Coping with family life and cancer
A practical guide for families of a child or young person with cancer. This booklet gives tips and advice to help newly-diagnosed families cope better with the impact of cancer on their lives.
Handling animals and pets
Information for parents and carers of children and young people undergoing treatment for cancer. This booklet provides a few simple safe guidelines on reducing the risk of your child catching an infection from an animal. It is important to follow these guidelines at all times.
Helping your child to eat well during cancer treatment
A practical information guide for parents and families of a child or young person with cancer. Most children with cancer will experience problems with eating and drinking at some stage. This can be due to the cancer itself, treatment or medication.
Keeping your child active during and after treatment
A parent’s guide to physical activity, sport and exercise for children and young people with cancer. It gives practical advice that may help when thinking about activity levels both during and after treatment. Although written principally for parents, this booklet will also be useful for other carers or family members, teachers and those involved in sports clubs, as well as for the children and young people themselves.
Searching for information and support online
Help and advice for parents and families of children, teenagers and young adults with cancer. As a parent or carer of a newly-diagnosed child, you may not feel confident when searching through cancer information. This leaflet offers advice and tips on where to start and what to look for.
Supporting a pupil with cancer: a school's guide
An information guide for teachers and staff helping children and young people with cancer at school. This guide aims to lessen some of the worries school staff may have by giving simple practical information and advice on a variety of issues faced by the child and their family, and some ideas on how to help them within a school setting.
Supporting brothers and sisters
A practical information guide for parents and other adults who are caring for siblings of a child with cancer. Each brother and sister will react very differently to the diagnosis and its consequences but this booklet covers some of the issues that commonly arise.
Supporting your grandchild and family
An information guide for grandparents of a child or young person diagnosed with cancer. This guide answers some of the many questions grandparents might have during diagnosis and treatment.