About
The Challenge
Join thousands of others taking on the Swim 5k Challenge in May. Simply swim 5k between 1 - 31 May in your local pool or lido. Get swimming and fundraising to support children and young people with cancer. Signing up is easy, simply register for your FREE Young Lives vs Cancer swim hat and to set up your fundraiser all in one go.
1. Register
Register for your FREE swim hat and set up your fundraiser
2. Fundraise
Raise money to support children with cancer
3. Get Swimming
Swim 5k in May
Who we are
When a child is diagnosed with cancer it threatens everything, for them and their family. At a time when they should be busy being children, enjoying their rollercoaster teenage years or finding their feet at uni, life becomes full of fear. Fear of treatment, but also of families being torn apart, of overwhelming money worries, mental health stretched to breaking point, of having nowhere to turn, no one to talk to.
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we get that. We are the charity that helps children and young people (0-25) and their families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them.
We know everyone’s different, so we work hard to make sure each family has what they need to get through cancer. It could be a financial grant for a parent struggling to keep their child warm through their treatment or for a young person who can’t afford to get to hospital. Or helping a family stay together at one of our free Homes from Home close to the hospital where their child is having treatment.
And if we think families aren’t being heard by the whole system, we’re not afraid to raise their voices or shout on their behalf. Children and young people with cancer deserve the same opportunities as anyone else. We’ll always have their back, because we’ve been there before.
Powered by the kindness of our supporters, we’ll face it all together.
