LATCH Welsh Children’s Cancer Charity supports children and young people with cancer and their families who are under the care of the Children’s Hospital for Wales. As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, LATCH’s CEO, Menai Owen-Jones, reflects on its achievements over the past four decades.
Supportive care is an area of children’s cancer care that has progressed significantly in recent decades. Dr Bob Phillips and Dr Jess Morgan, members of CCLG’s Supportive Care working group, explain just some of the ways it has improved to help patients and their families cope with their disease and the treatment of it.
Defining the molecular landscape of paediatric and adolescent acute leukaemia in Tanzania
The Little Princess Trust (LPT) forges important partnerships with other charities, such as CCLG, to further children’s cancer research. Its Chief Executive Phil Brace tells us how the LPT has come together with Cancer Research UK to help more young people access clinical trials.
Jake Andrade was first diagnosed with leukaemia as a 13-year-old, before relapsing aged 19. Now 21, he tells us about the goals he set to help him through his second treatment and recovery, and how he has published a book to help other young people with cancer
Paediatric Clinical Psychologist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital & CCLG member
Naomi Shefford-Thomas, CCLG's Health Information Officer, discusses the importance of accessible information, how it works, and the steps CCLG is taking to make its health resources more inclusive and available to everyone.
Nicky Levent’s son, Sam, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma when he was 18 months old. She explains what it means to her family to raise funds for charities and awareness of childhood cancer, and how it’s helped them.
Child Cancer Smart is a public health intervention aiming to empower both the public and healthcare professionals with knowledge about childhood cancer symptoms. Dr Shaarna Shanmugavadivel, CCLG Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and part of the project team, tells us more.
