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Welcome to our website. We are a UK charity for families and individuals affected by retinoblastoma. We offer support, fund research and raise awareness.

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The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust takes young people aged between 8-24 sailing to help them regain their confidence, on their way to recovery from cancer, leukaemia and other serious illness.

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Cancer is the most common form of non-accidental death in teenagers and young adults in the UK. The Laura Crane Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to funding research specifically into cancers affecting 13-24 year-olds, where cancer can strike in dangerous and difficult forms, often necessitating very harsh regimes of treatment in an effort to save their lives. The trust also funds various measures to improve the lives of these young cancer patients whilst they are undergoing treatment.

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Leukaemia Busters is a UK-based registered charity whose objective it is to develop new antibody-based magic bullet type treatments for children and adults with currently incurable forms of leukaemia.

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Leukaemia CARE exists to provide vital care and support to all those whose lives have been affected
by leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and the allied blood disorders. Our work extends to the welfare of families and carers, as
well as that of patients themselves. Quite simply...'supporting a quality of life for all'

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Supporting families of children and young people diagnosed with cancer, leukaemia and brain tumours, receiving treatment at the Nottingham Childrens’ Hospita

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Welcome to the Rare Cancer Alliance (RCA) website. If you are newly diagnosed with a rare type of cancer or a pediatric cancer; you are no longer alone. RCA's primary purpose is to disseminate information and provide support to all pediatric (childhood) and adult rare cancer patients. In the Forums you will find people just like you - patients and survivors. You can read some of their stories in the Personal Story support section. Our members are people who have had to go through the process of wading through information (or lack of it) for their own cancer. The information and support found on our website may save you precious time and energy.

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Rarer Cancers
There are hundreds of different types of cancer, and research suggests that between 30% and 50% of all cancer cases could be classified as ‘rarer’. They fall outside the more common and highly publicised cancers such as colon, breast, lung and prostate.

A cancer may be classed as ‘rarer’ either because it affects an unusual site in the body, or because the cancer itself is of an unusual type, or requires special treatment.

However, the most important feature of a rarer cancer is the fact that the patient feels isolated. There may be few survivors, or no available support network. The GP may know very little about the condition, and it is difficult to get accurate information about the prognosis or the effect of treatment.

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As its name suggests, Sail 4 Cancer raises money through sailing and related activities to help improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families. This is achieved mainly through the provision of respite days, the majority of which are linked to the water and its therapeutic powers. At a time when everything seems focussed around illness, these opportunities enable families to swap hospital appointments and treatment for quality time together, reviving spirits, rebuilding shattered confidence and creating treasured memories. The amazing feedback the charity receives is testament to the difference these opportunities are making to people's lives.

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Sparks was founded by professional sports people who were grateful for their own good health and who wanted to help those who are less fortunate.
Our vision is a world where all babies are given the best possible start in life and where a medical condition or disability at birth is not a barrier to opportunity and fulfilment.
Our aim is to achieve this by funding high quality medical research that is intended to have a practical and positive effect on the lives of children.

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We don’t believe that teenagers should have to stop being teenagers, just because they have cancer. So we fund and build specialist units for young people in NHS hospitals. Our units bring teenagers with cancer together with loads of new friends of their own age so they can support each other.

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The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs to children suffering hair loss due to cancer treatment.

We supply and fully fund the best wigs available from all over the world, especially designed for children. We also provide personal fitting and styling to ensure the wig is as close as possible to the original hair.

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The Lymphoma Association is a registered charity founded by patients in 1986 which works to ensure that anyone affected by lymphatic cancer has access to relevant, accurate and timely information and support.

When people learn they have lymphatic cancer, they often know little about it. In these circumstances, it is natural to feel fear or anxiety. However, the Lymphoma Association believes that knowledge conquers fear and works to provide accurate medical information and emotional support to lymphatic cancer patients, their families, friends and carers.

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We provide free, fun activity based holidays for young people (aged 14 to 30) suffering
with cancer or any malignant disease, from anywhere in the UK and the Irish Republic,
or who are patients of any UK hospital. You can also come on a holiday if you have
been in remission for up to five years or are living with the effects of having had cancer
as a teenager.

Groups of 8 are made up of similar ages and you can also put your own group together
of friends you made in hospital.

We are open all year round and are based at Tracy Ann House in Bournemouth.

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