Children’s Cancer Research Fund

10/08/2026

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29/07/2026

This September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - and we need your voices.

If your family has experienced childhood cancer, we would be honoured to share your child’s story.

Stories help people understand the reality behind the statistics. They inspire action. They make people see real children and real families going through this horrific disease. They show people the truth of harsh treatments designed for adults.

💛 If you’d like to contribute, please get in touch. Your story could help raise awareness, drive research forward, and support other families who need to know they’re not alone.

Please just DM us or email [email protected] 📣

24/07/2026

☀️ Summer should be about sunshine, adventures and making memories, but for many families, childhood cancer changes everything.

While others are packing for holidays or planning days out, some parents are packing hospital bags, juggling treatments, and trying to keep childhood feeling like childhood.

This summer, we’re funding research that aims to give children more summers - more play, more laughter, more time.

💛 If you’d like to support life‑changing research, you can donate, fundraise, share our posts, or simply help us spread the word.

Visit our website or DM us to get involved.

Together, we can give children facing cancer the brighter days they deserve.

16/07/2026

Thank you Mums&Dads magazine for all your support in raising awareness for children’s cancer research 💛🎗️

Quite some time ago, when we first learned of the Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF), also known as Friends of Rosie, we were deeply moved by both the charity's story and its mission. Since then, we've been proud to support its work, helping to raise awareness of the life-changing research it he...

07/07/2026

A two-year CCRF-funded research project at The University of Manchester has been completed, marking an important milestone in work to improve proton beam therapy for children with cancer.

The project, led by Dr Amy Chadwick and Dr Emma Biglin, was funded by CCRF at a cost of £140,000.

The project studied how children’s sarcoma cells respond to proton beam therapy, including in low-oxygen conditions that can make treatment less effective. Early findings suggest this low-oxygen environment can reduce the impact of treatment, and researchers are now exploring drug combinations that could improve outcomes. The long-term aim is to support more personalised, precise and effective proton therapy for children.

Here Dr Amy Chadwick explains the project’s success and what the findings could mean for future research.

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to support this project, with special thanks to Exchange Chambers who contributed over £50k towards this research.

30/06/2026

Thank you to the Altrincham Concert Orchestra and their audience for raising £420 for children’s cancer research at the recent Summer Concert.

Your continued support means so much. 🎼💛

We are delighted to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Altrincham Concert Orchestra, who raised an impressive £420 through the raffle and refreshments at their recent Summer Concert in support of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. The orchestra has been a long‑standing supporter of CCRF, and ...

29/06/2026

Today we honour Joseph Michael Sanderson and the incredible kindness he showed in the most difficult moments. At his request, donations made in his memory have supported children’s cancer research - and thanks to his family and friends, £1,840 has been raised to help fund better, kinder treatments for children with cancer.

Joseph’s legacy is already changing lives.

Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Read the full tribute here:

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the family and friends of Joseph Michael Sanderson, who chose to support the Children’s Cancer Research Fund in his memory. In the final weeks of his life, Joseph shared a deeply compassionate wish: that any donations made in his honour should go to...

18/06/2026

A big thank you to St Giles C of E Primary School in South Mimms for raising £203.32 with their colourful wear something bright fundraiser last week! 🌈💛

Every penny will help fund vital children’s cancer research and support the search for kinder, more effective treatments.

Full story below:

We’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to St Giles C of E Primary School in South Mimms, who filled their classrooms with colour last week by hosting a brilliant ‘wear something bright’ fundraiser. Pupils and staff embraced the theme with enthusiasm, raising an impressive £203.32 to support...

17/06/2026

🏃‍♀️🏙️ Join Team CCRF at the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2027

Be part of a very special day running through London’s iconic streets — all while supporting vital children’s cancer research.

Every mile makes a difference.

Sign up here:
👉 https://runforcharity.com/charity-registration/childrens-cancer-research-fund-also-known-as-friends-of-rosie/london-landmarks-half-marathon/register