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We’re the charity that helps children and young people and their families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them.

A big welcome to our page, we really appreciate your support! We mainly cover fundraising for the catchment area for Southampton Hospital where our fab team of Young Lives vs Cancer Social Workers are based and where "Jean's House", our Home from Home is based. The majority of children and young people with cancer travel to their nearest Principle Treatment Centre in Southampton from Hampshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, South Wiltshire, West Sussex and parts of Surrey and Berkshire. We would love to hear from you about anything you are up to support children and young people with cancer, so please get in touch via our message page, email or by phone. Thank you so much. When a child is diagnosed with cancer life becomes full of fear, for them and their family. Fear of treatment, but also of families being torn apart, overwhelming money worries, of having nowhere to turn, no one to talk to. At Young Lives vs Cancer, we help families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them. Powered by the kindness of our supporters, we’ll face it all together. Please be aware that if we feel you are a Young Lives vs Cancer service user in a vulnerable position, or in need of additional support, we may consult our Young Lives vs Cancer social care team in order to help you. You can contact them for support via our website: https://www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/what-we-do/day-to-day-support/live-chat/

Please note that we are not a 24/7 service, if you are a young person with cancer in need of immediate advice you can find a list of useful organisations on our website : https://www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/life-with-cancer/i-have-cancer/health-and-wellbeing/contacts-for-your-emotions-and-mental-health/

01/11/2026

On this link below, there is really useful information in the "Your Diagnosis" booklet put together by Young Lives vs Cancer and Teenage Cancer Trust for 13 - 24 year olds who have just been diagnosed with cancer.

It has practical information about what to expect, plus lots of tips and quotes from us and other young people. It's just recently been rewritten and designed.

Please do share with someone you know who is aged between 13 - 24 year olds and has just been diagnosed with cancer. Thank you.

https://www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/cancer-info-support/cancer-and-treatment/

31/10/2026

Trick or Treat?! 🐈‍⬛🎃

Just treats for those staying in Jean's House! A big thank you to Martin, President of the Woolston and District Bowling Club for kindly dropping off such fantastic gifts for families staying at the house. We witchly appreciate your support this year Martin and all. 💙

Looking spooktactularly boo-tiful are Martin and our fab Accommodation Manager Lorraine from Jean's House. 💙

30/10/2026

What would we do without you fantastic Young Lives vs Cancer volunteers and supporters? 💙

A BIG thank you to our fab volunteer Heather from Southsea who spreads the word about how the charity helps in the local community. A BIG thank you to Julie from the Fratton Community Centre for this generous donation of £100 from a Bingo night, to the charity whilst donating another £100 to two other worthy causes.

Thank you so much Heather and Julie for your support and a BIG thankyou to Heather for her three bucket collections in September and three more booked for next month. Brilliant! 🙏

29/10/2026

Who is looking for a fun night out near Lyme Regis in Dorset?! 🙋‍♀️🙋🙋‍♂️

Good news, thanks to Gill and family there is a quiz night in Uplyme near Lyme Regis for the 5th year. Brilliant grand raffle too including a fresh 🦃 delivered locally before Christmas. 🧑‍🎄

Gill and family were supported by our fab Young Lives vs Cancer social worker Kate based at Southampton Hospital and stayed in CLIC Haven (our previous "Home from Home" in Southampton) and Paul's House in London. The quiz is raising funds for Young Lives vs Cancer in memory of Gill's son, Sam. 💙

Details of how to buy tickets are on the photo below. Thank you very much to Gill and family for their kindness in supporting others in Sam's name.

28/10/2026

A BIG thank you to Hector Crouch, the leading jockey at Salisbury Racecourse and Salisbury Racecourse for their generous donation of £300 to Young Lives vs Cancer . This helps ensure we have our team of fantastic Young Lives vs Cancer specialist social workers like Sarah (Team Manager), Kate, Julia, Nicky, Clare and Emily at Southampton Hospital supporting families from South Wiltshire.

Great photo of Hector on a horse called Bold Shout at Salisbury earlier this summer!

Thank you also to our fab volunteer Nicci from Shaftesbury for letting the racecourse know about the work Young Lives vs Cancer does in the local community.

27/10/2026

We are very happy to have James from TSL back on the Young Lives vs Cancer London Marathon team for next year! He ran in 2026 for us and including match funding from TSL, raised an amazing £6,700! 🙏

James said: "In 2006, James' brother-in-law, Josef, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He underwent six months of intensive chemotherapy as part of a European clinical trial following an increase in diagnoses among young males. Despite developing sepsis after his final round of treatment, Josef showed incredible courage and resilience throughout, and thankfully made a full recovery.

During that time, Young Lives vs Cancer became a lifeline for our family. They provided accommodation so his family could stay close while Josef underwent treatment, and offered counselling and emotional support during an unimaginably difficult period.

Their support gave Joe’s family comfort, reassurance and hope when they needed it most. It’s something we’ll always be grateful for, and it’s the reason I’m honoured to support this incredible charity once again."

Thank you so much James and see you at Tower Bridge next year!💙

https://2027tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/james-smith

25/10/2026

Lovely to chat with Phillipa (Philly) recently who has signed up to the Bath Half Marathon in March 2027. 🩷

What was lovely to hear was how Phillipa ran the Bristol 10k in 2015 for CLIC Sargent as the charity was known as then. She raised over £750 at the time.👏

We asked Phillipa why she was supporting Lives vs Cancer again and she said: "The charity is close to my heart having been supported by the charity when I went through Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) as a child. I have been in remission now for 20 years and counting! This has now felt the right time to get back into running and fundraise and I can't wait to run the Bath Half and raise as much as I can for this wonderful charity so they can continue to help all those young people and families through really tough times." 💙

As Phillipa lived in Bournemouth whilst needing treatment she was treated at Southampton on the Piam Brown Ward and at Poole Hospital. Thank you so much to people like Phillipa who support the charity as we only have our fab specialist team of social workers at Southampton Hospital thanks to those who kindly raise funds and make donations.

Good luck with your training and fundraising Phillipa and thanks so much again. https://2027getprobathhalf.enthuse.com/pf/phillipa-caine

Phillipa inspired you, then why not join her?! https://www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/events/bath-half-marathon/

24/10/2026

A BIG thank you to Cranbornes in Shaftesbury for stocking our Christmas cards! Do pop in if you are close by, thanks so much to the owner Karen and our fab volunteer Nicci for their support.

If you don't live in or near Shaftesbury then you can also buy Young Lives vs Cancer Christmas cards online! https://shop.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/collections/christmas-card

23/10/2026

Not long now till Halloween! The team at Jean's House, our Southampton "Home from Home" are looking spooktacularly fabulous! 🎃 Love the decorations. 💙

We are very grateful to everyone who supports Young Lives vs Cancer and a special big thank you to all who attended Rocks Festival last year for their support for Jean's House. Families are welcome to stay here for as long as they need to whilst their child is being treated for cancer at Southampton University Hospital. Our charity doesn't receive regular, guaranteed government funding so its only because of events like Teddy Rocks that we have Jean's House.

We can't wait for the festival next year and be lovely to see you at this fantastic Dorset award winning festival. 30th April - 2nd May 2027.
https://www.younglivesvscancer.org.uk/support-us/corporate-partnerships/teddy-rocks-festival/

22/10/2026

Thank you so much to Sam for dropping off these toys at Jean's House which were kindly donated by his 7 year old daughter. Many thanks Sam to you and your daughter and for thinking of others. 🩷

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