This September, Crest Nicholson staff will be taking on 13km, 26km, and 35km trekking challenges to raise money for Young Lives vs Cancer.

We are proudly partnering with Young Lives vs Cancer, to help families to find the strength to face everything cancer throws at them.

When a child is diagnosed with cancer it threatens everything, for them and their family.

About cancer in children and young people

Today, 12 more children and young people in the UK will hear the devastating news that they have cancer. Treatment normally starts immediately, is often given many miles from home and can last for up to three years. Although survival rates are over 80%, cancer remains the single largest cause of death from disease in children and young people in the UK.

About Young Lives vs Cancer

When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world (and their family’s) can feel like it’s falling apart. They need special treatment because their cancer is different to adults’, they can only be treated in certain hospitals, and they often travel miles and miles to get there.

The impact of cancer on young lives is far more than medical. Their anxieties are deep. Their education, mental health and social lives suffer. Their future feels very uncertain.

Young Lives vs Cancer is the only charity in the UK with social workers who dedicate their time to provide tailored psychosocial support to children and young people with cancer, and their families.

We stop at nothing to make their voices heard and their unique needs understood, so they can get the right care and support at the right time.

£26 could pay for an hour of a Young Lives vs Cancer Social Workers time. They will aim to speak with children and young people with cancer, and their families soon after diagnosis and help them to understand and cope with the emotional, practical and financial effects of cancer, through treatment and beyond.

£60 could pay for a family to stay overnight in one of Young Lives vs Cancers Homes from Home, providing free self-catering accommodation near to specialist children's cancer treatment centres, which are often many miles from a family's own home.

£100 could pay for a Young Lives vs Cancer grant. Cancer can have a huge effect on a family's finances and a Young Lives vs Cancer grant is offered to children and young people with cancer, and their families, as soon as they come into contact with us to help meet the sudden extra costs that a cancer diagnosis can bring.