Guided Online Self-Help for
Young People with Cancer and Distress

Useful links

Charities

These charities provide support when you're feeling low or can provide you with information and support going through cancer.

Blogs

Read blogs written by young people about their cancer journeys and beyond!

Chats and forums

Want to talk to others or ask for help?

Check these out

Charities

These charities can help you when you're feeling really low.

Samaritans

The Samaritans

Available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts.

Visit the website
Call: 020 7734 280
Email: jo@samaritans.org

Child Line

Get help and advice about a wide range of issues. Calls are free and confidential.

Call: 0800 1111
Visit the website

Mental Health Emergencies

If a person's mental or emotional state quickly worsens, this can be treated as a mental health emergency or mental health crisis. In this situation, it's important to get help as soon as possible.

Contact NHS 111 to find out where help is available. If you feel the person is in immediate danger then call 999.

Young minds

Young Minds

Offers information to young people and children about mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Visit the website

These charities provide more information about cancer and how to cope.

Teenage Cancer Trust

Get help and support and read other young people's stories.

Visit the website

Macmillan

Macmillan Cancer Support

Get help and advice about a wide range of issues relating to cancer.

Visit the website

CLIC Sargent

CLIC Sargent

Service for children and young people and parents.
Get help and advice about a wide range of issues relating to cancer.

Visit the website

Teens Unite

Teens Unite Fighting Cancer

Dedicated to improving the lives of young people aged 13-24 with cancer and other life limiting illnesses.
Teens Unite organises events such as concerts, football matches, art and beauty workshops.

Visit the website

Trekstock

Trekstock

Network for young adults (age 25 - 39) with cancer.
Trekstock offers support and organises events and workshops. They also provide information on a range of topics and connects you to others.

Visit the website

Ellie's Friends

Ellie's Friends

Lists frequent freebees for adults living with cancer.

Visit the website

Blogs

These are blogs relating to cancer written by young people. We will continue to add to this list.

Do you have a blog that you'd like us to add?

Do you know of another blog we should link to?

Let us know!

Livin' with Lymphoma

Emma's blog

Kirushni's Story

Battling Roses and Thorns

Ready Set Remission

Cooking and Cancer

JM Underwood

Shine Cancer Support Blog

Say What

Alice May Purkiss

Stories

To read more stories of young people, follow the links below to charity websites.

CLIC Sargent
Teenage Cancer Trust