Family Stories

Judith Hooks (23) from Richhill in Co. Armagh was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma shortly after moving to Edinburgh to train as an optometrist. In her blog, Judith shares her experience of [...]

Ciara Daly lives in Lisburn with her husband Greg and two children Aoibheann (12) and Rory (11). Ciara and Greg married in 2006, five months after Ciara’s mother died of cancer.  In 2019, after [...]

Carla McVeigh from Clady, Co. Armagh was diagnosed with breast cancer on 1st April 2020, at the start of lockdown. It’s a day she says she ‘will never forget’.  Just nine days later on the [...]

Jill Johnston was diagnosed with breast cancer in July last year, during the coronavirus pandemic.  She and her son Tyler were able to benefit from a therapeutic short break in Daisy Lodge.  [...]

On #InternationalWomensDay we are celebrating all the strong and courageous women diagnosed with cancer or caring for a child with cancer. In March 2018, our Events and Campaigns Officer Amanda [...]

Niall Smyth (8) was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) on 4th Jan 2019. On Christmas day his mum Siobhan recalls him being so unwell, he couldn’t enjoy Santa delivering his [...]

Rachael Kenny (24) began feeling unwell after the Summer in 2019 but put her fatigue and other symptoms down to working long hours in her first full time job since graduating with a Biomedical [...]

Mo was diagnosed with brain tumour in 2017.  His mum is sharing an honest and thought provoking account of their experience of cancer to help raise awareness of the support provided by Cancer [...]

In 2018 Patricia Morris was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.  In July that year she had a lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She, her husband Paddy and two children [...]

In 2018 Austin Rothwell (12) was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Austin was in intensive care for three months and spent a year learning to walk again. He now attends regular [...]