For many children, the chance to have a wish fulfilled is an important part of getting their lives back on track after the enormous upheaval of diagnosis and treatment.

Dr Mark Gaze is the newly elected Chair of CCLG. Here are his thoughts on Contact.

By Dr Martin English, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Contact’s Medical Adviser.

Mike Grisenthwaite explains how he decided to turn a negative experience (treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2005) into a positive one.

Lizzie Hackett, Learning Mentor, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, talks about her work.

By Jenny Thomas, Mary Jones and Lisa Mills (Senior Physiotherapists and Advanced Occupational Therapist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital).

By Ben Wright With the help of mum’s diary, Ben tells his story of diagnosis and subsequent treatment.

Laurence Whiteley describes how he got back into sport and picked up a gold medal on the way…

Cancer survivor, Lindsay Shearer, takes an active approach to rehabilitation.

The article below is an extract from a paper, entitled: Therapeutic Recreation Camps: an effective intervention for children and young people with chronic illness?

Survivor Laura Hartley knows from personal experience just how important holidays, such as those offered by the Youth Cancer Trust, can be for patients and survivors.