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Kids’n'Cancer is a charity designed to help children in the UK receive life saving Proton Therapy treatment for their cancers and tumours. It is a sad fact of life that some children diagnosed with cancer do not qualify in certain situations for funding by the NHS. Kids’n'Cancer and our Patrons are determined to assist families caught up in this sad situation of not meeting the criteria, we will always try to assist families where possible.
Florida Proton Therapy Institue

Kids ‘n’ Cancer UK visit the Florida Proton Therapy Institute on a mercy mission! Well aware of the difficulties families face once their child has been accepted for proton therapy and their treatment funded… We set off on a mission to visit the institute and meet the professionals who take care of our families once they land in the USA. READ MORE…

 

Kids ‘n’ Cancer Chesterfield/Derbyshire Marathon Launch

Kids n Cancer Chesterfield-Derbyshire Marathon Launch, Friday June 14th 2013

Kids ‘n’ Cancer UK is proud to announce the staging of an exciting new initiative. The Chesterfield Marathon will further enhance the wonderful reputation that the historic market town of Chesterfield and the County of Derbyshire already enjoys. READ MORE…

 

 

Kids n Cancer Sponsored Slim

Reduce the Revell and Minimise Mike

Kids n Cancer UK founder Mike Hyman and Patron Jeremy Revell from Revellation Ltd go head to head to Minimise Mike and Reduce the Revell.

The Kids n Cancer UK Sponsored slim OFFICIAL WEIGH IN was on Friday 11th at Revellation Limited. Revellation are valuable patrons to Kids n Cancer UK – this will be the ultimate challenge to “Reduce the Revell and Minimise MIke’ . READ MORE…

Red Carpet Treatment At The CASA

Kids ‘n’ Cancer held a successful and glamorous ‘red carpet’ themed inaugural ball at the CASA Hotel in Chesterfield on 24th November 2012.

Kids n Cancer Patron Bobby Davro with the Showgirls
Pic © The Chesterfield Post

The evening, hosted by Keeley Barugh, saw guests greeted by Vegas Showgirls and celebrities including Bobby Davro (above) and stars of Emmerdale, Rik Makarem and Adam Thomas were in attendance, along with local dignitaries including the Mayor and Deputy Mayoress of Chesterfield - Cllr Donald Parsons and Mrs Barbara Wallace. UEFA Vice President Geoff Thompsonwho lives Chesterfield was also there.  READ MORE…

Baby Leah’s Life Is On The Line NOW…

Baby Leah Xuereb's Life Is On The Line

from www.timesofmalta.com

The life of Leah Xuereb, a three-year old girl suffering from a very rare stomach cancer, is hanging in balance while her parents try to collect €245,000 for the only treatment in the world that can save her life.

“We are desperate. If we do not manage to raise the money, Leah will die,” said her mother Zhana Xuereb… READ MORE…

 

Kids n Cancer Company Sponsorship Packages

Your sponsorship could mean so much to us – and in return for your kindness and generosity, we will go to great lengths to promote your business. Our next fund raising event is going to be held  on Saturday 24th November 2012 at the 4 star CASA Hotel in Chesterfield, with a ‘New York’ theme and a ‘Movie Premier’ style arrival. READ MORE…

 

Raise Funds With A Sponsored Skydive…

Raise funds for Kids n Cancer with a sponsored Skydive!

 

Sophie Is On Top Of The World in NYC!

Sophie Roberts is on top of the world in New York City (well, the Rockefeller Tower) after her first operation went well. She looks wonderful (as you can see below)and is having some fun before her second operation on Monday 20th August.

Sophie Roberts on top of the world in New York City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fundraising Carries On

Kids’n'Cancer is always looking for funding and support from sponsors, the public and from fundraising events such as the recent  ’Tower to Tower to Tower Challenge’ in association with Autoworld, Chesterfield.

The challenge complete, the hope is to raise £100,000 in total for the charity and apart from fundraising – Autoworld have generously donated a brand new car  as a prize for us to raffle too.

Click HERE to get the full story of the event and see how the fundraising is going via the JustGiving page link or HERE for the story.

 

Sophie Roberts’ Story

Sophie Roberts' AppealKids’n'Cancer are supporting the fundraising efforts of Sophie Roberts’ family, to enable her to receive a life saving operation at Sloan-Kettering in New York, USA. Sophie was diagnosed with liver cancer, which had spread to the lungs, on 16th June 2011. This is a cancer that affects only a few children each year. The prognosis for children with this type of cancer is extremely poor at just 30%.

Sophie bravely endured 3 rounds of strong chemotherapy before having liver surgery on 16th November 2011 when 25% of her liver and the entire primary tumour was removed. She then started a further 4 rounds of chemotherapy to clear the remaining tumours in her lungs and went into remission in March 2012. By this happy time she’d spent 50 nights in hospital over the previous 9 months and a ¼ of her life suffering from a life threatening illness.Full Story HERE…

 

 

Keep In Touch

Kids’n'Cancer have many events planned and many stories to tell. You’ll find all our latest updates and news here on our website – but please click the icons at the top of the page to ‘Like’ our Facebook page or follow us on our Twitter page for even more ways to ‘keep in touch’.

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