02/09/2026
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 🎗️
For us, childhood cancer will forever have a name and a face — Liv.
We wish with all our hearts that this was never part of her story. But because it was, we will continue to remember her, talk about her, and do what we can to support other children and families facing the unimaginable.
This month, and always, we remember our beautiful Liv. 💛🌈
For Liv, always.
September - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Nine years ago today, we said our final farewells to Cooper, unaware, through the enormity of our grief, of the significance this day held for children and young people like him living with cancer.
For us, the world stopped that day. Yet beyond our grief, spring had arrived, carrying its promise of renewal and new beginnings.
For Australians under 25 living with cancer, September must carry more than hope. It must bring recognition, urgency and meaningful change.
They deserve nothing less.
Cooper’s message was very clear throughout his gruelling treatments: No child should ever be forced to contemplate their mortality.
Children should be dreaming of their futures, not fighting for them.
Each year in Australia, around 1,800 children, adolescents and young adults aged 0–24 are diagnosed with cancer. Approximately one child or young person will die of their cancer every two days.
Behind every statistic is a child or young person, a family, and a future irrevocably changed.
While survival has improved for many cancers, progress has not been shared equally. For some cancer types, outcomes have barely changed in decades.
Sarcomas are one such cancer, disproportionately affecting children, adolescents and young adults, and accounting for up to 20% of cancers diagnosed in younger age groups.
Awareness leads to action: earlier diagnosis, sustained and coordinated investment in research, equitable access to clinical trials and new therapies, and compassionate, person-centred care for every child, young person and family.
We thank Mark Butler MP , Cancer Australia and Owen Finegan and Dr Justine Stehn The Kids' Cancer Project for their leadership in developing the Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Roadmap and the subsequent CAYA Cancer Mission, initiatives with the potential to fundamentally change outcomes for those young people living with sarcoma across Australia.
This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we remember, we honour, and we keep going, , until every child and young person has the opportunity to grow older and realise the future they once imagined.
