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.
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.
The UK's leading professional conference for all those working within paediatric and TYA oncology will take place on 19-20 April 2027 in Birmingham, UK.
The incredible progress in treating cancer in children and young people is built on decades of dedicated research and clinical trials. Over the last 40 years, this research has transformed survival rates, with more than 80% of children now being cured. CCLG has been at the heart of this progress, driving research and collaboration to improve outcomes.
Search and book accommodation for the 2026 CCLG Annual Conference.
Research is the key to better treatments, improved care, and potential cures that mean a bright future for children and young people with cancer. We fund and lead world-class research, fuelling groundbreaking work led by brilliant minds. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach—bringing together the right people and organisations to drive progress and deliver real impact.
CCLG offers funds and grants to researchers to help beat childhood cancer. We also work in partnership with other charities, sharing our expertise in research and our research infrastructure to help them to fund world-class childhood cancer research, and managing research funding programmes on their behalf.
We have provided the answers to some common questions about the Annual Conference.
The CCLG Tissue Bank is now the Vivo Biobank, a collaboration between Cancer Research UK and Blood Cancer UK.
Give your mind and body a boost this January and February by joining our Winter Wellbeing Walk. Walk 100 miles by the end of February 2024 to help fund vital research into childhood cancers.
