ongoing support needed?
In the UK around 2,000 children (aged 0 - 14 years) get diagnosed with cancer each year, and more than 80% will survive their diagnosis for at least five years*.
But surviving childhood cancer doesn’t mean its impact ends in childhood.
More than a third of families say their child’s mental health has been affected long-term, including through anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
Facing cancer as a child can bring additional challenges. It may be a trauma you don’t fully remember, or something you’re only just beginning to understand. It may have disrupted early schooling, with a lasting impact on education and friendships, or left a physical disability that continues to affect everyday life.
Without the right support, the effects of cancer can continue into adolescence and affect the next stage of life.
That’s why Teens Unite supports teenagers and young adults aged 13–24, no matter what age they were diagnosed – whether they’re currently living with cancer or experienced it as a child.
*Statistics from Cancer Research UK
**Statistics from Children With Cancer UK
How Teens Unite makes a difference
Teens Unite brings young people with a shared experience of cancer together. They'll meet others who are coming to terms with a recent diagnosis, going through treatment or finding it difficult to navigate life in remission.
Our support helps them to live more positively with cancer and thrive in the years that follow, without cancer holding them back now or in the future.
Our activities, residential stays and programmes are opportunities for young people to connect with others, develop new skills, enjoy new experiences, rebuild confidence and reach their potential.
Show your support this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
We can only provide the ongoing support needed with you by our side.
Whatever amount you choose to give, every donation to Teens Unite really does make a difference.
89.4p of every £1 donated to Teens Unite goes directly towards supporting young people facing cancer, so you can feel confident that your donation is helping us to be there for those who need us.
Donating isn't the only way you can make a difference. You an also show your support by making Childhood Cancer Awareness Month the time to sign up to a challenge, hold a bake sale or host a quiz night!
Please donate.
Your support means we can reach more young people who need us.
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I joined Teens Unite, and it was amazing to meet people who didn’t see cancer as a problem, or something that needed sympathy, but just as a part of you that they could also relate to.
I have never opened up to people about my treatment before, but it was very refreshing to be able to talk to others who understood everything.
Becky, diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, aged 7