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The Challenge

Thousands of supporters are taking on the Walk 80 Miles Challenge for Young Lives vs Cancer this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. They are lacing up their walking boots and walking 80 miles between 1-30 September to raise funds to support children and young people with cancer.

Why 80 miles?

Young cancer patients face an 80 mile round trip, on average, to get treatment. This isn't by choice. Many young cancer patients have to travel to specialist cancer centres to get the care they need, they can't just go to their local hospital. Not only is this physically and emotionally exhausting, it comes with a huge financial cost too. It costs £255 a month when treatment is at its most intense. As treatment can go on for years, young people and families are often plunged into debt.
 
That's why this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we're asking our supporters to walk 80 miles in September and raise money for children and young people with cancer. 


Get walking and fundraising to support children and young people with cancer.  Signing up is easy, simply register for your FREE Young Lives vs Cancer shoelaces and to set up your fundraiser all in one go. 

1. Register

Register for your FREE shoelaces and set up your fundraiser

2. Fundraise

Raise money to support children with cancer 

3. Get Walking

Get walking this September and cover 80 miles

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.